1988 MLB Hits by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in hits in 1988, with 1,569, 61 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 26 MLB teams is 1,394.0.

Led all of MLB in 1988 Boston Red Sox 162 games

1,569 Hits 61 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,569
2	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,508
3	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,491
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	163	1,481
5	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,474
6	New York Yankees	AL	161	1,469
7	California Angels	AL	162	1,458
8	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,435
9	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	1,419
10	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	1,409
11	Montreal Expos	NL	163	1,400
12	Seattle Mariners	AL	161	1,397
	MLB average			1,394.0
13	New York Mets	NL	160	1,387
14	Texas Rangers	AL	161	1,378
15	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,373
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,358
17	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,353
18	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,346
19	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,338
20	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	1,334
21	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	1,327
21	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	160	1,327
23	San Diego Padres	NL	161	1,325
24	Atlanta Braves	NL	160	1,319
25	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,294
26	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	1,275

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.