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1936 MLB Home Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Home runs hit

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in home runs in 1936, with 182, 59 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 23 MLB teams is 67.3.

Led all of MLB in 1936 New York Yankees 155 games
182 Home Runs 59 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team League G HR
1 New York Yankees AL 155 182
2 Cleveland Indians AL 157 123
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 103
4 New York Giants NL 154 97
5 Detroit Tigers AL 154 94
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 88
7 Boston Red Sox AL 155 86
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 82
9 St. Louis Browns AL 155 79
10 Chicago Cubs NL 154 76
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 72
MLB average 67.3
12 Boston Bees NL 157 67
13 Washington Senators AL 153 62
14 Chicago White Sox AL 153 60
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 60
16 Philadelphia Stars NN2 73 35
17 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 156 33
17 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 78 33
19 New York Cubans NN2 47 30
20 Homestead Grays NN2 52 27
21 Newark Eagles NN2 59 24
22 New York Black Yankees NN2 29 20
23 Washington Elite Giants NN2 58 16

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.