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1950 AL Hits by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led the AL in hits in 1950, with 1,665, 147 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 8 AL teams is 1,434.3.

Led the AL in 1950 Boston Red Sox 154 games
1,665 Hits 147 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team G H
1 Boston Red Sox 154 1,665
2 Detroit Tigers 157 1,518
3 New York Yankees 155 1,511
AL average 1,434.3
4 Cleveland Indians 155 1,417
5 Chicago White Sox 156 1,368
6 Washington Senators 155 1,365
7 Philadelphia Athletics 154 1,361
8 St. Louis Browns 154 1,269

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.