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1912 MLB Hits by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Total hits

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in hits in 1912, with 1,493, 28 ahead of the Boston Braves. The average across 16 MLB teams is 1,377.4.

Led all of MLB in 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates 152 games
1,493 Hits 28 clear of Boston Braves
# Team League G H
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 1,493
2 Boston Braves NL 155 1,465
3 New York Giants NL 154 1,451
4 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 1,442
5 Boston Red Sox AL 154 1,404
6 Cleveland Naps AL 155 1,403
7 Chicago Cubs NL 152 1,398
MLB average 1,377.4
8 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 153 1,377
9 Detroit Tigers AL 154 1,375
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 1,366
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 1,354
12 Chicago White Sox AL 158 1,321
13 New York Highlanders AL 153 1,320
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 1,310
15 Washington Senators AL 154 1,298
16 St. Louis Browns AL 157 1,262

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.