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1964 MLB Hits by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Total hits

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in hits in 1964, with 1,531, 9 ahead of the Milwaukee Braves. The average across 20 MLB teams is 1,383.5.

Led all of MLB in 1964 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games
1,531 Hits 9 clear of Milwaukee Braves
# Team League G H
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 1,531
2 Milwaukee Braves NL 162 1,522
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 1,469
4 New York Yankees AL 164 1,442
5 Boston Red Sox AL 162 1,425
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 1,415
7 Minnesota Twins AL 163 1,413
8 Detroit Tigers AL 163 1,394
9 Chicago Cubs NL 162 1,391
10 Cleveland Indians AL 164 1,386
MLB average 1,383.5
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 1,383
12 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 164 1,375
13 New York Mets NL 163 1,372
14 San Francisco Giants NL 162 1,360
15 Baltimore Orioles AL 163 1,357
16 Chicago White Sox AL 162 1,356
17 Kansas City Athletics AL 163 1,321
18 Los Angeles Angels AL 162 1,297
19 Washington Senators AL 162 1,246
20 Houston Colt .45's NL 162 1,214

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.