1971 MLB Total Bases by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in total bases in 1971, with 2,362, 136 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 24 MLB teams is 1,986.8.

Led all of MLB in 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games

2,362 Total Bases 136 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	League	G	TB
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	2,362
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	2,226
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	2,160
4	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	2,145
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	2,145
6	Baltimore Orioles	AL	158	2,113
7	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	2,108
8	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	2,064
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	2,055
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	2,043
11	Minnesota Twins	AL	160	2,013
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	2,005
	MLB average			1,986.8
13	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,979
14	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,949
15	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,937
16	New York Mets	NL	162	1,920
17	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,870
18	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	1,868
19	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,866
20	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,831
21	California Angels	AL	162	1,808
22	San Diego Padres	NL	161	1,784
23	Washington Senators	AL	159	1,726
24	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	1,706

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.