1942 MLB Doubles by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Two-base hits
The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in doubles in 1942, with 282, 19 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 28 MLB teams is 149.1.
Led all of MLB in 1942
St. Louis Cardinals
156 games
282
Doubles
19 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
| # | Team | League | G | 2B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
NL | 156 | 282 |
| 2 |
|
NL | 155 | 263 |
| 3 |
|
AL | 152 | 244 |
| 4 |
|
AL | 151 | 239 |
| 5 |
|
NL | 155 | 224 |
| 5 |
|
AL | 151 | 224 |
| 7 |
|
AL | 156 | 223 |
| 7 |
|
AL | 154 | 223 |
| 9 |
|
AL | 156 | 217 |
| 10 |
|
AL | 148 | 214 |
| 11 |
|
AL | 154 | 213 |
| 12 |
|
NL | 150 | 210 |
| 13 |
|
NL | 154 | 198 |
| 14 |
|
NL | 151 | 173 |
| 15 |
|
NL | 151 | 168 |
| 16 |
|
NL | 154 | 162 |
| MLB average | 149.1 | |||
| 17 | Homestead Grays | NN2 | 34 | 88 |
| 18 | Kansas City Monarchs | NAL | 50 | 86 |
| 19 | Newark Eagles | NN2 | 35 | 83 |
| 19 | Philadelphia Stars | NN2 | 41 | 83 |
| 21 | Baltimore Elite Giants | NN2 | 38 | 78 |
| 22 | Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes | NAL | 65 | 72 |
| 23 | Birmingham Black Barons | NAL | 48 | 41 |
| 24 | Chicago American Giants | NAL | 44 | 40 |
| 24 | Memphis Red Sox | NAL | 62 | 40 |
| 24 | New York Cubans | NN2 | 22 | 40 |
| 27 | New York Black Yankees | NN2 | 28 | 39 |
| 28 | Jacksonville Red Caps | NAL | 37 | 9 |
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.
