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1969 MLB Home Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Home runs hit

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in home runs in 1969, with 197, 15 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 24 MLB teams is 130.0.

Led all of MLB in 1969 Boston Red Sox 162 games
197 Home Runs 15 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G HR
1 Boston Red Sox AL 162 197
2 Detroit Tigers AL 162 182
3 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 175
4 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 171
5 Minnesota Twins AL 162 163
6 Oakland Athletics AL 162 148
6 Washington Senators AL 162 148
8 Chicago Cubs NL 163 142
9 Atlanta Braves NL 162 141
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 137
11 San Francisco Giants NL 162 136
MLB average 130.0
12 Montreal Expos NL 162 125
12 Seattle Pilots AL 163 125
14 Cleveland Indians AL 161 119
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 119
16 Chicago White Sox AL 162 112
17 New York Mets NL 162 109
18 Houston Astros NL 162 104
19 San Diego Padres NL 162 99
20 Kansas City Royals AL 163 98
21 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 97
22 New York Yankees AL 162 94
23 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 90
24 California Angels AL 163 88

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.