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1970 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in doubles in 1970, with 257, 4 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 24 MLB teams is 218.1.

Led all of MLB in 1970 San Francisco Giants 162 games
257 Doubles 4 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team League G 2B
1 San Francisco Giants NL 162 257
2 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 253
3 Boston Red Sox AL 162 252
4 Houston Astros NL 162 250
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 235
6 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 161 233
7 Minnesota Twins AL 162 230
8 Chicago Cubs NL 162 228
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 161 224
MLB average 218.1
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 218
11 Atlanta Braves NL 162 215
12 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 213
13 Montreal Expos NL 162 211
13 New York Mets NL 162 211
15 New York Yankees AL 163 208
15 Oakland Athletics AL 162 208
15 San Diego Padres NL 162 208
18 Detroit Tigers AL 162 207
19 Kansas City Royals AL 162 202
19 Milwaukee Brewers AL 163 202
21 California Angels AL 162 197
21 Cleveland Indians AL 162 197
23 Chicago White Sox AL 162 192
24 Washington Senators AL 162 184

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.