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1957 NL Hits by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Total hits

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in hits in 1957, with 1,497, 28 ahead of the Milwaukee Braves. The average across 8 NL teams is 1,395.3.

Led the NL in 1957 St. Louis Cardinals 154 games
1,497 Hits 28 clear of Milwaukee Braves
# Team G H
1 St. Louis Cardinals 154 1,497
2 Milwaukee Braves 155 1,469
3 Cincinnati Redlegs 154 1,452
4 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 1,447
NL average 1,395.3
5 New York Giants 154 1,349
6 Brooklyn Dodgers 154 1,325
7 Chicago Cubs 156 1,312
8 Philadelphia Phillies 156 1,311

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.