1979 AL Hits by Team

The Kansas City Royals led the AL in hits in 1979, with 1,596, 29 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 14 AL teams is 1,477.3.

Led the AL in 1979 Kansas City Royals 162 games

1,596 Hits 29 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	G	H
1	Kansas City Royals	162	1,596
2	Boston Red Sox	160	1,567
3	California Angels	162	1,563
4	Milwaukee Brewers	161	1,552
5	Texas Rangers	162	1,549
6	Minnesota Twins	162	1,544
7	Chicago White Sox	159	1,505
8	Seattle Mariners	162	1,490
	AL average		1,477.3
9	Detroit Tigers	160	1,446
10	New York Yankees	160	1,443
11	Baltimore Orioles	159	1,401
12	Cleveland Indians	161	1,388
13	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,362
14	Oakland Athletics	162	1,276

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.