1996 NL Home Runs by Team

The Colorado Rockies led the NL in home runs in 1996, with 221, 24 ahead of the Atlanta Braves. The average across 14 NL teams is 158.6.

Led the NL in 1996 Colorado Rockies 162 games

221 Home Runs 24 clear of Atlanta Braves

#	Team	G	HR
1	Colorado Rockies	162	221
2	Atlanta Braves	162	197
3	Cincinnati Reds	162	191
4	Chicago Cubs	162	175
	NL average		158.6
5	San Francisco Giants	162	153
6	Florida Marlins	162	150
6	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	150
8	Montreal Expos	162	148
9	New York Mets	162	147
9	San Diego Padres	162	147
11	St. Louis Cardinals	162	142
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	138
13	Philadelphia Phillies	162	132
14	Houston Astros	162	129

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.