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1948 MLB Runs Batted In by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in runs batted in in 1948, with 854, 48 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 28 MLB teams is 441.1.

Led all of MLB in 1948 Boston Red Sox 155 games
854 Runs Batted In 48 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G RBI
1 Boston Red Sox AL 155 854
2 New York Yankees AL 154 806
3 Cleveland Indians AL 156 801
4 New York Giants NL 155 733
5 Boston Braves NL 154 695
6 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 684
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 680
8 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 671
9 Detroit Tigers AL 154 661
10 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 650
11 St. Louis Browns AL 155 625
12 Chicago Cubs NL 155 564
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 548
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 548
15 Washington Senators AL 154 537
16 Chicago White Sox AL 154 532
MLB average 441.1
17 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 73 264
18 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 80 257
19 New York Cubans NN2 45 181
20 Newark Eagles NN2 57 177
21 Philadelphia Stars NN2 59 176
22 Homestead Grays NN2 62 172
23 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 78 154
24 Indianapolis Clowns NAL 76 105
25 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 87 100
26 New York Black Yankees NN2 46 65
27 Chicago American Giants NAL 78 60
28 Memphis Red Sox NAL 91 51

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.