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1977 MLB Home Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Home runs hit

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in home runs in 1977, with 213, 21 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 26 MLB teams is 140.2.

Led all of MLB in 1977 Boston Red Sox 161 games
213 Home Runs 21 clear of Chicago White Sox
# Team League G HR
1 Boston Red Sox AL 161 213
2 Chicago White Sox AL 162 192
3 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 191
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 186
5 New York Yankees AL 162 184
6 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 181
7 Detroit Tigers AL 162 166
8 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 148
9 Kansas City Royals AL 162 146
MLB average 140.2
10 Atlanta Braves NL 162 139
11 Montreal Expos NL 162 138
12 Texas Rangers AL 162 135
13 San Francisco Giants NL 162 134
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 133
14 Seattle Mariners AL 162 133
16 California Angels AL 162 131
17 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 125
18 Minnesota Twins AL 161 123
19 San Diego Padres NL 162 120
20 Oakland Athletics AL 161 117
21 Houston Astros NL 162 114
22 Chicago Cubs NL 162 111
23 Cleveland Indians AL 161 100
23 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 100
25 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 96
26 New York Mets NL 162 88

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.