1888 MLB At Bats by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Official at bats
The Louisville Colonels led all of MLB in at bats in 1888, with 4,881, 10 ahead of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. The average across 16 MLB teams is 4,714.9.
Led all of MLB in 1888
Louisville Colonels
139 games
4,881
At Bats
10 clear of Brooklyn Bridegrooms
| # | Team | League | G | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisville Colonels | AA | 139 | 4,881 |
| 2 |
 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
|
AA | 143 | 4,871 |
| 3 | Detroit Wolverines | NL | 134 | 4,849 |
| 4 |
 Boston Beaneaters
|
NL | 137 | 4,834 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Athletics | AA | 136 | 4,828 |
| 6 |
 Cincinnati Red Stockings
|
AA | 137 | 4,801 |
| 7 |
 St. Louis Browns
|
AA | 137 | 4,755 |
| 8 |
 New York Giants
|
NL | 137 | 4,747 |
| MLB average | 4,714.9 | |||
| 9 |
 Pittsburg Alleghenys
|
NL | 138 | 4,713 |
| 10 | Baltimore Orioles | AA | 137 | 4,656 |
| 11 | Indianapolis Hoosiers | NL | 136 | 4,623 |
| 12 |
 Chicago White Stockings
|
NL | 135 | 4,616 |
| 13 | Cleveland Blues | AA | 135 | 4,603 |
| 14 | Kansas City Cowboys | AA | 132 | 4,588 |
| 15 | Washington Nationals | NL | 136 | 4,546 |
| 16 |
 Philadelphia Quakers
|
NL | 131 | 4,528 |
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.