1938 MLB Runs by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in runs in 1938, with 966, 64 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is 486.5.

Led all of MLB in 1938 New York Yankees 157 games

966 Runs 64 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	R
1	New York Yankees	AL	157	966
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	150	902
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	862
4	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	847
5	Washington Senators	AL	152	814
6	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	755
7	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	726
8	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	725
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	151	723
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	713
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	149	709
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	152	707
13	New York Giants	NL	152	705
14	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	151	704
15	Boston Bees	NL	153	561
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	550
	MLB average			486.5
17	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	68	346
18	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	342
19	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	68	284
20	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	235
21	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	54	228
22	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	49	220
23	Chicago American Giants	NAL	65	191
24	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	58	159
25	New York Black Yankees	NN2	39	136
25	Newark Eagles	NN2	52	136
27	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	104
27	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	23	104
29	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	38	86
30	Washington Black Senators	NN2	21	56

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.