1987 MLB Hits by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in hits in 1987, with 1,554, 2 ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The average across 26 MLB teams is 1,457.5.

Led all of MLB in 1987 Boston Red Sox 162 games

1,554 Hits 2 clear of Milwaukee Brewers

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,554
2	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	1,552
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,535
4	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,514
5	New York Mets	NL	162	1,499
5	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,499
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,478
7	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,478
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,476
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	1,475
11	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,467
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,464
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,458
	MLB average			1,457.5
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,449
15	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,445
16	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,443
17	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,437
18	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,432
19	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,427
20	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,422
21	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,419
22	California Angels	AL	162	1,406
23	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	1,401
24	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,390
25	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,389
26	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,386

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.