1959 MLB Home Runs by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Home runs hit
The Milwaukee Braves led all of MLB in home runs in 1959, with 177, 10 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 16 MLB teams is 140.6.
Led all of MLB in 1959
Milwaukee Braves
157 games
177
Home Runs
10 clear of Cleveland Indians
| # | Team | League | G | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Milwaukee Braves
|
NL | 157 | 177 |
| 2 |
 Cleveland Indians
|
AL | 154 | 167 |
| 2 |
 San Francisco Giants
|
NL | 154 | 167 |
| 4 |
 Chicago Cubs
|
NL | 155 | 163 |
| 4 |
 Washington Senators
|
AL | 154 | 163 |
| 6 |
 Cincinnati Redlegs
|
NL | 154 | 161 |
| 7 |
 Detroit Tigers
|
AL | 154 | 160 |
| 8 |
 New York Yankees
|
AL | 155 | 153 |
| 9 |
 Los Angeles Dodgers
|
NL | 156 | 148 |
| MLB average | 140.6 | |||
| 10 |
 Boston Red Sox
|
AL | 154 | 125 |
| 11 |
 St. Louis Cardinals
|
NL | 154 | 118 |
| 12 |
 Kansas City Athletics
|
AL | 154 | 117 |
| 13 |
 Philadelphia Phillies
|
NL | 155 | 113 |
| 14 |
 Pittsburgh Pirates
|
NL | 155 | 112 |
| 15 |
 Baltimore Orioles
|
AL | 155 | 109 |
| 16 |
 Chicago White Sox
|
AL | 156 | 97 |
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.