1962 MLB Hits by Team

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in hits in 1962, with 1,552, 24 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 20 MLB teams is 1,426.1.

Led all of MLB in 1962 San Francisco Giants 165 games

1,552 Hits 24 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	H
1	San Francisco Giants	NL	165	1,552
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	1,528
3	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,523
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	165	1,510
5	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,509
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	1,468
7	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	1,467
8	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	1,445
9	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	1,429
	MLB average			1,426.1
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,415
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	1,410
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,398
13	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	1,377
14	Milwaukee Braves	NL	162	1,376
15	Houston Colt .45's	NL	162	1,370
15	Washington Senators	AL	162	1,370
17	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,363
18	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	1,352
19	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,341
20	New York Mets	NL	161	1,318

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.