1947 AL Runs by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Runs scored
The New York Yankees led the AL in runs in 1947, with 794, 74 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 8 AL teams is 645.1.
Led the AL in 1947
New York Yankees
155 games
794
Runs
74 clear of Boston Red Sox
| # | Team | G | R |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
New York Yankees
|
155 | 794 |
| 2 |
 Boston Red Sox
|
157 | 720 |
| 3 |
 Detroit Tigers
|
158 | 714 |
| 4 |
 Cleveland Indians
|
157 | 687 |
| AL average | 645.1 | ||
| 5 |
 Philadelphia Athletics
|
156 | 633 |
| 6 |
 St. Louis Browns
|
154 | 564 |
| 7 |
 Chicago White Sox
|
155 | 553 |
| 8 |
 Washington Senators
|
154 | 496 |
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.