1963 MLB Hits by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in hits in 1963, with 1,540, 98 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 20 MLB teams is 1,352.2.

Led all of MLB in 1963 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games

1,540 Hits 98 clear of San Francisco Giants

#	Team	League	G	H
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,540
2	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,442
3	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	1,408
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	161	1,403
5	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,390
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,388
7	New York Yankees	AL	161	1,387
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,385
9	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,379
10	Los Angeles Angels	AL	161	1,378
11	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	163	1,361
12	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,359
13	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	1,356
	MLB average			1,352.2
14	Milwaukee Braves	NL	163	1,345
15	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,333
16	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,314
17	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,286
18	Washington Senators	AL	162	1,237
19	Houston Colt .45's	NL	162	1,184
20	New York Mets	NL	162	1,168

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.