which team has the highest batting average in history

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	5,089	.459	2,334	2,755	174,766	25,139	47,193	9,322	1,317	5,746	23,907	16,040	1,588	37,908	3,065	1,373	195,760	76,387	16,385	2,005	1,361	1,209	3,881	.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	19,372	.518	9,990	9,299	663,039	90,479	176,915	33,166	5,601	14,631	83,911	66,891	4,817	95,784	9,647	2,554	748,687	265,176	53,398	10,597	3,343	3,002	11,560	.337	.400	.737
17	Cardinals	.266	20,676	.513	10,541	10,004	707,228	92,502	187,925	31,862	7,052	12,878	84,561	64,251	5,214	98,334	15,022	3,618	791,816	272,525	51,792	11,976	3,147	3,777	10,150	.330	.385	.715
18	Yankees	.265	19,082	.570	10,820	8,174	650,359	92,734	172,652	28,670	5,498	17,350	86,170	68,674	4,935	95,016	11,669	2,806	736,855	264,368	51,518	9,596	3,291	2,840	10,698	.339	.406	.745
19	Guardians	.265	19,380	.513	9,887	9,402	660,507	87,600	174,834	31,176	5,500	13,938	80,962	62,690	4,844	94,783	11,929	3,392	742,866	258,824	50,614	11,465	3,360	2,549	10,543	.331	.392	.723
20	Tigers	.264	19,408	.503	9,722	9,593	661,832	89,117	174,840	29,629	6,301	14,603	82,068	65,617	4,455	96,932	11,299	2,939	746,025	260,880	50,533	11,009	3,112	2,450	10,727	.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	21,870	.500	10,868	10,862	749,085	97,246	197,140	32,386	8,940	12,269	86,748	64,394	5,540	99,809	15,701	3,279	834,825	284,213	53,595	12,562	3,121	3,701	10,075	.325	.379	.704
25	Giants	.263	21,793	.535	11,582	10,048	743,736	100,751	195,603	31,380	7,041	15,606	90,220	68,383	5,685	99,764	16,533	3,149	832,499	287,883	54,027	11,670	3,025	4,019	10,200	.329	.387	.716