League Leaders Daily Quiz

1885 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 1885, with 184, 15 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 16 MLB teams is 137.1.

Led all of MLB in 1885 Chicago White Stockings 113 games
184 Doubles 15 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G 2B
1 Chicago White Stockings NL 113 184
2 Philadelphia Athletics AA 113 169
3 Philadelphia Quakers NL 111 156
4 New York Giants NL 112 150
5 Buffalo Bisons NL 112 149
5 Detroit Wolverines NL 108 149
7 Boston Beaneaters NL 113 144
MLB average 137.1
8 St. Louis Browns AA 112 132
9 Louisville Colonels AA 112 126
10 Baltimore Orioles AA 110 124
11 New York Metropolitans AA 108 123
11 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 111 123
13 Brooklyn Grays AA 112 121
13 St. Louis Maroons NL 111 121
15 Providence Grays NL 110 114
16 Cincinnati Red Stockings AA 112 108

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.