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1985 MLB Home Runs by Team

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

The Baltimore Orioles led all of MLB in home runs in 1985, with 214, 12 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 26 MLB teams is 138.5.

Led all of MLB in 1985 Baltimore Orioles 161 games
214 Home Runs 12 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G HR
1 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 214
2 Detroit Tigers AL 161 202
3 New York Yankees AL 161 176
4 Seattle Mariners AL 162 171
5 Boston Red Sox AL 163 162
6 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 158
7 Oakland Athletics AL 162 155
8 Kansas City Royals AL 162 154
9 California Angels AL 162 153
10 Chicago Cubs NL 162 150
11 Chicago White Sox AL 163 146
12 Minnesota Twins AL 162 141
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 141
MLB average 138.5
14 New York Mets NL 162 134
15 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 129
15 Texas Rangers AL 161 129
17 Atlanta Braves NL 162 126
18 Houston Astros NL 162 121
19 Montreal Expos NL 161 118
20 Cleveland Indians AL 162 116
21 San Francisco Giants NL 162 115
22 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 114
23 San Diego Padres NL 162 109
24 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 101
25 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 87
26 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 80

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.