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1954 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in doubles in 1954, with 285, 39 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 215.9.

Led all of MLB in 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 154 games
285 Doubles 39 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team League G 2B
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 285
2 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 246
3 Boston Red Sox AL 156 244
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 243
5 Chicago Cubs NL 154 229
6 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 221
7 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 217
MLB average 215.9
8 Detroit Tigers AL 155 215
8 New York Yankees AL 155 215
10 Chicago White Sox AL 155 203
11 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 195
12 New York Giants NL 154 194
13 Philadelphia Athletics AL 156 191
14 Cleveland Indians AL 156 188
14 Washington Senators AL 155 188
16 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 181

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.