what team has the best batting average in mlb history

The Baltimore Orioles have the highest 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	5,059	.460	2,327	2,732	173,756	25,035	46,953	9,271	1,305	5,718	23,805	15,960	1,579	37,632	3,051	1,364	194,653	75,988	16,294	2,002	1,356	1,208	3,860	.335	.437	.772
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	19,342	.518	9,976	9,283	661,988	90,334	176,648	33,108	5,598	14,591	83,770	66,787	4,801	95,495	9,630	2,547	747,508	264,725	53,297	10,594	3,338	2,996	11,543	.337	.400	.737
17	Cardinals	.266	20,646	.513	10,526	9,989	706,216	92,372	187,675	31,819	7,049	12,850	84,435	64,173	5,196	98,092	15,011	3,613	790,695	272,142	51,718	11,972	3,138	3,775	10,131	.330	.385	.715
18	Yankees	.265	19,053	.569	10,800	8,165	649,371	92,590	172,401	28,619	5,493	17,310	86,032	68,556	4,924	94,769	11,646	2,800	735,727	263,936	51,422	9,595	3,281	2,830	10,677	.339	.406	.745
19	Guardians	.265	19,351	.513	9,875	9,385	659,563	87,497	174,619	31,136	5,496	13,912	80,862	62,601	4,832	94,532	11,905	3,386	741,812	258,483	50,544	11,462	3,354	2,544	10,521	.331	.392	.723
20	Tigers	.264	19,376	.503	9,702	9,581	660,751	88,983	174,577	29,573	6,295	14,570	81,941	65,528	4,442	96,655	11,289	2,936	744,835	260,450	50,438	11,009	3,105	2,446	10,713	.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	21,838	.500	10,852	10,846	748,037	97,139	196,891	32,342	8,933	12,247	86,649	64,294	5,527	99,527	15,675	3,267	833,654	283,840	53,522	12,559	3,114	3,697	10,048	.325	.379	.704
25	Giants	.263	21,763	.535	11,565	10,035	742,754	100,636	195,371	31,339	7,035	15,579	90,110	68,269	5,673	99,514	16,513	3,142	831,372	287,517	53,953	11,664	3,012	4,016	10,178	.329	.387	.716