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1953 AL Extra-Base Hits by Team

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

The New York Yankees led the AL in extra-base hits in 1953, with 417, 6 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 8 AL teams is 378.3.

Led the AL in 1953 New York Yankees 151 games
417 Extra-Base Hits 6 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team G XBH
1 New York Yankees 151 417
2 Detroit Tigers 158 411
3 Boston Red Sox 153 393
4 Cleveland Indians 155 390
AL average 378.3
5 Philadelphia Athletics 157 359
6 Chicago White Sox 156 353
7 Washington Senators 152 352
8 St. Louis Browns 154 351

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.