1968 MLB Hits by Team

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in hits in 1968, with 1,573, 169 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 20 MLB teams is 1,285.5.

Led all of MLB in 1968 Cincinnati Reds 163 games

1,573 Hits 169 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Cincinnati Reds	NL	163	1,573
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	1,404
3	Atlanta Braves	NL	163	1,399
4	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,383
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	163	1,319
6	San Francisco Giants	NL	163	1,301
7	Oakland Athletics	AL	163	1,300
8	Detroit Tigers	AL	164	1,292
	MLB average			1,285.5
9	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,274
10	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,266
11	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,253
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,253
13	New York Mets	NL	163	1,252
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,234
15	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,233
15	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,233
17	California Angels	AL	162	1,209
18	Washington Senators	AL	161	1,208
19	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,187
20	New York Yankees	AL	164	1,137

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.