1996 MLB Hits by Team

The Cleveland Indians led all of MLB in hits in 1996, with 1,665, 32 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 28 MLB teams is 1,511.4.

Led all of MLB in 1996 Cleveland Indians 161 games

1,665 Hits 32 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	1,665
2	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,633
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,631
4	Seattle Mariners	AL	161	1,625
5	Texas Rangers	AL	163	1,622
6	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,621
7	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,607
8	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,586
9	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	1,578
10	California Angels	AL	161	1,571
11	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	1,557
12	New York Mets	NL	162	1,515
13	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,514
	MLB average			1,511.4
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,509
15	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,499
16	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,492
17	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	1,477
18	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,468
19	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,451
20	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,445
21	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,441
22	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,413
22	Florida Marlins	NL	162	1,413
24	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,405
25	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,400
26	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,398
27	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,396
28	Chicago Cubs	NL	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.