1986 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1986, with 262, 69 ahead of the Montreal Expos. The average across 26 MLB teams is 127.4.

Led all of MLB in 1986 St. Louis Cardinals 161 games

262 Stolen Bases 69 clear of Montreal Expos

#	Team	League	G	SB
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	161	262
2	Montreal Expos	NL	161	193
3	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	177
4	Houston Astros	NL	162	163
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	155
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	153
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	152
8	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	148
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	163	141
10	New York Yankees	AL	162	139
10	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	139
12	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	138
13	Chicago Cubs	NL	160	132
	MLB average			127.4
14	New York Mets	NL	162	118
15	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	115
16	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	163	110
17	California Angels	AL	162	109
18	Texas Rangers	AL	162	103
19	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	100
20	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	97
21	San Diego Padres	NL	162	96
22	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	93
22	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	93
24	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	81
25	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	64
26	Boston Red Sox	AL	161	41

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.