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1884 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Trips to the plate

The St. Louis Maroons led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1884, with 4,466, 20 ahead of the Chicago White Stockings. The average across 33 MLB teams is 3,476.6.

Led all of MLB in 1884 St. Louis Maroons 113 games
4,466 Plate Appearances 20 clear of Chicago White Stockings
# Team League G PA
1 St. Louis Maroons UA 113 4,466
2 Chicago White Stockings NL 112 4,446
3 Buffalo Bisons NL 114 4,412
4 Boston Beaneaters NL 116 4,396
5 Providence Grays NL 114 4,393
6 New York Gothams NL 116 4,373
7 Cincinnati Red Stockings AA 112 4,296
8 New York Metropolitans AA 112 4,250
9 Philadelphia Quakers NL 113 4,207
10 Detroit Wolverines NL 114 4,177
11 St. Louis Browns AA 110 4,163
12 Philadelphia Athletics AA 108 4,152
13 Louisville Eclipse AA 110 4,137
14 Baltimore Orioles AA 108 4,120
15 Cleveland Blues NL 113 4,104
16 Boston Reds UA 109 4,068
17 Washington Nationals UA 112 4,044
18 Baltimore Monumentals UA 105 4,027
19 Columbus Buckeyes AA 110 4,014
20 Indianapolis Hoosiers AA 110 3,960
21 Brooklyn Atlantics AA 109 3,958
22 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds UA 103 3,933
23 Toledo Blue Stockings AA 109 3,895
24 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 110 3,873
MLB average 3,476.6
25 Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) UA 92 3,331
26 Kansas City Cowboys UA 82 2,925
27 Philadelphia Keystones UA 67 2,621
28 Washington Nationals AA 63 2,282
29 Richmond Virginians AA 45 1,546
30 Altoona Mountain City UA 25 921
31 Wilmington Quicksteps UA 17 543
32 Milwaukee Brewers UA 12 415
33 St. Paul White Caps UA 9 279

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.