1942 MLB Runs Batted In by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in runs batted in in 1942, with 744, 42 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 28 MLB teams is 406.8.

Led all of MLB in 1942 New York Yankees 154 games

744 Runs Batted In 42 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	RBI
1	New York Yankees	AL	154	744
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	702
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	680
4	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	678
5	St. Louis Browns	AL	151	669
6	New York Giants	NL	154	632
7	Washington Senators	AL	151	593
8	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	547
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	151	544
10	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	539
11	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	533
12	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	517
13	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	488
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	148	486
15	Boston Braves	NL	150	479
	MLB average			406.8
16	Homestead Grays	NN2	34	361
17	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	356
18	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	41	278
19	Newark Eagles	NN2	35	274
20	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	38	247
21	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	50	228
22	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	65	171
23	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	138
24	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	62	135
25	Chicago American Giants	NAL	44	132
26	New York Black Yankees	NN2	28	115
27	New York Cubans	NN2	22	94
28	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	37	31

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.