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1955 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1955, with 6,131, 61 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 5,939.1.

Led all of MLB in 1955 Boston Red Sox 154 games
6,131 Plate Appearances 61 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G PA
1 Boston Red Sox AL 154 6,131
2 Detroit Tigers AL 154 6,070
3 Cleveland Indians AL 154 6,050
4 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 6,037
5 Chicago White Sox AL 155 6,000
6 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 5,978
7 New York Yankees AL 154 5,942
8 New York Giants NL 154 5,940
MLB average 5,939.1
9 Baltimore Orioles AL 156 5,935
10 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 5,920
11 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 5,915
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 5,864
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 5,855
14 Washington Senators AL 154 5,832
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 5,790
16 Chicago Cubs NL 154 5,766

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.