2005 MLB Hits by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in hits in 2005, with 1,579, 27 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,466.4.

Led all of MLB in 2005 Boston Red Sox 162 games

1,579 Hits 27 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	H
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,579
2	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,552
3	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,528
4	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,522
5	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,521
6	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	1,520
7	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	1,519
8	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,506
9	Florida Marlins	NL	162	1,499
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,494
10	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,494
12	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,492
13	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,480
14	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,477
15	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,476
	MLB average			1,466.4
16	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,453
16	Cincinnati Reds	NL	163	1,453
18	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,450
19	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,445
19	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,445
21	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,441
22	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,427
23	New York Mets	NL	162	1,421
24	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,419
25	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,416
26	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	1,413
27	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,408
28	Houston Astros	NL	163	1,400
29	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,374
30	Washington Nationals	NL	162	1,367

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.