1959 MLB Doubles by Team

The Cincinnati Redlegs led all of MLB in doubles in 1959, with 258, 10 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 217.4.

Led all of MLB in 1959 Cincinnati Redlegs 154 games

258 Doubles 10 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	2B
1	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	154	258
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	248
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	244
4	San Francisco Giants	NL	154	239
5	Kansas City Athletics	AL	154	231
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	230
7	New York Yankees	AL	155	224
8	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	220
	MLB average			217.4
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	216
9	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	216
11	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	209
12	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	196
12	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	156	196
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	196
15	Baltimore Orioles	AL	155	182
16	Washington Senators	AL	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.