League Leaders Daily Quiz

1888 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The Louisville Colonels and the Philadelphia Athletics shared the lead of all of MLB in doubles in 1888, with 183. The average across 16 MLB teams is 153.2.

Led all of MLB in 1888 Louisville Colonels 139 games
183 Doubles Tied with Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G 2B
1 Louisville Colonels AA 139 183
1 Philadelphia Athletics AA 136 183
3 Indianapolis Hoosiers NL 136 180
4 Detroit Wolverines NL 134 177
5 Brooklyn Bridegrooms AA 143 172
6 Boston Beaneaters NL 137 167
7 Baltimore Orioles AA 137 162
MLB average 153.2
8 Philadelphia Quakers NL 131 151
9 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 138 150
10 St. Louis Browns AA 137 149
11 Chicago White Stockings NL 135 147
12 Kansas City Cowboys AA 132 142
13 Cincinnati Red Stockings AA 137 132
14 New York Giants NL 137 130
15 Cleveland Blues AA 135 128
16 Washington Nationals NL 136 98

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.