1961 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1961, with 6,378, 71 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 18 MLB teams is 6,087.1.

Led all of MLB in 1961 Detroit Tigers 163 games

6,378 Plate Appearances 71 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	6,378
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	6,307
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	6,285
4	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	6,252
4	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	6,252
6	New York Yankees	AL	163	6,239
7	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	6,211
8	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	6,164
9	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	6,156
	MLB average			6,087.1
10	Washington Senators	AL	161	6,062
11	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	6,000
12	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	5,958
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	5,944
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	154	5,940
15	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	5,887
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	5,870
17	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	5,867
18	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	5,796

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.