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1998 MLB Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Runs scored

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in runs in 1998, with 965, 25 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 30 MLB teams is 776.6.

Led all of MLB in 1998 New York Yankees 162 games
965 Runs 25 clear of Texas Rangers
# Team League G R
1 New York Yankees AL 162 965
2 Texas Rangers AL 162 940
3 Boston Red Sox AL 162 876
4 Houston Astros NL 162 874
5 Chicago White Sox AL 163 861
6 Seattle Mariners AL 161 859
7 Cleveland Indians AL 162 850
8 San Francisco Giants NL 163 845
9 Chicago Cubs NL 163 831
10 Atlanta Braves NL 162 826
10 Colorado Rockies NL 162 826
12 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 817
13 Toronto Blue Jays AL 163 816
14 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 810
15 Oakland Athletics AL 162 804
16 Anaheim Angels AL 162 787
MLB average 776.6
17 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 750
18 San Diego Padres NL 162 749
19 Minnesota Twins AL 162 734
20 Detroit Tigers AL 162 722
21 Kansas City Royals AL 161 714
22 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 713
23 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 707
24 New York Mets NL 162 706
25 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 669
26 Florida Marlins NL 162 667
27 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 665
28 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 650
29 Montreal Expos NL 162 644
30 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 620

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.