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1943 NL Hits by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in hits in 1943, with 1,515, 71 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 8 NL teams is 1,368.1.

Led the NL in 1943 St. Louis Cardinals 157 games
1,515 Hits 71 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team G H
1 St. Louis Cardinals 157 1,515
2 Brooklyn Dodgers 153 1,444
3 Pittsburgh Pirates 157 1,401
4 Chicago Cubs 154 1,380
NL average 1,368.1
5 Cincinnati Reds 155 1,362
6 Philadelphia Blue Jays 157 1,321
7 New York Giants 156 1,309
8 Boston Braves 153 1,213

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.