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1912 MLB Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Runs scored

The New York Giants led all of MLB in runs in 1912, with 823, 24 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 697.8.

Led all of MLB in 1912 New York Giants 154 games
823 Runs 24 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G R
1 New York Giants NL 154 823
2 Boston Red Sox AL 154 799
3 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 779
4 Chicago Cubs NL 152 756
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 751
6 Detroit Tigers AL 154 721
7 Washington Senators AL 154 698
MLB average 697.8
8 Boston Braves NL 155 693
9 Cleveland Naps AL 155 680
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 670
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 659
12 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 656
13 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 153 651
14 Chicago White Sox AL 158 641
15 New York Highlanders AL 153 632
16 St. Louis Browns AL 157 556

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.