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1884 MLB Total Bases by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Bases gained on hits

The Chicago White Stockings led all of MLB in total bases in 1884, with 1,864, 176 ahead of the St. Louis Maroons. The average across 33 MLB teams is 1,083.5.

Led all of MLB in 1884 Chicago White Stockings 112 games
1,864 Total Bases 176 clear of St. Louis Maroons
# Team League G TB
1 Chicago White Stockings NL 112 1,864
2 St. Louis Maroons UA 113 1,688
3 Buffalo Bisons NL 114 1,517
4 Philadelphia Athletics AA 108 1,502
5 Boston Beaneaters NL 116 1,470
6 Cincinnati Red Stockings AA 112 1,446
7 New York Gothams NL 116 1,404
8 New York Metropolitans AA 112 1,401
9 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds UA 103 1,349
10 Louisville Eclipse AA 110 1,345
11 Columbus Buckeyes AA 110 1,320
12 Baltimore Orioles AA 108 1,293
13 St. Louis Browns AA 110 1,291
14 Providence Grays NL 114 1,289
15 Cleveland Blues NL 113 1,227
16 Boston Reds UA 109 1,217
17 Baltimore Monumentals UA 105 1,205
18 Indianapolis Hoosiers AA 110 1,203
18 Philadelphia Quakers NL 113 1,203
20 Toledo Blue Stockings AA 109 1,132
21 Detroit Wolverines NL 114 1,126
22 Washington Nationals UA 112 1,115
23 Brooklyn Atlantics AA 109 1,099
MLB average 1,083.5
24 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 110 988
25 Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) UA 92 951
26 Philadelphia Keystones UA 67 817
27 Kansas City Cowboys UA 82 709
28 Washington Nationals AA 63 561
29 Richmond Virginians AA 45 453
30 Altoona Mountain City UA 25 271
31 Wilmington Quicksteps UA 17 121
32 Milwaukee Brewers UA 12 113
33 St. Paul White Caps UA 9 64

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.