1875 MLB Hits by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Total hits
The Boston Red Stockings led all of MLB in hits in 1875, with 1,128, 187 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 13 MLB teams is 524.0.
Led all of MLB in 1875
Boston Red Stockings
82 games
1,128
Hits
187 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
| # | Team | League | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Red Stockings | NA | 82 | 1,128 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Athletics | NA | 77 | 941 |
| 3 | Hartford Dark Blues | NA | 86 | 871 |
| 4 | Chicago White Stockings | NA | 69 | 699 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Whites | NA | 70 | 683 |
| 6 | St. Louis Brown Stockings | NA | 70 | 643 |
| 7 | New York Mutuals | NA | 71 | 633 |
| MLB average | 524.0 | |||
| 8 | New Haven Elm Citys | NA | 47 | 373 |
| 9 | Brooklyn Atlantics | NA | 44 | 304 |
| 10 | Washington Nationals | NA | 28 | 194 |
| 11 | St. Louis Red Stockings | NA | 19 | 137 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Centennials | NA | 14 | 125 |
| 13 | Keokuk Westerns | NA | 13 | 81 |
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.