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1951 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

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

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1951, with 6,214, 3 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 5,999.9.

Led all of MLB in 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 158 games
6,214 Plate Appearances 3 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G PA
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 158 6,214
2 Boston Red Sox AL 154 6,211
3 New York Giants NL 157 6,153
4 Chicago White Sox AL 155 6,126
5 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 6,049
6 Detroit Tigers AL 154 6,007
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 6,003
MLB average 5,999.9
8 Washington Senators AL 154 5,979
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 5,973
10 Boston Braves NL 155 5,968
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 5,961
12 Cleveland Indians AL 155 5,945
13 New York Yankees AL 154 5,924
14 Chicago Cubs NL 155 5,862
15 St. Louis Browns AL 154 5,848
16 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 5,775

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.