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1997 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 1997, with 373, 34 ahead of the Montreal Expos. The average across 28 MLB teams is 285.9.

Led all of MLB in 1997 Boston Red Sox 162 games
373 Doubles 34 clear of Montreal Expos
# Team League G 2B
1 Boston Red Sox AL 162 373
2 Montreal Expos NL 162 339
3 New York Yankees AL 162 325
4 Houston Astros NL 162 314
5 Seattle Mariners AL 162 312
6 Texas Rangers AL 162 311
7 Minnesota Twins AL 162 305
8 Cleveland Indians AL 161 301
9 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 294
10 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 291
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 290
MLB average 285.9
12 Anaheim Angels AL 162 279
13 San Diego Padres NL 162 275
13 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 275
15 New York Mets NL 162 274
15 Oakland Athletics AL 162 274
17 Florida Marlins NL 162 272
18 Chicago Cubs NL 162 269
18 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 269
18 Colorado Rockies NL 162 269
18 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 269
22 Atlanta Braves NL 162 268
22 Detroit Tigers AL 162 268
24 San Francisco Giants NL 162 266
25 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 264
26 Chicago White Sox AL 161 260
27 Kansas City Royals AL 161 256
28 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 242

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.