which team has the highest batting average ever

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	5,058	.460	2,327	2,731	173,726	25,035	46,948	9,270	1,305	5,718	23,805	15,958	1,579	37,625	3,051	1,364	194,621	75,982	16,293	2,002	1,356	1,208	3,858	.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	19,341	.518	9,975	9,283	661,947	90,324	176,633	33,106	5,597	14,589	83,760	66,783	4,801	95,483	9,630	2,546	747,463	264,700	53,292	10,594	3,338	2,996	11,543	.337	.400	.737
17	Cardinals	.266	20,645	.513	10,525	9,989	706,184	92,368	187,668	31,817	7,049	12,850	84,431	64,170	5,194	98,087	15,010	3,613	790,657	272,133	51,716	11,971	3,138	3,775	10,131	.330	.385	.715
18	Yankees	.265	19,052	.570	10,800	8,164	649,337	92,583	172,392	28,618	5,492	17,307	86,025	68,552	4,923	94,760	11,646	2,800	735,686	263,915	51,417	9,595	3,279	2,830	10,677	.339	.406	.745
19	Guardians	.265	19,350	.513	9,875	9,384	659,535	87,496	174,615	31,135	5,496	13,912	80,861	62,598	4,832	94,526	11,904	3,385	741,780	258,478	50,543	11,462	3,353	2,544	10,520	.331	.392	.723
20	Tigers	.264	19,375	.503	9,702	9,580	660,720	88,980	174,570	29,573	6,294	14,568	81,938	65,525	4,442	96,642	11,289	2,936	744,801	260,435	50,435	11,009	3,105	2,446	10,710	.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	21,837	.500	10,852	10,845	747,998	97,137	196,882	32,341	8,933	12,247	86,647	64,288	5,527	99,517	15,673	3,267	833,607	283,830	53,521	12,557	3,114	3,696	10,047	.325	.379	.704
25	Giants	.263	21,762	.535	11,565	10,034	742,725	100,635	195,367	31,338	7,035	15,578	90,109	68,269	5,673	99,505	16,513	3,142	831,343	287,509	53,951	11,664	3,012	4,016	10,177	.329	.387	.716