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1929 MLB Extra-Base Hits by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Doubles plus triples plus home runs

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in extra-base hits in 1929, with 543, 34 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 29 MLB teams is 323.9.

Led all of MLB in 1929 Detroit Tigers 155 games
543 Extra-Base Hits 34 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team League G XBH
1 Detroit Tigers AL 155 543
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 509
3 Chicago Cubs NL 156 495
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 494
5 Philadelphia Athletics AL 151 485
6 New York Yankees AL 154 480
7 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 461
8 Brooklyn Robins NL 153 450
9 New York Giants NL 152 434
10 Cleveland Indians AL 152 431
11 St. Louis Browns AL 154 388
12 Boston Red Sox AL 155 384
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 371
14 Boston Braves NL 154 362
15 Washington Senators AL 153 358
16 Chicago White Sox AL 152 352
MLB average 323.9
17 St. Louis Stars NNL 88 322
18 New York Lincoln Giants ANL 68 245
19 Hilldale Club ANL 78 228
20 Baltimore Black Sox ANL 70 221
21 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 79 217
22 Detroit Stars NNL 69 209
23 Birmingham Black Barons NNL 89 174
24 Homestead Grays ANL 66 170
25 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ANL 66 154
26 Chicago American Giants NNL 86 139
27 Cuban Stars East ANL 58 133
28 Memphis Red Sox NNL 73 99
29 Cuban Stars West NNL 46 84

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.