1938 MLB Total Bases by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in total bases in 1938, with 2,411, 88 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,324.0.

Led all of MLB in 1938 New York Yankees 157 games

2,411 Total Bases 88 clear of Cleveland Indians

#	Team	League	G	TB
1	New York Yankees	AL	157	2,411
2	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	2,323
3	Washington Senators	AL	152	2,279
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	150	2,270
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	2,251
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	151	2,190
7	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	2,168
8	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	2,119
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	152	2,103
10	New York Giants	NL	152	2,081
11	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	2,071
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	2,012
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	149	1,989
14	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	151	1,888
15	Boston Bees	NL	153	1,750
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	1,729
	MLB average			1,324.0
17	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	68	775
18	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	759
19	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	68	632
20	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	54	522
21	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	49	508
22	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	480
23	Chicago American Giants	NAL	65	446
24	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	58	413
25	New York Black Yankees	NN2	39	372
26	Newark Eagles	NN2	52	346
27	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	257
28	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	23	219
29	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	38	208
30	Washington Black Senators	NN2	21	148

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.