1959 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

The Chicago White Sox led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1959, with 113, 29 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 53.3.

Led all of MLB in 1959 Chicago White Sox 156 games

113 Stolen Bases 29 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers

#	Team	League	G	SB
1	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	113
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	156	84
3	San Francisco Giants	NL	154	81
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	68
5	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	154	65
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	65
	MLB average			53.3
7	Washington Senators	AL	154	51
8	New York Yankees	AL	155	45
9	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	41
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	39
11	Baltimore Orioles	AL	155	36
12	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	34
12	Kansas City Athletics	AL	154	34
14	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	33
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	32
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	32

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.