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1998 MLB Hits by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Total hits

The Colorado Rockies led all of MLB in hits in 1998, with 1,640, 3 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,483.0.

Led all of MLB in 1998 Colorado Rockies 162 games
1,640 Hits 3 clear of Texas Rangers
# Team League G H
1 Colorado Rockies NL 162 1,640
2 Texas Rangers AL 162 1,637
3 New York Yankees AL 162 1,625
4 Houston Astros NL 162 1,578
5 Boston Red Sox AL 162 1,568
6 Seattle Mariners AL 161 1,553
7 San Francisco Giants NL 163 1,540
8 Anaheim Angels AL 162 1,530
8 Cleveland Indians AL 162 1,530
10 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 1,520
11 Chicago White Sox AL 163 1,516
12 Minnesota Twins AL 162 1,499
13 Chicago Cubs NL 163 1,494
13 Detroit Tigers AL 162 1,494
15 Atlanta Braves NL 162 1,489
MLB average 1,483.0
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 1,482
16 Toronto Blue Jays AL 163 1,482
18 Kansas City Royals AL 161 1,459
19 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 1,450
20 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 1,444
21 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 1,441
22 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 1,439
23 New York Mets NL 162 1,425
24 Oakland Athletics AL 162 1,413
25 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 1,395
26 San Diego Padres NL 162 1,390
27 Florida Marlins NL 162 1,381
28 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 1,374
29 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 1,353
30 Montreal Expos NL 162 1,348

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.