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1954 MLB Hits by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in hits in 1954, with 1,518, 82 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 1,369.3.

Led all of MLB in 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 154 games
1,518 Hits 82 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G H
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 1,518
2 Boston Red Sox AL 156 1,436
3 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 1,418
4 Chicago Cubs NL 154 1,412
5 New York Yankees AL 155 1,400
6 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 1,395
7 New York Giants NL 154 1,386
8 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 1,384
9 Chicago White Sox AL 155 1,382
MLB average 1,369.3
10 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 1,369
11 Cleveland Indians AL 156 1,368
12 Detroit Tigers AL 155 1,351
13 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 1,309
14 Washington Senators AL 155 1,292
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 1,260
16 Philadelphia Athletics AL 156 1,228

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.