what team has the best batting average all-time

The Baltimore Orioles have the best batting average by a team, with an average of .298.

	TEAM	AVG	G	W%	W	L	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Orioles	.298	1,294	.579	730	530	45,361	8,530	13,521	1,814	865	218	6,940	4,345	992	2,952	2,993		51,317	17,719	2,897	619				.372	.391	.763
2	Infants	.285	131	.423	55	75	4,804	849	1,370	213	94	27	701	509	49	345	180		5,362	1,852	334					.360	.386	.745
3	Orioles	.285	276	.435	118	153	9,349	1,476	2,666	381	218	57	1,231	786	106	797	396		10,459	3,654	656	218				.347	.391	.738
4	Giants	.284	132	.565	74	57	4,913	1,018	1,393	204	97	66	793	486	31	364	231		5,430	1,989	367					.352	.405	.757
5	Reds	.278	269	.659	174	90	9,515	2,020	2,647	386	176	106	1,548	1,303	109	499	859		10,927	3,703	668					.371	.389	.761
6	Athletics	.278	132	.519	68	63	4,855	941	1,350	187	113	49	761	431	51	321	203		5,337	1,910	349					.343	.393	.737
7	Ward's Wonders	.277	133	.576	76	56	4,887	964	1,352	186	93	34	748	502	42	369	272		5,431	1,826	313					.349	.374	.723
8	Senators	.272	1,265	.366	454	788	43,645	6,912	11,886	1,615	787	357	5,764	4,269	575	3,492	1,975		48,963	16,146	2,759	474				.345	.370	.715
9	Outlaw Reds	.271	105	.657	69	36	3,786	703	1,027	118	63	26		147		482			3,933	1,349	207						.356
10	Athletics	.271	60	.237	14	45	2,387	378	646	79	35	7	249	27		36			2,414	816	121						.342
11	Rockies	.270	5,182	.456	2,364	2,818	177,878	25,508	47,957	9,465	1,332	5,846	24,263	16,245	1,613	38,783	3,120	1,396	199,137	77,624	16,643	2,019	1,382	1,209	3,949	.334	.436	.770
12	Spiders	.269	1,802	.469	827	938	63,232	10,057	17,006	2,308	961	292	8,238	5,871	580	3,144	2,800		70,233	22,112	3,561	550				.337	.350	.686
13	Dark Blues	.268	129	.619	78	48	5,022	770	1,348	159	53	6		69					5,091	1,631	218						.325
14	Peppers	.268	312	.551	168	137	10,273	1,347	2,757	440	170	50	1,116	908	72	1,160	457		11,678	3,687	660	425				.332	.359	.691
15	Tip-Tops	.268	310	.480	147	159	10,256	1,309	2,750	430	160	78	1,134	877	92	1,223	469		11,516	3,734	668	291				.331	.364	.695
16	Red Sox	.267	19,463	.518	10,044	9,336	666,123	90,918	177,700	33,354	5,616	14,729	84,326	67,162	4,856	96,544	9,724	2,577	752,116	266,473	53,699	10,605	3,370	3,011	11,624	.337	.400	.737
17	Cardinals	.266	20,768	.513	10,583	10,054	710,288	92,873	188,651	32,002	7,057	12,963	84,911	64,506	5,267	99,109	15,072	3,632	795,221	273,656	52,022	11,993	3,167	3,784	10,213	.330	.385	.715
18	Yankees	.265	19,176	.570	10,872	8,216	653,521	93,216	173,428	28,805	5,507	17,515	86,637	69,038	4,959	95,884	11,751	2,828	740,439	265,792	51,827	9,601	3,320	2,869	10,758	.339	.407	.745
19	Guardians	.264	19,474	.513	9,940	9,443	663,602	87,976	175,517	31,326	5,512	14,035	81,330	62,968	4,877	95,572	12,004	3,410	746,317	259,972	50,873	11,484	3,386	2,569	10,578	.331	.392	.723
20	Tigers	.264	19,498	.503	9,763	9,642	664,850	89,528	175,573	29,761	6,324	14,718	82,459	65,897	4,491	97,755	11,333	2,949	749,392	262,136	50,803	11,010	3,144	2,455	10,776	.333	.394	.727
21	Grays	.264	130	.516	65	61	4,925	619	1,300	143	50	15		82					5,007	1,588	208						.322
22	Browns	.264	1,233	.644	781	432	43,777	7,933	11,555	1,658	602	304	4,657	3,473	353	436	2,307		47,743	15,329	2,564					.325	.350	.675
23	Pirates	.264	138	.547	75	62	4,968	886	1,311	200	95	31	705	492	43	410	276		5,503	1,794	326					.335	.361	.697
24	Pirates	.263	21,960	.500	10,910	10,910	752,091	97,599	197,847	32,541	8,948	12,336	87,089	64,683	5,566	100,605	15,748	3,294	838,171	285,292	53,825	12,569	3,139	3,710	10,133	.325	.379	.704
25	Giants	.263	21,885	.535	11,622	10,100	746,809	101,156	196,327	31,514	7,058	15,711	90,606	68,690	5,728	100,551	16,559	3,158	835,962	289,090	54,283	11,680	3,055	4,028	10,258	.328	.387	.716