1979 MLB Total Bases by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in total bases in 1979, with 2,527, 47 ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The average across 26 MLB teams is 2,183.0.

Led all of MLB in 1979 Boston Red Sox 160 games

2,527 Total Bases 47 clear of Milwaukee Brewers

#	Team	League	G	TB
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	2,527
2	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	2,480
3	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	2,388
4	California Angels	AL	162	2,383
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	2,353
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	2,299
7	Texas Rangers	AL	162	2,273
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	2,260
9	Baltimore Orioles	AL	159	2,250
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	159	2,242
11	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	2,240
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	2,235
13	Montreal Expos	NL	160	2,231
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	160	2,229
15	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	2,228
16	New York Yankees	AL	160	2,199
	MLB average			2,183.0
17	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	2,169
18	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	2,166
19	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	2,066
20	Atlanta Braves	NL	160	2,043
21	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,968
22	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,967
23	New York Mets	NL	163	1,958
24	San Diego Padres	NL	161	1,894
25	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,857
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,852

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.