Extra Base Hits League by League Totals on Baseball Almanac

League by League Totals for Extra Base Hits

Ever wonder which league has the most extra base hits? This is a comprehensive breakdown of both leagues showing the amount of extra base hits and a major league sum for every season since 1901.

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Extra Base Hits League By League Totals
American League	National League	A.L. + N.L.	Year
2,450	2,174	4,624	1901
2,487	1,682	4,169	1902
2,351	2,179	4,530	1903
2,248	2,088	4,336	1904
2,166	2,150	4,316	1905
2,026	1,873	3,899	1906
1,881	1,793	3,674	1907
1,894	1,897	3,791	1908
1,880	2,040	3,920	1909
2,014	2,322	4,336	1910
2,462	2,640	5,102	1911
2,418	2,732	5,150	1912
2,256	2,549	4,805	1913
2,181	2,320	4,501	1914
2,186	2,352	4,538	1915
2,236	2,283	4,519	1916
2,143	2,239	4,382	1917
1,710	1,733	3,443	1918
2,378	2,039	4,417	1919
2,995	2,509	5,504	1920
3,313	2,969	6,282	1921
3,144	3,103	6,247	1922
3,006	3,038	6,044	1923
3,150	3,002	6,152	1924
3,307	3,370	6,677	1925
3,186	2,976	6,162	1926
3,309	2,911	6,220	1927
3,305	3,149	6,454	1928
3,421	3,576	6,997	1929
3,700	3,903	7,603	1930
3,434	3,213	6,647	1931
3,563	3,446	7,009	1932
3,243	2,736	5,979	1933
3,343	3,197	6,540	1934
3,400	3,177	6,577	1935
3,706	3,108	6,814	1936
3,639	3,004	6,643	1937
3,482	2,974	6,456	1938
3,401	3,099	6,500	1939
3,563	3,038	6,601	1940
3,308	2,848	6,156	1941
2,730	2,541	5,271	1942
2,570	2,559	5,129	1943
2,643	2,852	5,495	1944
2,496	2,736	5,232	1945
2,881	2,696	5,577	1946
2,799	3,138	5,937	1947
3,006	3,069	6,075	1948
2,897	3,170	6,067	1949
3,225	3,355	6,580	1950
3,024	3,137	6,161	1951
2,849	2,917	5,766	1952
3,026	3,333	6,414	1953
2,848	3,302	6,181	1954
2,873	3,250	6,175	1955
3,108	3,276	6,358	1956
2,994	3,317	6,270	1957
2,970	3,217	6,287	1958
3,048	3,271	6,319	1959
3,080	3,148	6,228	1960
4,164	3,295	7,459	1961
4,190	3,977	8,167	1962
3,955	3,638	7,593	1963
3,993	3,799	7,792	1964
3,812	3,862	7,674	1965
3,794	3,889	7,683	1966
3,511	3,662	7,173	1967
3,316	3,245	6,561	1968
4,412	4,396	8,808	1969
4,611	4,980	9,591	1970
4,261	4,341	8,602	1971
3,751	4,181	7,932	1972
4,580	4,536	9,116	1973
4,333	4,369	8,702	1974
4,556	4,472	9,028	1975
4,177	4,264	8,441	1976
6,065	5,190	11,255	1977
5,543	4,619	10,162	1978
6,083	4,831	10,914	1979
5,886	4,622	10,508	1980
3,486	2,954	6,440	1981
6,092	4,567	10,659	1982
6,162	4,635	10,797	1983
5,957	4,499	10,456	1984
6,268	4,722	10,990	1985
6,278	4,901	11,179	1986
6,762	5,385	12,147	1987
5,884	4,522	10,406	1988
5,579	4,679	10,258	1989
5,815	4,893	10,708	1990
6,086	4,690	10,776	1991
5,758	4,688	10,446	1992
6,362	6,057	12,419	1993
5,038	4,693	9,731	1994
6,161	5,702	11,863	1995
7,368	6,436	13,804	1996
6,976	6,551	13,527	1997
7,149	7,556	14,705	1998
7,175	8,024	15,199	1999
7,377	8,169	15,546	2000
7,146	8,053	15,199	2001
7,115	7,565	14,680	2002
7,112	7,856	14,968	2003
7,241	8,027	15,268	2004
6,966	7,802	14,768	2005
7,238	8,235	15,473	2006
6,984	8,108	15,092	2007
6,963	7,815	14,778	2008
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American League	National League	A.L. + N.L.	Year
League By League Extra Base Hits Totals

Did you know that the all-time extra base hits leader is Hank Aaron with one-thousand four-hundred seventy seven?

The single season record for most extra base hits in the American League is one-hundred nineteen set by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees in 1921.

The single season record for most extra base hits in the National League is one-hundred seven set by Chuck Klein of Philadelphia in 1930 then tied by Barry Bonds in 2001.

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