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1955 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 1955, with 201, 19 ahead of the Milwaukee Braves. The average across 16 MLB teams is 139.0.

Led all of MLB in 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 154 games
201 Home Runs 19 clear of Milwaukee Braves
# Team League G HR
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 201
2 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 182
3 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 181
4 New York Yankees AL 154 175
5 New York Giants NL 154 169
6 Chicago Cubs NL 154 164
7 Cleveland Indians AL 154 148
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 143
MLB average 139.0
9 Boston Red Sox AL 154 137
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 132
11 Detroit Tigers AL 154 130
12 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 121
13 Chicago White Sox AL 155 116
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 91
15 Washington Senators AL 154 80
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 156 54

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.