1887 MLB Runs Batted In by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Runs driven in
The St. Louis Browns led all of MLB in runs batted in in 1887, with 862, 44 ahead of the Detroit Wolverines. The average across 16 MLB teams is 649.6.
Led all of MLB in 1887
St. Louis Browns
137 games
862
Runs Batted In
44 clear of Detroit Wolverines
| # | Team | League | G | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
St. Louis Browns
|
AA | 137 | 862 |
| 2 | Detroit Wolverines | NL | 127 | 818 |
| 3 | Baltimore Orioles | AA | 141 | 765 |
| 4 | Louisville Colonels | AA | 137 | 728 |
| 5 |
 Philadelphia Quakers
|
NL | 128 | 702 |
| 6 |
 Brooklyn Grays
|
AA | 138 | 689 |
| 7 |
 Cincinnati Red Stockings
|
AA | 135 | 678 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Athletics | AA | 137 | 661 |
| 9 |
 Chicago White Stockings
|
NL | 127 | 655 |
| 10 |
 New York Giants
|
NL | 129 | 651 |
| MLB average | 649.6 | |||
| 11 |
 Boston Beaneaters
|
NL | 127 | 649 |
| 12 | Cleveland Blues | AA | 133 | 562 |
| 13 | New York Metropolitans | AA | 138 | 549 |
| 14 | Indianapolis Hoosiers | NL | 127 | 488 |
| 15 |
 Pittsburg Alleghenys
|
NL | 125 | 479 |
| 16 | Washington Nationals | NL | 126 | 457 |
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.