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1955 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in doubles in 1955, with 241, 11 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 203.2.

Led all of MLB in 1955 Boston Red Sox 154 games
241 Doubles 11 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team League G 2B
1 Boston Red Sox AL 154 241
2 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 230
3 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 228
4 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 219
5 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 216
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 214
7 Detroit Tigers AL 154 211
8 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 210
9 Chicago White Sox AL 155 204
MLB average 203.2
10 Cleveland Indians AL 154 195
11 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 189
12 Chicago Cubs NL 154 187
13 New York Yankees AL 154 179
14 Washington Senators AL 154 178
15 Baltimore Orioles AL 156 177
16 New York Giants NL 154 173

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.