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1958 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in doubles in 1958, with 250, 8 ahead of the Cincinnati Redlegs. The average across 16 MLB teams is 212.0.

Led all of MLB in 1958 San Francisco Giants 154 games
250 Doubles 8 clear of Cincinnati Redlegs
# Team League G 2B
1 San Francisco Giants NL 154 250
2 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 242
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 238
4 Boston Red Sox AL 155 229
4 Detroit Tigers AL 154 229
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 229
7 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 221
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 216
9 New York Yankees AL 155 212
MLB average 212.0
10 Cleveland Indians AL 153 210
11 Chicago Cubs NL 154 207
12 Kansas City Athletics AL 156 196
13 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 195
14 Chicago White Sox AL 155 191
15 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 154 166
16 Washington Senators AL 156 161

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.