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1942 MLB Extra-Base Hits by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in extra-base hits in 1942, with 411, 9 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 28 MLB teams is 226.8.

Led all of MLB in 1942 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games
411 Extra-Base Hits 9 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G XBH
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 411
2 Boston Red Sox AL 152 402
3 St. Louis Browns AL 151 399
4 New York Yankees AL 154 388
5 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 359
6 Chicago Cubs NL 155 340
7 Cleveland Indians AL 156 331
8 Detroit Tigers AL 156 330
9 Washington Senators AL 151 313
10 New York Giants NL 154 306
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 303
12 Boston Braves NL 150 297
13 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 292
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 151 276
15 Chicago White Sox AL 148 275
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 151 249
MLB average 226.8
17 Homestead Grays NN2 34 149
18 Newark Eagles NN2 35 137
19 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 50 134
20 Philadelphia Stars NN2 41 128
21 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 38 126
22 Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 65 103
23 Chicago American Giants NAL 44 64
24 Memphis Red Sox NAL 62 61
25 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 48 56
26 New York Black Yankees NN2 28 55
27 New York Cubans NN2 22 50
28 Jacksonville Red Caps NAL 37 17

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.