2008 AL Hits by Team

The Texas Rangers led the AL in hits in 2008, with 1,619, 47 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 14 AL teams is 1,492.9.

Led the AL in 2008 Texas Rangers 162 games

1,619 Hits 47 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	G	H
1	Texas Rangers	162	1,619
2	Minnesota Twins	163	1,572
3	Boston Red Sox	162	1,565
4	Detroit Tigers	162	1,529
5	New York Yankees	162	1,512
6	Kansas City Royals	162	1,507
7	Seattle Mariners	162	1,498
	AL average		1,492.9
8	Baltimore Orioles	161	1,486
8	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	1,486
10	Chicago White Sox	163	1,458
11	Cleveland Indians	162	1,455
12	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,453
13	Tampa Bay Rays	162	1,443
14	Oakland Athletics	161	1,318

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.