1961 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

The Chicago White Sox led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1961, with 100, 2 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 18 MLB teams is 58.1.

Led all of MLB in 1961 Chicago White Sox 163 games

100 Stolen Bases 2 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	League	G	SB
1	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	100
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	98
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	154	86
4	Washington Senators	AL	161	81
5	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	79
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	70
6	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	70
	MLB average			58.1
8	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	58
9	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	56
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	56
11	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	47
12	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	46
13	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	39
14	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	37
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	35
16	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	34
17	New York Yankees	AL	163	28
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	26

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.