League Leaders Daily Quiz

1945 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in doubles in 1945, with 259, 2 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 28 MLB teams is 143.8.

Led all of MLB in 1945 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 games
259 Doubles 2 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team League G 2B
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 259
2 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 257
3 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 256
4 Boston Braves NL 154 229
4 Chicago Cubs NL 155 229
6 Detroit Tigers AL 155 227
7 Boston Red Sox AL 157 225
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 221
9 Cleveland Indians AL 147 216
10 St. Louis Browns AL 154 215
11 Chicago White Sox AL 150 204
12 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 201
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 197
13 Washington Senators AL 156 197
15 New York Yankees AL 152 189
16 New York Giants NL 154 175
MLB average 143.8
17 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 43 81
18 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 64 76
19 Philadelphia Stars NN2 40 65
20 Homestead Grays NN2 46 64
21 New York Black Yankees NN2 33 46
22 Chicago American Giants NAL 74 37
23 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 66 35
24 New York Cubans NN2 27 32
25 Memphis Red Sox NAL 76 31
26 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 68 25
27 Newark Eagles NN2 39 22
28 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns NAL 68 15

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.