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1948 MLB Doubles by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Two-base hits

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in doubles in 1948, with 277, 5 ahead of the Boston Braves. The average across 28 MLB teams is 153.1.

Led all of MLB in 1948 Boston Red Sox 155 games
277 Doubles 5 clear of Boston Braves
# Team League G 2B
1 Boston Red Sox AL 155 277
2 Boston Braves NL 154 272
3 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 256
4 New York Yankees AL 154 251
4 St. Louis Browns AL 155 251
6 Cleveland Indians AL 156 242
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 238
8 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 231
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 227
10 Chicago Cubs NL 155 225
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 221
12 Detroit Tigers AL 154 219
13 New York Giants NL 155 210
14 Washington Senators AL 154 203
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 191
16 Chicago White Sox AL 154 172
MLB average 153.1
17 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 80 100
18 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 73 83
19 New York Cubans NN2 45 76
20 Philadelphia Stars NN2 59 65
21 Homestead Grays NN2 62 54
22 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 78 49
23 Newark Eagles NN2 57 46
24 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 87 34
25 Indianapolis Clowns NAL 76 30
26 Chicago American Giants NAL 78 22
26 Memphis Red Sox NAL 91 22
28 New York Black Yankees NN2 46 20

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.