1987 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1987, with 248, 50 ahead of the San Diego Padres. The average across 26 MLB teams is 137.9.

Led all of MLB in 1987 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games

248 Stolen Bases 50 clear of San Diego Padres

#	Team	League	G	SB
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	248
2	San Diego Padres	NL	162	198
3	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	176
4	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	174
5	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	169
6	Montreal Expos	NL	162	166
7	Houston Astros	NL	162	162
8	New York Mets	NL	162	159
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	140
9	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	140
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	140
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	138
	MLB average			137.9
13	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	135
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	128
15	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	126
15	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	126
17	California Angels	AL	162	125
17	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	125
19	Texas Rangers	AL	162	120
20	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	113
21	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	111
22	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	109
23	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	106
24	New York Yankees	AL	162	105
25	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	77
26	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	69

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.