1979 MLB Hits by Team

The Kansas City Royals led all of MLB in hits in 1979, with 1,596, 2 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 26 MLB teams is 1,458.1.

Led all of MLB in 1979 Kansas City Royals 162 games

1,596 Hits 2 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,596
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	1,594
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	1,567
4	California Angels	AL	162	1,563
5	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	1,552
6	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,549
7	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,544
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	1,541
9	Chicago White Sox	AL	159	1,505
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,494
11	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,490
	MLB average			1,458.1
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	1,453
13	Detroit Tigers	AL	160	1,446
14	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	1,445
14	Montreal Expos	NL	160	1,445
16	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,443
16	New York Yankees	AL	160	1,443
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	159	1,401
19	New York Mets	NL	163	1,399
20	Atlanta Braves	NL	160	1,389
21	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	1,388
22	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,382
23	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,362
24	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,328
25	San Diego Padres	NL	161	1,316
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	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.