It will just over three months until baseball returns to Chicago, so I thought it would be a good time to revisit, for the first time in six years, the all-time rankings in both offensive and defensive categories for all iterations of the current 30 teams for the 1040 games I’ve identified that I have attended. We continue today on the offensive side of the ball with doubles.
Based on the raw numbers, the White Sox and Cubs are far and away the leaders in this category, as they are the teams I’ve seen most often. When you adjust the numbers per game, the Guardians, Blue Jays, and Rays all come in with more than two doubles per game. The Miami iteration of the Marlins are at the bottom, with 1 double every other game, followed by the California incarnation of the Angels, who went double-less.
Doubles
| Team Name | Doubles |
|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox | 1026 |
| Chicago Cubs | 757 |
| Minnesota Twins | 107 |
| Kansas City Royals | 103 |
| Detroit Tigers | 99 |
| Houston Astros | 98 |
| Cleveland Indians | 95 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 74 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 |
| Boston Red Sox | 64 |
| Texas Rangers | 64 |
| New York Yankees | 57 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 57 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 55 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 53 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 53 |
| Oakland Athletics | 50 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 49 |
| Seattle Mariners | 48 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 47 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 45 |
| Florida Marlins | 38 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 36 |
| San Francisco Giants | 35 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 34 |
| New York Mets | 31 |
| San Diego Padres | 31 |
| Colorado Rockies | 30 |
| Atlanta Braves | 29 |
| Washington Nationals | 14 |
| Montreal Expos | 8 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 8 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 7 |
| Anaheim Angels | 4 |
| Miami Marlins | 1 |
| California Angels | 0 |
Doubles per Game
| TeamName | Doubles per Game |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Guardians | 2.33333333333333 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 2.11111111111111 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 2.04347826086957 |
| Houston Astros | 2 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 2 |
| Boston Red Sox | 2 |
| Anaheim Angels | 2 |
| New York Yankees | 1.83870967741935 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1.82758620689655 |
| New York Mets | 1.82352941176471 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 1.80487804878049 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 1.8 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1.73226544622426 |
| Detroit Tigers | 1.67796610169492 |
| Colorado Rockies | 1.66666666666667 |
| Kansas City Royals | 1.66129032258065 |
| Florida Marlins | 1.65217391304348 |
| Texas Rangers | 1.64102564102564 |
| Cleveland Indians | 1.63793103448276 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1.61290322580645 |
| Montreal Expos | 1.6 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1.6 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1.57352941176471 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 1.52777777777778 |
| Chicago White Sox | 1.52678571428571 |
| San Francisco Giants | 1.52173913043478 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1.48484848484848 |
| San Diego Padres | 1.47619047619048 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1.45652173913043 |
| Atlanta Braves | 1.38095238095238 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 1.325 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 1.28571428571429 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1.2 |
| Washington Nationals | 1.07692307692308 |
| Miami Marlins | 0.5 |
| California Angels | 0 |