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1958 MLB Home Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Home runs hit

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in home runs in 1958, with 182, 10 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 140.0.

Led all of MLB in 1958 Chicago Cubs 154 games
182 Home Runs 10 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers
# Team League G HR
1 Chicago Cubs NL 154 182
2 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 154 172
3 San Francisco Giants NL 154 170
4 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 167
5 New York Yankees AL 155 164
6 Cleveland Indians AL 153 161
7 Boston Red Sox AL 155 155
MLB average 140.0
8 Kansas City Athletics AL 156 138
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 134
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 124
11 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 123
12 Washington Senators AL 156 121
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 111
14 Detroit Tigers AL 154 109
15 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 108
16 Chicago White Sox AL 155 101

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.