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1951 AL Doubles by Team

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

The Philadelphia Athletics led the AL in doubles in 1951, with 262, 20 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 8 AL teams is 229.5.

Led the AL in 1951 Philadelphia Athletics 154 games
262 Doubles 20 clear of Washington Senators
# Team G 2B
1 Philadelphia Athletics 154 262
2 Washington Senators 154 242
3 Boston Red Sox 154 233
4 Detroit Tigers 154 231
AL average 229.5
5 Chicago White Sox 155 229
6 St. Louis Browns 154 223
7 Cleveland Indians 155 208
7 New York Yankees 154 208

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.