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Most Hits by a Team in a Season (MLB)

The best single seasons by any MLB team, 1871–2026. Total hits

The 1930 Philadelphia Phillies hold the MLB team record for hits in a season, with 1,783. Next best is the 1894 Philadelphia Phillies, at 1,780.

MLB team record Philadelphia Phillies 1930 season, 156 games
1,783 Hits 3 clear of 1894 Philadelphia Phillies
# Team Season G H
1 Philadelphia Phillies 1930 156 1,783
2 Philadelphia Phillies 1894 132 1,780
3 New York Giants 1930 154 1,769
4 St. Louis Cardinals 1930 154 1,732
5 Detroit Tigers 1921 154 1,723
6 Chicago Cubs 1930 156 1,722
7 Cleveland Indians 1936 157 1,715
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 1922 155 1,698
9 Philadelphia Phillies 1929 154 1,693
10 St. Louis Browns 1922 154 1,684
10 Boston Red Sox 1997 162 1,684
12 New York Yankees 1930 154 1,683
13 New York Yankees 1936 155 1,676
14 Detroit Tigers 1929 155 1,672
15 New York Yankees 1931 155 1,667
15 Boston Red Sox 2003 162 1,667
17 Boston Red Sox 1950 154 1,665
17 Cleveland Indians 1996 161 1,665
19 Philadelphia Phillies 1895 133 1,664
19 Colorado Rockies 2000 162 1,664
21 Pittsburgh Pirates 1929 154 1,663
21 Colorado Rockies 2001 162 1,663
23 New York Giants 1922 156 1,661
24 Philadelphia Athletics 1925 153 1,659
24 Pittsburgh Pirates 1928 152 1,659
26 Boston Beaneaters 1894 133 1,658
27 Cleveland Indians 1921 154 1,657
28 New York Yankees 2007 162 1,656
29 Chicago Cubs 1929 156 1,655
30 Cleveland Indians 1930 154 1,654
30 Brooklyn Robins 1930 154 1,654
32 Texas Rangers 1999 162 1,653
33 Detroit Tigers 2007 162 1,652
34 St. Louis Browns 1921 154 1,651
34 Pittsburgh Pirates 1925 153 1,651
36 St. Louis Browns 1920 154 1,650
37 Pittsburgh Pirates 1927 156 1,648
38 Baltimore Orioles 1894 129 1,647
39 New York Yankees 1927 155 1,644
39 Colorado Rockies 1999 162 1,644
39 Kansas City Royals 2000 162 1,644
42 Detroit Tigers 1934 154 1,643
43 Detroit Tigers 1922 155 1,642
44 Colorado Rockies 1998 162 1,640
45 Cleveland Indians 2000 162 1,639
46 Detroit Tigers 1936 154 1,638
47 Texas Rangers 1998 162 1,637
47 Seattle Mariners 2001 162 1,637
49 New York Yankees 1997 162 1,636
50 St. Louis Cardinals 1921 154 1,635
51 St. Louis Cardinals 1922 154 1,634
51 New York Giants 1924 154 1,634
53 Kansas City Royals 1980 162 1,633
53 Minnesota Twins 1996 162 1,633
55 Boston Red Sox 1996 162 1,631
56 Cleveland Indians 1999 162 1,629
56 Seattle Mariners 2007 162 1,629
58 Seattle Mariners 1996 161 1,625
58 New York Yankees 1998 162 1,625
58 Detroit Tigers 2013 162 1,625
61 Detroit Tigers 1925 156 1,623
62 Pittsburgh Pirates 1930 154 1,622
62 Texas Rangers 1996 163 1,622
64 New York Yankees 1996 162 1,621
65 St. Louis Browns 1925 154 1,620
65 Washington Senators 1930 154 1,620
65 Cleveland Indians 1986 163 1,620
68 Texas Rangers 2008 162 1,619
69 Brooklyn Robins 1925 153 1,617
70 Texas Rangers 1980 163 1,616
71 Cleveland Indians 1931 155 1,615
71 Boston Red Sox 1985 163 1,615
71 Chicago White Sox 2000 162 1,615
74 Baltimore Orioles 2004 162 1,614
75 Philadelphia Phillies 1899 154 1,613
75 Cleveland Indians 1925 155 1,613
75 Boston Red Sox 2004 162 1,613
78 Detroit Tigers 1937 155 1,611
78 Colorado Rockies 1997 162 1,611
80 New York Giants 1923 153 1,610
81 Philadelphia Phillies 1932 154 1,608
81 New York Giants 1935 156 1,608
81 Atlanta Braves 2003 162 1,608
81 Minnesota Twins 2006 162 1,608
81 New York Yankees 2006 162 1,608
86 Colorado Rockies 1996 162 1,607
87 Philadelphia Athletics 1927 155 1,606
87 Philadelphia Athletics 1932 154 1,606
89 Detroit Tigers 1924 156 1,604
89 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2009 162 1,604
89 New York Yankees 2009 162 1,604
92 Kansas City Royals 1982 162 1,603
92 Anaheim Angels 2002 162 1,603
92 Anaheim Angels 2004 162 1,603
95 Washington Senators 1938 152 1,602
96 Washington Senators 1936 153 1,601
96 St. Louis Cardinals 1939 155 1,601
96 Texas Rangers 2000 162 1,601
99 New York Giants 1928 155 1,600
99 Boston Red Sox 2011 162 1,600

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.