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1939 MLB Innings Pitched by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Innings pitched

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in innings pitched in 1939, with 1410.1, 6.2 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 29 MLB teams is 877.1.

Led all of MLB in 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers 157 games
1410.1 Innings Pitched 6.2 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team League G IP
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 1410.1
2 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 1403.2
3 Chicago Cubs NL 156 1392.1
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 1384.2
5 Chicago White Sox AL 155 1377.0
6 St. Louis Browns AL 156 1371.1
7 Detroit Tigers AL 155 1367.1
8 Cleveland Indians AL 154 1364.2
9 Boston Bees NL 152 1358.1
10 Washington Senators AL 153 1354.2
11 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 153 1354.0
12 Boston Red Sox AL 152 1350.2
13 New York Yankees AL 152 1348.2
14 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 1342.2
15 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 1326.2
16 New York Giants NL 151 1319.0
MLB average 877.1
17 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 60 439.1
18 Philadelphia Stars NN2 64 396.1
19 Chicago American Giants NAL 63 362.1
20 Newark Eagles NN2 61 339.1
21 Homestead Grays NN2 51 294.2
22 Memphis Red Sox NAL 54 282.1
23 New York Black Yankees NN2 47 258.2
24 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 47 252.0
25 Cleveland Bears NAL 41 240.0
25 St. Louis Stars NAL 45 240.0
27 Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers NAL 8 179.0
28 New York Cubans NN2 31 172.1
29 Toledo Crawfords NAL 19 166.1

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.