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1939 NL Extra-Base Hits by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in extra-base hits in 1939, with 492, 65 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 8 NL teams is 387.4.

Led the NL in 1939 St. Louis Cardinals 155 games
492 Extra-Base Hits 65 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team G XBH
1 St. Louis Cardinals 155 492
2 Cincinnati Reds 156 427
3 Chicago Cubs 156 416
4 Brooklyn Dodgers 157 400
NL average 387.4
5 Pittsburgh Pirates 153 384
6 New York Giants 151 365
7 Philadelphia Phillies 152 321
8 Boston Bees 152 294

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.