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2009 MLB Home Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Home runs hit

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in home runs in 2009, with 244, 20 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 30 MLB teams is 168.1.

Led all of MLB in 2009 New York Yankees 162 games
244 Home Runs 20 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team League G HR
1 New York Yankees AL 162 244
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 224
2 Texas Rangers AL 162 224
4 Boston Red Sox AL 162 212
5 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 209
6 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 199
7 Colorado Rockies NL 162 190
8 Chicago White Sox AL 162 184
9 Detroit Tigers AL 163 183
10 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 182
11 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 173
11 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 173
13 Minnesota Twins AL 163 172
MLB average 168.1
14 Chicago Cubs NL 161 161
14 Cleveland Indians AL 162 161
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 160
16 Seattle Mariners AL 162 160
16 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 160
19 Florida Marlins NL 162 159
20 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 158
21 Washington Nationals NL 162 156
22 Atlanta Braves NL 162 149
23 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 145
24 Kansas City Royals AL 162 144
25 Houston Astros NL 162 142
26 San Diego Padres NL 162 141
27 Oakland Athletics AL 162 135
28 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 125
29 San Francisco Giants NL 162 122
30 New York Mets NL 162 95

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.