1997 NL Runs Batted In by Team

The Colorado Rockies led the NL in runs batted in in 1997, with 869, 108 ahead of the San Diego Padres. The average across 14 NL teams is 705.4.

Led the NL in 1997 Colorado Rockies 162 games

869 Runs Batted In 108 clear of San Diego Padres

#	Team	G	RBI
1	Colorado Rockies	162	869
2	San Diego Padres	162	761
3	Atlanta Braves	162	755
4	San Francisco Giants	162	746
5	New York Mets	162	741
6	Houston Astros	162	720
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	706
	NL average		705.4
8	Florida Marlins	162	703
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	686
10	Montreal Expos	162	659
11	St. Louis Cardinals	162	654
12	Chicago Cubs	162	642
13	Philadelphia Phillies	162	622
14	Cincinnati Reds	162	612

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.