1939 MLB Total Bases by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in total bases in 1939, with 2,388, 37 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 29 MLB teams is 1,342.3.

Led all of MLB in 1939 New York Yankees 152 games

2,388 Total Bases 37 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	TB
1	New York Yankees	AL	152	2,388
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	2,351
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	2,316
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	2,270
5	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	2,194
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	2,176
7	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	2,124
8	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	2,068
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	2,067
10	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	2,033
11	New York Giants	NL	151	2,030
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	153	2,023
13	Washington Senators	AL	153	2,022
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	1,975
15	Boston Bees	NL	152	1,840
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	152	1,800
	MLB average			1,342.3
17	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	60	626
18	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	64	588
19	Newark Eagles	NN2	61	583
20	Homestead Grays	NN2	51	567
21	Chicago American Giants	NAL	63	473
22	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	409
23	New York Black Yankees	NN2	47	336
24	St. Louis Stars	NAL	45	311
25	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	54	309
26	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	297
27	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	8	281
28	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	19	248
29	New York Cubans	NN2	31	221

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.