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1986 MLB Home Runs by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in home runs in 1986, with 198, 2 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 26 MLB teams is 146.7.

Led all of MLB in 1986 Detroit Tigers 162 games
198 Home Runs 2 clear of Minnesota Twins
# Team League G HR
1 Detroit Tigers AL 162 198
2 Minnesota Twins AL 162 196
3 New York Yankees AL 162 188
4 Texas Rangers AL 162 184
5 Toronto Blue Jays AL 163 181
6 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 169
7 California Angels AL 162 167
8 Oakland Athletics AL 162 163
9 Seattle Mariners AL 162 158
10 Cleveland Indians AL 163 157
11 Chicago Cubs NL 160 155
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 161 154
13 New York Mets NL 162 148
MLB average 146.7
14 Boston Red Sox AL 161 144
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 144
16 Atlanta Braves NL 161 138
17 Kansas City Royals AL 162 137
18 San Diego Padres NL 162 136
19 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 130
20 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 127
21 Houston Astros NL 162 125
22 Chicago White Sox AL 162 121
23 San Francisco Giants NL 162 114
24 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 111
25 Montreal Expos NL 161 110
26 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 58

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.