1971 MLB At Bats by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in at bats in 1971, with 5,674, 64 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 24 MLB teams is 5,439.3.

Led all of MLB in 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games

5,674 At Bats 64 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	AB
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	5,674
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	5,610
3	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	5,575
4	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	5,538
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	5,523
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	5,502
7	California Angels	AL	162	5,495
8	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	5,494
9	Houston Astros	NL	162	5,492
10	New York Mets	NL	162	5,477
11	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	5,467
12	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	5,461
	MLB average			5,439.3
13	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	5,438
14	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	5,414
14	Minnesota Twins	AL	160	5,414
16	New York Yankees	AL	162	5,413
17	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	5,401
18	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	5,382
19	San Diego Padres	NL	161	5,366
20	Montreal Expos	NL	162	5,335
21	Baltimore Orioles	AL	158	5,303
22	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	5,295
23	Washington Senators	AL	159	5,290
24	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	5,185

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.