1917 MLB Hits by Team

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in hits in 1917, with 1,385, 25 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 1,274.4.

Led all of MLB in 1917 Cincinnati Reds 157 games

1,385 Hits 25 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Cincinnati Reds	NL	157	1,385
2	New York Giants	NL	158	1,360
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	1,317
4	Brooklyn Robins	NL	156	1,299
5	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	1,296
6	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	1,281
7	Boston Braves	NL	157	1,280
	MLB average			1,274.4
8	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	1,271
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	1,262
10	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	1,250
11	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	1,243
12	Washington Senators	AL	157	1,238
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	157	1,230
14	Chicago Cubs	NL	157	1,229
15	New York Yankees	AL	155	1,226
16	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	1,224

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.