1947 MLB Hits by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in hits in 1947, with 1,462, 16 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 28 MLB teams is 947.4.

Led all of MLB in 1947 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games

1,462 Hits 16 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	League	G	H
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	1,462
2	New York Giants	NL	155	1,446
3	Boston Braves	NL	154	1,444
4	New York Yankees	AL	155	1,439
5	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	1,428
6	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	1,412
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	157	1,392
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	1,385
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	1,373
10	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	1,372
11	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	1,363
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	1,354
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	1,350
14	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	156	1,311
15	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	1,238
16	Washington Senators	AL	154	1,234
	MLB average			947.4
17	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	79	657
18	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	76	633
19	Newark Eagles	NN2	84	512
20	Homestead Grays	NN2	70	503
21	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	59	430
22	New York Cubans	NN2	62	414
23	New York Black Yankees	NN2	52	299
24	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	274
25	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	82	259
26	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	67	204
27	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	88	181
28	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	79	157

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.