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2003 MLB Hits by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in hits in 2003, with 1,667, 59 ahead of the Atlanta Braves. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,468.6.

Led all of MLB in 2003 Boston Red Sox 162 games
1,667 Hits 59 clear of Atlanta Braves
# Team League G H
1 Boston Red Sox AL 162 1,667
2 Atlanta Braves NL 162 1,608
3 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 1,580
3 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 1,580
5 Minnesota Twins AL 162 1,567
6 Kansas City Royals AL 162 1,526
7 New York Yankees AL 163 1,518
8 Baltimore Orioles AL 163 1,516
9 Seattle Mariners AL 162 1,509
10 Texas Rangers AL 162 1,506
11 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 1,501
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 1,492
13 Anaheim Angels AL 162 1,473
14 Colorado Rockies NL 162 1,472
MLB average 1,468.6
15 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 1,467
16 Houston Astros NL 162 1,466
17 Florida Marlins NL 162 1,459
18 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 1,448
19 Chicago White Sox AL 162 1,445
20 San Diego Padres NL 162 1,442
21 San Francisco Giants NL 161 1,440
22 Chicago Cubs NL 162 1,431
23 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 1,423
24 Cleveland Indians AL 162 1,413
25 Montreal Expos NL 162 1,404
26 Oakland Athletics AL 162 1,398
27 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 1,349
28 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 1,328
29 New York Mets NL 161 1,317
30 Detroit Tigers AL 162 1,312

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.