League Leaders Daily Quiz

1891 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The Brooklyn Grooms led all of MLB in doubles in 1891, with 200, 11 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 17 MLB teams is 154.8.

Led all of MLB in 1891 Brooklyn Grooms 137 games
200 Doubles 11 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G 2B
1 Brooklyn Grooms NL 137 200
2 New York Giants NL 136 189
3 Cleveland Spiders NL 141 183
4 Philadelphia Athletics AA 142 182
5 Boston Beaneaters NL 140 181
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 138 180
7 St. Louis Browns AA 139 165
8 Boston Reds AA 139 163
9 Chicago Colts NL 137 159
MLB average 154.8
10 Columbus Solons AA 138 154
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 138 148
11 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 137 148
13 Washington Statesmen AA 139 147
14 Baltimore Orioles AA 139 142
15 Louisville Colonels AA 138 127
16 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers AA 102 105
17 Milwaukee Brewers AA 36 58

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.