1978 MLB Stolen Bases by Team

The Kansas City Royals led all of MLB in stolen bases in 1978, with 216, 3 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 26 MLB teams is 115.5.

Led all of MLB in 1978 Kansas City Royals 162 games

216 Stolen Bases 3 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Team	League	G	SB
1	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	216
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	213
3	Texas Rangers	AL	162	196
4	Houston Astros	NL	162	178
5	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	152
5	San Diego Padres	NL	162	152
7	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	144
8	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	137
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	137
10	Seattle Mariners	AL	160	123
	MLB average			115.5
11	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	110
12	New York Mets	NL	162	100
13	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	99
14	New York Yankees	AL	163	98
15	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	97
16	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	95
17	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	90
17	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	90
19	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	87
20	California Angels	AL	162	86
21	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	83
22	Montreal Expos	NL	162	80
23	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	75
24	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	74
25	Cleveland Indians	AL	159	64
26	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	28

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.