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1916 MLB Home Runs by Team

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

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in home runs in 1916, with 46, 4 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 23.9.

Led all of MLB in 1916 Chicago Cubs 156 games
46 Home Runs 4 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G HR
1 Chicago Cubs NL 156 46
2 New York Giants NL 155 42
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 42
4 New York Yankees AL 156 35
5 Brooklyn Robins NL 156 28
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 25
MLB average 23.9
7 Boston Braves NL 158 22
8 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 20
9 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 19
10 Chicago White Sox AL 155 17
10 Detroit Tigers AL 155 17
12 Cleveland Indians AL 157 16
13 Boston Red Sox AL 156 14
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 14
13 St. Louis Browns AL 158 14
16 Washington Senators AL 159 12

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.