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1955 MLB Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Runs scored

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in runs in 1955, with 857, 82 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 691.8.

Led all of MLB in 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 154 games
857 Runs 82 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G R
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 857
2 Detroit Tigers AL 154 775
3 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 761
3 New York Yankees AL 154 761
5 Boston Red Sox AL 154 755
6 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 743
7 Chicago White Sox AL 155 725
8 New York Giants NL 154 702
9 Cleveland Indians AL 154 698
MLB average 691.8
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 675
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 654
12 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 638
13 Chicago Cubs NL 154 626
14 Washington Senators AL 154 598
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 560
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 156 540

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.