1946 MLB Hits by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in hits in 1946, with 1,441, 15 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 28 MLB teams is 919.0.

Led all of MLB in 1946 Boston Red Sox 156 games

1,441 Hits 15 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	1,441
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	1,426
3	Washington Senators	AL	155	1,388
4	Boston Braves	NL	154	1,377
5	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	1,376
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	1,373
7	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	1,364
8	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	1,351
9	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	1,350
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	1,344
11	New York Giants	NL	154	1,326
12	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	155	1,317
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	1,300
14	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	1,285
15	New York Yankees	AL	154	1,275
16	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	1,262
	MLB average			919.0
17	Newark Eagles	NN2	64	628
18	Homestead Grays	NN2	58	572
19	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	56	569
20	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	58	560
21	New York Cubans	NN2	50	413
22	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	67	348
23	New York Black Yankees	NN2	46	319
24	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	69	233
25	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	68	184
26	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	159
27	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	76	101
28	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	66	90

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.