1996 NL Hits by Team

The Colorado Rockies led the NL in hits in 1996, with 1,607, 92 ahead of the New York Mets. The average across 14 NL teams is 1,457.0.

Led the NL in 1996 Colorado Rockies 162 games

1,607 Hits 92 clear of New York Mets

#	Team	G	H
1	Colorado Rockies	162	1,607
2	New York Mets	162	1,515
3	Atlanta Braves	162	1,514
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	1,509
5	San Diego Padres	162	1,499
6	St. Louis Cardinals	162	1,468
	NL average		1,457.0
7	Houston Astros	162	1,445
8	Montreal Expos	162	1,441
9	Florida Marlins	162	1,413
10	Philadelphia Phillies	162	1,405
11	San Francisco Giants	162	1,400
12	Cincinnati Reds	162	1,398
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	1,396
14	Chicago Cubs	162	1,388

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.