2008 NL Runs by Team

The Chicago Cubs led the NL in runs in 2008, with 855, 56 ahead of the New York Mets. The average across 16 NL teams is 733.8.

Led the NL in 2008 Chicago Cubs 161 games

855 Runs 56 clear of New York Mets

#	Team	G	R
1	Chicago Cubs	161	855
2	New York Mets	162	799
2	Philadelphia Phillies	162	799
4	St. Louis Cardinals	162	779
5	Florida Marlins	161	770
6	Atlanta Braves	162	753
7	Milwaukee Brewers	162	750
8	Colorado Rockies	162	747
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	735
	NL average		733.8
10	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	720
11	Houston Astros	161	712
12	Cincinnati Reds	162	704
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	700
14	Washington Nationals	161	641
15	San Francisco Giants	162	640
16	San Diego Padres	162	637

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.