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1947 MLB Runs by Team

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

The New York Giants led all of MLB in runs in 1947, with 830, 36 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 28 MLB teams is 479.8.

Led all of MLB in 1947 New York Giants 155 games
830 Runs 36 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G R
1 New York Giants NL 155 830
2 New York Yankees AL 155 794
3 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 780
4 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 774
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 744
6 Boston Red Sox AL 157 720
7 Detroit Tigers AL 158 714
8 Boston Braves NL 154 701
9 Cleveland Indians AL 157 687
10 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 681
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 156 633
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 589
13 Chicago Cubs NL 155 567
14 St. Louis Browns AL 154 564
15 Chicago White Sox AL 155 553
16 Washington Senators AL 154 496
MLB average 479.8
17 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 76 433
18 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 79 367
19 Newark Eagles NN2 84 301
20 Homestead Grays NN2 70 263
21 Philadelphia Stars NN2 59 247
22 New York Cubans NN2 62 227
23 New York Black Yankees NN2 52 161
24 Chicago American Giants NAL 80 149
25 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns NAL 82 136
26 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 67 123
27 Memphis Red Sox NAL 88 117
28 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 79 82

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.