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1942 NL Doubles by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Two-base hits

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in doubles in 1942, with 282, 19 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 8 NL teams is 210.0.

Led the NL in 1942 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games
282 Doubles 19 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team G 2B
1 St. Louis Cardinals 156 282
2 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 263
3 Chicago Cubs 155 224
4 Boston Braves 150 210
NL average 210.0
5 Cincinnati Reds 154 198
6 Pittsburgh Pirates 151 173
7 Philadelphia Phillies 151 168
8 New York Giants 154 162

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.