1997 MLB Hits by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in hits in 1997, with 1,684, 48 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 28 MLB teams is 1,481.1.

Led all of MLB in 1997 Boston Red Sox 162 games

1,684 Hits 48 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,684
2	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,636
3	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,611
4	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	1,589
5	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,574
6	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,547
7	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	1,531
8	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,522
9	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,519
10	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,498
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	1,498
12	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,490
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,488
	MLB average			1,481.1
14	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	1,478
15	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,451
16	New York Mets	NL	162	1,448
17	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,444
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,440
19	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,427
20	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,423
21	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,415
21	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	1,415
21	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,415
24	Florida Marlins	NL	162	1,410
25	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,409
26	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,390
27	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,386
28	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,333

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.