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1953 NL Doubles by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in doubles in 1953, with 281, 7 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 8 NL teams is 222.1.

Led the NL in 1953 St. Louis Cardinals 157 games
281 Doubles 7 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team G 2B
1 St. Louis Cardinals 157 281
2 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 274
3 Philadelphia Phillies 156 228
4 Milwaukee Braves 157 227
NL average 222.1
5 Chicago Cubs 155 204
6 New York Giants 155 195
7 Cincinnati Reds 155 190
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 178

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.