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1891 MLB Extra-Base Hits by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Doubles plus triples plus home runs

The Philadelphia Athletics led all of MLB in extra-base hits in 1891, with 360, 45 ahead of the Boston Beaneaters. The average across 17 MLB teams is 263.8.

Led all of MLB in 1891 Philadelphia Athletics 142 games
360 Extra-Base Hits 45 clear of Boston Beaneaters
# Team League G XBH
1 Philadelphia Athletics AA 142 360
2 Boston Beaneaters NL 140 315
2 Boston Reds AA 139 315
4 Chicago Colts NL 137 307
4 New York Giants NL 136 307
6 Cleveland Spiders NL 141 293
7 Brooklyn Grooms NL 137 292
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 138 278
9 St. Louis Browns AA 139 273
10 Baltimore Orioles AA 139 271
MLB average 263.8
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 138 252
12 Washington Statesmen AA 139 250
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 137 248
14 Columbus Solons AA 138 235
15 Louisville Colonels AA 138 212
16 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers AA 102 191
17 Milwaukee Brewers AA 36 86

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.