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1946 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 1946, with 1,426, 49 ahead of the Boston Braves. The average across 8 NL teams is 1,345.3.

Led the NL in 1946 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games
1,426 Hits 49 clear of Boston Braves
# Team G H
1 St. Louis Cardinals 156 1,426
2 Boston Braves 154 1,377
3 Brooklyn Dodgers 157 1,376
4 Philadelphia Phillies 155 1,351
NL average 1,345.3
5 Chicago Cubs 155 1,344
6 New York Giants 154 1,326
7 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 1,300
8 Cincinnati Reds 156 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.