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1938 MLB Runs Batted In by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Runs driven in

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The New York Yankees led all of MLB in runs batted in in 1938, with 918, 58 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is 450.3.

AVGHRRBIHRSBOPSOBPSLG2B3BXBHTBBBSOPAAB
Led all of MLB in 1938 New York Yankees 157 games
918 Runs Batted In 58 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G RBI
1 New York Yankees AL 157 918
2 Boston Red Sox AL 150 860
3 Detroit Tigers AL 155 804
4 Cleveland Indians AL 153 799
5 Washington Senators AL 152 768
6 St. Louis Browns AL 156 713
7 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 686
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 680
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 151 679
10 Chicago Cubs NL 154 673
11 New York Giants NL 152 672
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 659
13 Chicago White Sox AL 149 657
14 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 151 647
15 Boston Bees NL 153 519
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 151 503
MLB average 450.3
17 Philadelphia Stars NN2 68 314
18 Homestead Grays NN2 52 309
19 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 68 239
20 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 47 207
21 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 49 192
22 Atlanta Black Crackers NAL 54 189
23 Chicago American Giants NAL 65 159
24 Memphis Red Sox NAL 58 129
25 New York Black Yankees NN2 39 126
26 Newark Eagles NN2 52 123
27 Jacksonville Red Caps NAL 23 86
28 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 48 83
29 Indianapolis ABCs NAL 38 70
30 Washington Black Senators NN2 21 47

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.