1953 MLB Total Bases by Team

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in total bases in 1953, with 2,545, 258 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 16 MLB teams is 2,110.6.

Led all of MLB in 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 games

2,545 Total Bases 258 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	TB
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	2,545
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	2,287
3	New York Giants	NL	155	2,265
4	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	2,221
5	New York Yankees	AL	151	2,167
6	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	2,165
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	2,152
8	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	2,150
	MLB average			2,110.6
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	2,101
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	2,097
11	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	157	2,027
12	Boston Red Sox	AL	153	2,017
13	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	1,910
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	1,899
15	Washington Senators	AL	152	1,897
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	1,870

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.