FWIW, the Dodgers have an almost identical batting average and a worse OBP for hte 2016 season than the Blue Jays. The Cubs are only 0.008 higher on average and 0.13 on OBP and they were the BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL (but also currently trailing to those Dodgers in their series)
Cleveland was .014 higher on average, but actually a couple points lower on OBP than the Jays.
I don't think it's as simple as saying that better contact teams win. Because the Indians were much higher up the ladder, but the other 3 teams in the LCS were clumped together in roughly the middle 3rd of the league and not significantly different from one another.
The Jays' problem was that their offence went back into its September swoon/cold period after the Texas series. It's a streaky thing and the streak went against the Jays this series.
To me, the Jays biggest offensive issue (other than being ice cold the last month, which was attributable to a number of 30+ players being beat up physically - a simple reality when you rely on older players), was the lineup was a bit one dimensional.
Bautista, EE, Donaldson, Martin, Tulo, Martin and Saunders are (to varying degrees of ability) basically the same kinds of hitters. All of them right handed (except Saunders) and all of them pull hitting power guys, with little or no speed to their games.
The rest of the players in the lineup on a regular basis (except Travis, when he was healthy), weren't good enough to make much of a difference on a consistent basis.
Not sure how they do it, but it would be nice to see a bit more versatility sprinkled into the lineup for next year.