1972 MLB Runs by Team

The Houston Astros led all of MLB in runs in 1972, with 708, 1 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 24 MLB teams is 571.1.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Houston Astros 153 games

708 Runs 1 clear of Cincinnati Reds

#	Team	League	G	R
1	Houston Astros	NL	153	708
2	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	707
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	691
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	685
5	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	662
6	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	640
7	Atlanta Braves	NL	155	628
8	Oakland Athletics	AL	155	604
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	155	584
10	Kansas City Royals	AL	154	580
	MLB average			571.1
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	568
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	566
13	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	558
14	New York Yankees	AL	155	557
15	Minnesota Twins	AL	154	537
16	New York Mets	NL	156	528
17	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	519
18	Montreal Expos	NL	156	513
19	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	503
20	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	156	493
21	San Diego Padres	NL	153	488
22	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	472
23	Texas Rangers	AL	154	461
24	California Angels	AL	155	454

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.