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1957 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The Cincinnati Redlegs led all of MLB in doubles in 1957, with 251, 16 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 16 MLB teams is 212.3.

Led all of MLB in 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs 154 games
251 Doubles 16 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G 2B
1 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 251
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 235
3 Boston Red Sox AL 154 231
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 231
5 Detroit Tigers AL 154 224
6 Chicago Cubs NL 156 223
7 Milwaukee Braves NL 155 221
8 Washington Senators AL 154 215
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 156 213
MLB average 212.3
10 Chicago White Sox AL 155 208
11 New York Yankees AL 154 200
12 Cleveland Indians AL 153 199
13 Kansas City Athletics AL 154 195
14 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 191
15 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 188
16 New York Giants NL 154 171

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.