2008 AL Total Bases by Team

The Texas Rangers led the AL in total bases in 2008, with 2,647, 143 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 14 AL teams is 2,343.7.

Led the AL in 2008 Texas Rangers 162 games

2,647 Total Bases 143 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	G	TB
1	Texas Rangers	162	2,647
2	Detroit Tigers	162	2,504
3	Boston Red Sox	162	2,503
4	Chicago White Sox	163	2,485
5	Baltimore Orioles	161	2,384
6	New York Yankees	162	2,381
7	Cleveland Indians	162	2,351
	AL average		2,343.7
8	Tampa Bay Rays	162	2,341
9	Minnesota Twins	163	2,301
10	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	2,287
11	Kansas City Royals	162	2,226
12	Toronto Blue Jays	162	2,198
13	Seattle Mariners	162	2,195
14	Oakland Athletics	161	2,009

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.