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1955 MLB Extra-Base Hits by Team

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

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in extra-base hits in 1955, with 475, 19 ahead of the Milwaukee Braves. The average across 16 MLB teams is 385.9.

Led all of MLB in 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 154 games
475 Extra-Base Hits 19 clear of Milwaukee Braves
# Team League G XBH
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 475
2 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 456
3 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 425
4 Boston Red Sox AL 154 417
5 New York Yankees AL 154 409
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 407
7 Chicago Cubs NL 154 406
8 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 396
MLB average 385.9
9 Detroit Tigers AL 154 379
10 New York Giants NL 154 376
11 Cleveland Indians AL 154 374
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 361
13 Chicago White Sox AL 155 356
13 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 356
15 Washington Senators AL 154 312
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 156 270

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.