1981 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1981, with 4,281, 23 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 26 MLB teams is 4,072.3.

Led all of MLB in 1981 Boston Red Sox 108 games

4,281 Plate Appearances 23 clear of San Francisco Giants

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	108	4,281
2	San Francisco Giants	NL	111	4,258
3	Seattle Mariners	AL	110	4,201
4	California Angels	AL	110	4,191
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	110	4,188
6	San Diego Padres	NL	110	4,184
7	Houston Astros	NL	110	4,155
8	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	109	4,152
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	107	4,141
10	Cincinnati Reds	NL	108	4,123
11	Oakland Athletics	AL	109	4,113
12	Detroit Tigers	AL	109	4,109
	MLB average			4,072.3
13	Montreal Expos	NL	108	4,068
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	106	4,064
15	Atlanta Braves	NL	107	4,055
16	Minnesota Twins	AL	110	4,025
17	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	103	4,013
18	New York Yankees	AL	107	3,994
19	Baltimore Orioles	AL	105	3,985
20	Chicago Cubs	NL	106	3,984
21	Texas Rangers	AL	105	3,972
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	103	3,959
23	Cleveland Indians	AL	103	3,952
24	Kansas City Royals	AL	103	3,941
25	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	106	3,887
26	New York Mets	NL	105	3,885

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.