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1947 MLB Runs Batted In by Team

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

The New York Giants led all of MLB in runs batted in in 1947, with 790, 42 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 28 MLB teams is 440.5.

Led all of MLB in 1947 New York Giants 155 games
790 Runs Batted In 42 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G RBI
1 New York Giants NL 155 790
2 New York Yankees AL 155 748
3 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 719
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 718
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 699
6 Boston Red Sox AL 157 674
7 Detroit Tigers AL 158 662
8 Cleveland Indians AL 157 649
9 Boston Braves NL 154 645
10 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 637
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 156 581
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 544
13 Chicago Cubs NL 155 540
14 St. Louis Browns AL 154 526
15 Chicago White Sox AL 155 519
16 Washington Senators AL 154 459
MLB average 440.5
17 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 76 358
18 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 79 312
19 Newark Eagles NN2 84 268
20 Homestead Grays NN2 70 221
21 Philadelphia Stars NN2 59 219
22 New York Cubans NN2 62 198
23 New York Black Yankees NN2 52 140
24 Chicago American Giants NAL 80 119
25 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns NAL 82 115
26 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 67 110
27 Memphis Red Sox NAL 88 100
28 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 79 64

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.