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2012 MLB Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Runs scored

The Texas Rangers led all of MLB in runs in 2012, with 808, 4 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 30 MLB teams is 700.6.

Led all of MLB in 2012 Texas Rangers 162 games
808 Runs 4 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G R
1 Texas Rangers AL 162 808
2 New York Yankees AL 162 804
3 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 776
4 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 767
5 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 765
6 Colorado Rockies NL 162 758
7 Chicago White Sox AL 162 748
8 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 734
8 Boston Red Sox AL 162 734
10 Washington Nationals NL 162 731
11 Detroit Tigers AL 162 726
12 San Francisco Giants NL 162 718
13 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 716
14 Oakland Athletics AL 162 713
15 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 712
16 Minnesota Twins AL 162 701
MLB average 700.6
17 Atlanta Braves NL 162 700
18 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 697
19 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 684
20 Kansas City Royals AL 162 676
21 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 669
22 Cleveland Indians AL 162 667
23 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 651
23 San Diego Padres NL 162 651
25 New York Mets NL 162 650
26 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 637
27 Seattle Mariners AL 162 619
28 Chicago Cubs NL 162 613
29 Miami Marlins NL 162 609
30 Houston Astros NL 162 583

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.