1947 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1947, with 6,147, 16 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 28 MLB teams is 4,077.4.

Led all of MLB in 1947 Detroit Tigers 158 games

6,147 Plate Appearances 16 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	6,147
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	6,131
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	6,125
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	6,100
5	New York Yankees	AL	155	6,031
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	6,007
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	157	5,975
8	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	156	5,971
9	Boston Braves	NL	154	5,954
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	5,954
11	New York Giants	NL	155	5,924
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	5,857
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	5,836
14	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	5,828
15	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	5,819
16	Washington Senators	AL	154	5,717
	MLB average			4,077.4
17	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	79	2,510
18	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	76	2,488
19	Homestead Grays	NN2	70	2,219
20	Newark Eagles	NN2	84	2,205
21	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	59	1,816
22	New York Cubans	NN2	62	1,643
23	New York Black Yankees	NN2	52	1,329
24	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	1,158
25	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	82	1,139
26	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	88	850
27	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	67	798
28	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	79	637

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.