1949 MLB Runs by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in runs in 1949, with 896, 17 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 714.1.

Led all of MLB in 1949 Boston Red Sox 155 games

896 Runs 17 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers

#	Team	League	G	R
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	896
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	156	879
3	New York Yankees	AL	155	829
4	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	766
5	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	751
6	New York Giants	NL	156	736
7	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	726
	MLB average			714.1
8	Boston Braves	NL	157	706
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	681
10	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	675
11	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	666
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	662
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	648
14	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	627
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	593
16	Washington Senators	AL	154	584

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.