1956 MLB Total Bases by Team

The Cincinnati Redlegs led all of MLB in total bases in 1956, with 2,334, 28 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 16 MLB teams is 2,082.8.

Led all of MLB in 1956 Cincinnati Redlegs 155 games

2,334 Total Bases 28 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	TB
1	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	155	2,334
2	New York Yankees	AL	154	2,306
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	2,253
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	2,241
5	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	2,201
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	2,147
7	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	154	2,136
8	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	2,100
	MLB average			2,082.8
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	157	2,009
10	New York Giants	NL	154	1,985
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	157	1,983
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	1,981
13	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	1,960
13	Washington Senators	AL	155	1,960
15	Kansas City Athletics	AL	154	1,947
16	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	1,781

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.