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1952 MLB Home Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Home runs hit

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in home runs in 1952, with 153, 2 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 106.3.

Led all of MLB in 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 games
153 Home Runs 2 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G HR
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 153
2 New York Giants NL 154 151
3 Cleveland Indians AL 155 148
4 New York Yankees AL 154 129
5 Boston Red Sox AL 154 113
6 Boston Braves NL 155 110
7 Chicago Cubs NL 155 107
MLB average 106.3
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 104
9 Detroit Tigers AL 156 103
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 97
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 93
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 92
13 Philadelphia Athletics AL 155 89
14 St. Louis Browns AL 155 82
15 Chicago White Sox AL 156 80
16 Washington Senators AL 157 50

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.