1956 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

The Chicago White Sox led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1956, with 70, 3 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 44.9.

Led all of MLB in 1956 Chicago White Sox 154 games

70 Stolen Bases 3 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	League	G	SB
1	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	70
2	New York Giants	NL	154	67
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	154	65
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	157	55
5	New York Yankees	AL	154	51
6	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	155	45
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	45
	MLB average			44.9
8	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	43
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	41
10	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	40
10	Kansas City Athletics	AL	154	40
12	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	39
13	Washington Senators	AL	155	37
14	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	29
15	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	28
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	157	24

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.