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1951 MLB Total Bases by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Bases gained on hits

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in total bases in 1951, with 2,386, 146 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 2,049.6.

Led all of MLB in 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 158 games
2,386 Total Bases 146 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G TB
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 158 2,386
2 New York Giants NL 157 2,240
3 New York Yankees AL 154 2,119
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 2,113
5 Boston Red Sox AL 154 2,106
6 Boston Braves NL 155 2,083
7 Chicago White Sox AL 155 2,068
MLB average 2,049.6
8 Cleveland Indians AL 155 2,044
9 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 2,035
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 2,033
11 Detroit Tigers AL 154 2,026
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 2,001
13 Chicago Cubs NL 155 1,930
14 Washington Senators AL 154 1,893
15 St. Louis Browns AL 154 1,863
16 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 1,854

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.