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1949 AL Doubles by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led the AL in doubles in 1949, with 272, 57 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 8 AL teams is 217.1.

Led the AL in 1949 Boston Red Sox 155 games
272 Doubles 57 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team G 2B
1 Boston Red Sox 155 272
AL average 217.1
2 Detroit Tigers 155 215
2 New York Yankees 155 215
4 Philadelphia Athletics 154 214
5 St. Louis Browns 155 213
6 Chicago White Sox 154 207
6 Washington Senators 154 207
8 Cleveland Indians 154 194

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.