League Leaders Daily Quiz

1946 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in doubles in 1946, with 268, 3 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 28 MLB teams is 148.0.

Led all of MLB in 1946 Boston Red Sox 156 games
268 Doubles 3 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G 2B
1 Boston Red Sox AL 156 268
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 265
3 Washington Senators AL 155 260
4 Boston Braves NL 154 238
5 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 233
5 Cleveland Indians AL 156 233
7 Chicago Cubs NL 155 223
8 Philadelphia Athletics AL 155 220
8 St. Louis Browns AL 156 220
10 Detroit Tigers AL 155 212
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 209
12 New York Yankees AL 154 208
13 Chicago White Sox AL 155 206
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 206
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 202
16 New York Giants NL 154 176
MLB average 148.0
17 Newark Eagles NN2 64 94
18 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 58 88
19 Homestead Grays NN2 58 77
20 Philadelphia Stars NN2 56 65
21 New York Cubans NN2 50 56
22 New York Black Yankees NN2 46 42
23 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 67 41
24 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns NAL 69 30
24 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 68 30
26 Chicago American Giants NAL 80 20
27 Memphis Red Sox NAL 76 14
28 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 66 8

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.