1971 MLB Home Runs by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in home runs in 1971, with 179, 18 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 24 MLB teams is 119.3.

Led all of MLB in 1971 Detroit Tigers 162 games

179 Home Runs 18 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	HR
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	179
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	161
3	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	160
4	Baltimore Orioles	AL	158	158
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	154
6	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	153
7	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	140
8	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	138
8	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	138
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	128
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	123
	MLB average			119.3
12	Minnesota Twins	AL	160	116
13	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	109
14	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	104
15	New York Mets	NL	162	98
16	New York Yankees	AL	162	97
17	California Angels	AL	162	96
17	San Diego Padres	NL	161	96
19	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	95
19	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	95
21	Montreal Expos	NL	162	88
22	Washington Senators	AL	159	86
23	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	80
24	Houston Astros	NL	162	71

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.