1978 MLB Total Bases by Team

The Milwaukee Brewers led all of MLB in total bases in 1978, with 2,390, 19 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 26 MLB teams is 2,061.6.

Led all of MLB in 1978 Milwaukee Brewers 162 games

2,390 Total Bases 19 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	TB
1	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	2,390
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	2,371
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	2,193
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	2,187
5	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	2,186
6	New York Yankees	AL	163	2,168
7	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	2,145
8	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	2,120
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	2,115
10	Montreal Expos	NL	162	2,098
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	2,082
12	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	2,071
	MLB average			2,061.6
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	2,044
14	Texas Rangers	AL	162	2,037
15	Cleveland Indians	AL	159	2,031
16	California Angels	AL	162	2,023
17	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	2,004
18	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,997
19	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,951
20	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	1,947
21	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,939
21	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,939
23	Seattle Mariners	AL	160	1,921
24	New York Mets	NL	162	1,911
25	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,866
25	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,866

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.