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1980 MLB At Bats by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Official at bats

The Kansas City Royals led all of MLB in at bats in 1980, with 5,714, 24 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 26 MLB teams is 5,544.6.

Led all of MLB in 1980 Kansas City Royals 162 games
5,714 At Bats 24 clear of Texas Rangers
# Team League G AB
1 Kansas City Royals AL 162 5,714
2 Texas Rangers AL 163 5,690
3 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 5,653
4 Detroit Tigers AL 163 5,648
5 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 5,625
6 Chicago Cubs NL 162 5,619
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 5,608
8 Boston Red Sox AL 160 5,603
9 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 5,585
10 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 5,571
11 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 163 5,568
12 Houston Astros NL 163 5,566
13 New York Yankees AL 162 5,553
MLB average 5,544.6
14 San Diego Padres NL 163 5,540
15 Minnesota Twins AL 161 5,530
16 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 5,517
17 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 5,516
18 Oakland Athletics AL 162 5,495
19 Seattle Mariners AL 163 5,489
20 New York Mets NL 162 5,478
21 Cleveland Indians AL 160 5,470
22 Montreal Expos NL 162 5,465
23 Chicago White Sox AL 162 5,444
24 California Angels AL 160 5,443
25 Atlanta Braves NL 161 5,402
26 San Francisco Giants NL 161 5,368

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.