1961 MLB Hits by Team

The Cleveland Indians led all of MLB in hits in 1961, with 1,493, 12 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 18 MLB teams is 1,392.6.

Led all of MLB in 1961 Cleveland Indians 161 games

1,493 Hits 12 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	1,493
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	1,481
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	1,475
4	New York Yankees	AL	163	1,461
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	1,448
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	1,436
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	1,414
8	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	1,401
9	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	1,393
	MLB average			1,392.6
10	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	1,379
11	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	1,365
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	1,364
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	154	1,358
14	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	1,353
15	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	1,342
16	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	1,331
17	Washington Senators	AL	161	1,307
18	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	1,265

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.