2008 MLB Hits by Team

The Texas Rangers led all of MLB in hits in 2008, with 1,619, 34 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,465.7.

Led all of MLB in 2008 Texas Rangers 162 games

1,619 Hits 34 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,619
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,585
3	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	1,572
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,565
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	1,552
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,529
7	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,514
8	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,512
9	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,507
10	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,498
11	New York Mets	NL	162	1,491
12	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	1,486
12	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	1,486
	MLB average			1,465.7
14	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,462
15	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	1,458
16	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,455
16	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,455
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,454
19	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,453
20	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,452
21	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	1,443
22	Houston Astros	NL	161	1,432
23	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,407
24	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	1,398
25	Florida Marlins	NL	161	1,397
26	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,390
27	Washington Nationals	NL	161	1,376
28	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,355
29	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,351
30	Oakland Athletics	AL	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.