League Leaders Daily Quiz

Most Total Bases by a Team in a Season (MLB)

The best single seasons by any MLB team, 1871–2026. Bases gained on hits

The 2003 Boston Red Sox and the 2019 Minnesota Twins share the MLB team record for total bases in a season, with 2,832. Next best is the 2023 Atlanta Braves, at 2,803.

MLB team record Boston Red Sox 2003 season, 162 games
2,832 Total Bases Tied with 2019 Minnesota Twins
# Team Season G TB
1 Boston Red Sox 2003 162 2,832
1 Minnesota Twins 2019 162 2,832
3 Atlanta Braves 2023 162 2,803
4 Houston Astros 2019 162 2,781
5 Colorado Rockies 2001 162 2,748
6 Seattle Mariners 1996 161 2,741
7 New York Yankees 2019 162 2,735
8 Seattle Mariners 1997 162 2,720
9 Texas Rangers 1999 162 2,705
10 New York Yankees 1936 155 2,703
10 New York Yankees 2009 162 2,703
12 Boston Red Sox 2004 162 2,702
13 Cleveland Indians 1996 161 2,700
14 Colorado Rockies 1999 162 2,696
14 Atlanta Braves 2003 162 2,696
16 Boston Red Sox 2019 162 2,688
17 Baltimore Orioles 1996 163 2,685
18 Chicago Cubs 1930 156 2,684
19 Houston Astros 2017 162 2,681
20 Colorado Rockies 1997 162 2,677
20 Texas Rangers 2005 162 2,677
22 Boston Red Sox 1997 162 2,676
22 Texas Rangers 2001 162 2,676
24 Texas Rangers 1996 163 2,672
24 Cleveland Indians 2000 162 2,672
26 Toronto Blue Jays 2000 162 2,664
27 Anaheim Angels 2000 162 2,659
28 New York Yankees 1930 154 2,657
29 Houston Astros 2000 162 2,655
30 Chicago White Sox 2000 162 2,654
31 New York Yankees 2007 162 2,649
32 Texas Rangers 2008 162 2,647
33 Colorado Rockies 1996 162 2,641
34 Detroit Tigers 2007 162 2,635
35 Seattle Mariners 1998 161 2,632
36 Boston Red Sox 2011 162 2,631
37 Cleveland Indians 1999 162 2,629
38 New York Giants 1930 154 2,628
38 Boston Red Sox 1996 162 2,628
40 Chicago White Sox 2006 162 2,625
41 Texas Rangers 1998 162 2,618
42 New York Yankees 1927 155 2,615
42 Boston Red Sox 2016 162 2,615
44 New York Yankees 2006 162 2,607
45 Milwaukee Brewers 1982 163 2,606
46 Cleveland Indians 1936 157 2,605
46 San Francisco Giants 2000 162 2,605
46 Philadelphia Phillies 2007 162 2,605
49 Texas Rangers 2011 162 2,603
50 New York Yankees 1998 162 2,598
51 St. Louis Cardinals 1930 154 2,595
51 Arizona Diamondbacks 1999 162 2,595
53 Philadelphia Phillies 1930 156 2,594
53 Cleveland Indians 1997 161 2,594
53 Colorado Rockies 1998 162 2,594
56 Los Angeles Dodgers 2019 162 2,593
57 Boston Red Sox 1998 162 2,591
58 Toronto Blue Jays 2006 162 2,590
59 San Francisco Giants 2001 162 2,582
60 Toronto Blue Jays 1999 162 2,581
61 Chicago Cubs 2004 162 2,579
61 Colorado Rockies 2019 162 2,579
63 St. Louis Cardinals 2003 162 2,574
64 Colorado Rockies 2000 162 2,573
64 Toronto Blue Jays 2003 162 2,573
66 Texas Rangers 2003 162 2,569
66 Cleveland Indians 2006 162 2,569
68 Colorado Rockies 2016 162 2,568
69 New York Yankees 1931 155 2,564
69 Texas Rangers 2004 162 2,564
71 Cleveland Indians 2001 162 2,563
72 Boston Red Sox 1977 161 2,560
73 Philadelphia Phillies 1929 154 2,559
74 Texas Rangers 2002 162 2,558
75 Boston Red Sox 1950 154 2,557
75 Boston Red Sox 2005 162 2,557
77 St. Louis Cardinals 2004 162 2,553
78 Toronto Blue Jays 2021 162 2,552
79 Boston Red Sox 2018 162 2,550
80 Cincinnati Reds 1999 163 2,549
81 Detroit Tigers 1987 162 2,548
82 New York Yankees 2002 161 2,547
83 Oakland Athletics 1996 162 2,546
83 Boston Red Sox 2010 162 2,546
85 Brooklyn Dodgers 1953 155 2,545
85 Oakland Athletics 2000 161 2,545
87 Philadelphia Phillies 2006 162 2,542
88 New York Yankees 2003 163 2,540
88 Cleveland Indians 2005 162 2,540
88 Atlanta Braves 2006 162 2,540
91 Seattle Mariners 1999 162 2,536
91 Colorado Rockies 2004 162 2,536
93 Milwaukee Brewers 1980 162 2,534
94 Milwaukee Brewers 2007 162 2,532
95 Detroit Tigers 1929 155 2,531
95 Detroit Tigers 2006 162 2,531
95 Texas Rangers 2023 162 2,531
98 Seattle Mariners 2001 162 2,530
98 New York Yankees 2004 162 2,530
98 New York Yankees 2005 162 2,530

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.