1949 MLB Hits by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in hits in 1949, with 1,513, 13 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 1,385.5.

Led all of MLB in 1949 St. Louis Cardinals 157 games

1,513 Hits 13 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	H
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	1,513
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	1,500
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	156	1,477
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	1,423
5	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	1,405
6	New York Yankees	AL	155	1,396
	MLB average			1,385.5
7	New York Giants	NL	156	1,383
8	Boston Braves	NL	157	1,376
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	1,358
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	1,350
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	1,349
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	1,340
13	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	1,336
14	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	1,331
15	Washington Senators	AL	154	1,330
16	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	1,301

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.