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1951 MLB Runs by Team

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

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in runs in 1951, with 855, 51 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 704.3.

Led all of MLB in 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 158 games
855 Runs 51 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G R
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 158 855
2 Boston Red Sox AL 154 804
3 New York Yankees AL 154 798
4 New York Giants NL 157 781
5 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 736
6 Boston Braves NL 155 723
7 Chicago White Sox AL 155 714
MLB average 704.3
8 Cleveland Indians AL 155 696
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 689
10 Detroit Tigers AL 154 685
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 683
12 Washington Senators AL 154 672
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 648
14 Chicago Cubs NL 155 614
15 St. Louis Browns AL 154 611
16 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 559

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.