League Leaders Daily Quiz

1949 MLB Extra-Base Hits by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Doubles plus triples plus home runs

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in extra-base hits in 1949, with 439, 2 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 16 MLB teams is 379.2.

Led all of MLB in 1949 Boston Red Sox 155 games
439 Extra-Base Hits 2 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G XBH
1 Boston Red Sox AL 155 439
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 437
3 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 156 435
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 409
5 New York Giants NL 156 402
6 New York Yankees AL 155 390
7 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 385
8 Boston Braves NL 157 382
MLB average 379.2
9 Cleveland Indians AL 154 364
10 Chicago Cubs NL 154 362
11 St. Louis Browns AL 155 360
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 358
13 Detroit Tigers AL 155 354
14 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 345
15 Washington Senators AL 154 329
16 Chicago White Sox AL 154 316

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.