League Leaders Daily Quiz

1946 MLB Total Bases by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Bases gained on hits

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in total bases in 1946, with 2,136, 90 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 28 MLB teams is 1,282.6.

Led all of MLB in 1946 Boston Red Sox 156 games
2,136 Total Bases 90 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G TB
1 Boston Red Sox AL 156 2,136
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 2,046
3 Detroit Tigers AL 155 1,991
3 New York Yankees AL 154 1,991
5 Washington Senators AL 155 1,954
6 New York Giants NL 154 1,939
7 St. Louis Browns AL 156 1,914
8 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 1,906
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 1,880
10 Cleveland Indians AL 156 1,867
11 Boston Braves NL 154 1,843
12 Chicago Cubs NL 155 1,835
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 1,786
14 Chicago White Sox AL 155 1,769
15 Philadelphia Athletics AL 155 1,759
16 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 1,729
MLB average 1,282.6
17 Newark Eagles NN2 64 910
18 Homestead Grays NN2 58 806
19 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 58 763
20 Philadelphia Stars NN2 56 706
21 New York Cubans NN2 50 561
22 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 67 468
23 New York Black Yankees NN2 46 390
24 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns NAL 69 288
25 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 68 239
26 Chicago American Giants NAL 80 198
27 Memphis Red Sox NAL 76 129
28 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 66 111

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.