1942 MLB Runs by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in runs in 1942, with 801, 40 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 28 MLB teams is 448.0.

Led all of MLB in 1942 New York Yankees 154 games

801 Runs 40 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	R
1	New York Yankees	AL	154	801
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	761
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	755
4	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	742
5	St. Louis Browns	AL	151	730
6	New York Giants	NL	154	675
7	Washington Senators	AL	151	653
8	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	591
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	590
10	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	589
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	151	585
12	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	549
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	148	538
14	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	527
15	Boston Braves	NL	150	515
	MLB average			448.0
16	Homestead Grays	NN2	34	419
17	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	394
18	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	41	313
19	Newark Eagles	NN2	35	301
20	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	38	277
21	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	50	268
22	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	65	209
23	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	166
24	Chicago American Giants	NAL	44	157
25	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	62	155
26	New York Black Yankees	NN2	28	135
27	New York Cubans	NN2	22	109
28	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	37	41

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.