2008 NL Hits by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in hits in 2008, with 1,585, 33 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 16 NL teams is 1,441.9.

Led the NL in 2008 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games

1,585 Hits 33 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	G	H
1	St. Louis Cardinals	162	1,585
2	Chicago Cubs	161	1,552
3	Atlanta Braves	162	1,514
4	New York Mets	162	1,491
5	Colorado Rockies	162	1,462
6	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	1,455
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	1,454
8	San Francisco Giants	162	1,452
	NL average		1,441.9
9	Houston Astros	161	1,432
10	Philadelphia Phillies	162	1,407
11	Milwaukee Brewers	162	1,398
12	Florida Marlins	161	1,397
13	San Diego Padres	162	1,390
14	Washington Nationals	161	1,376
15	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	1,355
16	Cincinnati Reds	162	1,351

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.