League Leaders Daily Quiz

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 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 282
2 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 263
3 Boston Red Sox AL 152 244
4 St. Louis Browns AL 151 239
5 Chicago Cubs NL 155 224
5 Washington Senators AL 151 224
7 Cleveland Indians AL 156 223
7 New York Yankees AL 154 223
9 Detroit Tigers AL 156 217
10 Chicago White Sox AL 148 214
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 213
12 Boston Braves NL 150 210
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 198
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 151 173
15 Philadelphia Phillies NL 151 168
16 New York Giants 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.