1972 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1972, with 140, 14 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 24 MLB teams is 75.3.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Cincinnati Reds 154 games

140 Stolen Bases 14 clear of Texas Rangers

#	Team	League	G	SB
1	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	140
2	Texas Rangers	AL	154	126
3	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	123
4	Houston Astros	NL	153	111
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	104
6	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	100
7	Oakland Athletics	AL	155	87
8	Kansas City Royals	AL	154	85
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	155	82
10	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	78
10	San Diego Padres	NL	153	78
	MLB average			75.3
12	New York Yankees	AL	155	71
13	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	69
14	Montreal Expos	NL	156	68
15	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	66
16	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	156	64
17	California Angels	AL	155	57
18	Minnesota Twins	AL	154	53
19	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	49
19	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	49
21	Atlanta Braves	NL	155	47
22	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	42
23	New York Mets	NL	156	41
24	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	17

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.