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1971 MLB Extra-Base Hits by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Doubles plus triples plus home runs

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in extra-base hits in 1971, with 438, 3 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 24 MLB teams is 358.4.

Led all of MLB in 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games
438 Extra-Base Hits 3 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G XBH
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 438
2 Boston Red Sox AL 162 435
3 Detroit Tigers AL 162 431
4 San Francisco Giants NL 162 400
5 Baltimore Orioles AL 158 390
6 Oakland Athletics AL 161 380
7 Atlanta Braves NL 162 375
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 374
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 369
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 367
11 Chicago Cubs NL 162 364
MLB average 358.4
12 Chicago White Sox AL 162 353
12 Houston Astros NL 162 353
14 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 346
15 Kansas City Royals AL 161 345
16 Minnesota Twins AL 160 344
17 New York Yankees AL 162 335
18 New York Mets NL 162 330
19 Cleveland Indians AL 162 329
20 California Angels AL 162 327
21 Montreal Expos NL 162 314
22 San Diego Padres NL 161 311
23 Washington Senators AL 159 305
24 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 287

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.