1956 AL Stolen Bases by Team

The Chicago White Sox led the AL in stolen bases in 1956, with 70, 19 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 8 AL teams is 43.5.

Led the AL in 1956 Chicago White Sox 154 games

70 Stolen Bases 19 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	G	SB
1	Chicago White Sox	154	70
2	New York Yankees	154	51
	AL average		43.5
3	Detroit Tigers	155	43
4	Cleveland Indians	155	40
4	Kansas City Athletics	154	40
6	Baltimore Orioles	154	39
7	Washington Senators	155	37
8	Boston Red Sox	155	28

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.