League Leaders Daily Quiz

1948 MLB Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Runs scored

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in runs in 1948, with 907, 50 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 28 MLB teams is 479.9.

Led all of MLB in 1948 Boston Red Sox 155 games
907 Runs 50 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G R
1 Boston Red Sox AL 155 907
2 New York Yankees AL 154 857
3 Cleveland Indians AL 156 840
4 New York Giants NL 155 780
5 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 744
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 742
7 Boston Braves NL 154 739
8 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 729
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 706
10 Detroit Tigers AL 154 700
11 St. Louis Browns AL 155 671
12 Chicago Cubs NL 155 597
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 591
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 588
15 Washington Senators AL 154 578
16 Chicago White Sox AL 154 558
MLB average 479.9
17 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 73 321
18 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 80 307
19 Philadelphia Stars NN2 59 210
20 Homestead Grays NN2 62 209
21 New York Cubans NN2 45 206
21 Newark Eagles NN2 57 206
23 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 78 190
24 Indianapolis Clowns NAL 76 125
25 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 87 122
26 New York Black Yankees NN2 46 76
27 Chicago American Giants NAL 78 72
28 Memphis Red Sox NAL 91 65

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.