1977 AL Hits by Team

The Minnesota Twins led the AL in hits in 1977, with 1,588, 12 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 14 AL teams is 1,469.4.

Led the AL in 1977 Minnesota Twins 161 games

1,588 Hits 12 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	G	H
1	Minnesota Twins	161	1,588
2	New York Yankees	162	1,576
3	Chicago White Sox	162	1,568
4	Boston Red Sox	161	1,551
5	Kansas City Royals	162	1,549
6	Texas Rangers	162	1,497
7	Detroit Tigers	162	1,480
8	Cleveland Indians	161	1,476
	AL average		1,469.4
9	Baltimore Orioles	161	1,433
10	Milwaukee Brewers	162	1,425
11	Seattle Mariners	162	1,398
12	California Angels	162	1,380
13	Toronto Blue Jays	161	1,367
14	Oakland Athletics	161	1,284

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.