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1909 MLB Total Bases by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in total bases in 1909, with 1,809, 67 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 1,568.7.

Led all of MLB in 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 games
1,809 Total Bases 67 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G TB
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 1,809
2 Detroit Tigers AL 158 1,742
3 New York Giants NL 158 1,714
4 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 1,682
5 Boston Red Sox AL 152 1,660
6 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 1,642
7 Chicago Cubs NL 155 1,610
8 Cleveland Naps AL 155 1,581
MLB average 1,568.7
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 1,555
10 New York Highlanders AL 153 1,547
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 1,547
12 Brooklyn Superbas NL 155 1,500
13 St. Louis Browns AL 154 1,387
14 Chicago White Sox AL 159 1,378
15 Boston Doves NL 155 1,374
16 Washington Senators AL 156 1,371

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.