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1977 MLB Doubles by Team

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

The Kansas City Royals led all of MLB in doubles in 1977, with 299, 5 ahead of the Montreal Expos. The average across 26 MLB teams is 247.7.

Led all of MLB in 1977 Kansas City Royals 162 games
299 Doubles 5 clear of Montreal Expos
# Team League G 2B
1 Kansas City Royals AL 162 299
2 Montreal Expos NL 162 294
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 278
4 Minnesota Twins AL 161 273
5 Chicago Cubs NL 162 271
6 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 269
7 New York Yankees AL 162 267
8 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 266
9 Texas Rangers AL 162 265
10 Houston Astros NL 162 263
11 Boston Red Sox AL 161 258
12 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 255
13 Chicago White Sox AL 162 254
14 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 252
MLB average 247.7
15 San Diego Padres NL 162 245
16 California Angels AL 162 233
17 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 231
18 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 230
19 Detroit Tigers AL 162 228
20 New York Mets NL 162 227
20 San Francisco Giants NL 162 227
22 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 223
23 Cleveland Indians AL 161 221
24 Atlanta Braves NL 162 218
24 Seattle Mariners AL 162 218
26 Oakland Athletics AL 161 176

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.