2004 NL Hits by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in hits in 2004, with 1,544, 13 ahead of the Colorado Rockies. The average across 16 NL teams is 1,454.4.

Led the NL in 2004 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games

1,544 Hits 13 clear of Colorado Rockies

#	Team	G	H
1	St. Louis Cardinals	162	1,544
2	Colorado Rockies	162	1,531
3	San Diego Padres	162	1,521
4	Chicago Cubs	162	1,508
5	Philadelphia Phillies	162	1,505
6	Atlanta Braves	162	1,503
7	San Francisco Giants	162	1,500
8	Houston Astros	162	1,458
	NL average		1,454.4
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	1,450
10	Florida Marlins	162	1,447
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	161	1,428
12	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	1,401
13	Cincinnati Reds	162	1,380
14	New York Mets	162	1,376
15	Montreal Expos	162	1,361
16	Milwaukee Brewers	161	1,358

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.