1978 MLB Hits by Team

The Milwaukee Brewers led all of MLB in hits in 1978, with 1,530, 10 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 26 MLB teams is 1,404.2.

Led all of MLB in 1978 Milwaukee Brewers 162 games

1,530 Hits 10 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	1,530
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,520
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	1,493
4	New York Yankees	AL	163	1,489
5	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,472
6	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,469
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,461
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,435
9	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	1,423
10	California Angels	AL	162	1,417
11	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,408
	MLB average			1,404.2
12	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,404
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,404
14	Cleveland Indians	AL	159	1,400
15	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	1,397
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	1,390
17	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	1,378
18	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	1,358
19	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,353
20	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,351
21	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,349
22	New York Mets	NL	162	1,332
23	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,331
24	Seattle Mariners	AL	160	1,327
25	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,313
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,304

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.