League Leaders Daily Quiz

1883 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The Chicago White Stockings led all of MLB in doubles in 1883, with 277, 68 ahead of the Boston Beaneaters. The average across 16 MLB teams is 155.4.

Led all of MLB in 1883 Chicago White Stockings 98 games
277 Doubles 68 clear of Boston Beaneaters
# Team League G 2B
1 Chicago White Stockings NL 98 277
2 Boston Beaneaters NL 98 209
3 Providence Grays NL 98 189
4 Buffalo Bisons NL 98 184
4 Cleveland Blues NL 100 184
6 Philadelphia Quakers NL 99 181
7 Detroit Wolverines NL 101 164
MLB average 155.4
8 Philadelphia Athletics AA 98 149
9 New York Gothams NL 98 139
10 Baltimore Orioles AA 96 125
11 Cincinnati Red Stockings AA 98 122
12 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 98 120
13 St. Louis Browns AA 98 118
14 Louisville Eclipse AA 98 114
15 New York Metropolitans AA 97 111
16 Columbus Buckeyes AA 97 101

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.