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1983 MLB At Bats by Team

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

The California Angels led all of MLB in at bats in 1983, with 5,640, 9 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 26 MLB teams is 5,520.7.

Led all of MLB in 1983 California Angels 162 games
5,640 At Bats 9 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G AB
1 California Angels AL 162 5,640
2 New York Yankees AL 162 5,631
3 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 5,620
4 Montreal Expos NL 163 5,611
5 Texas Rangers AL 163 5,610
6 Minnesota Twins AL 162 5,601
7 Kansas City Royals AL 163 5,598
8 Detroit Tigers AL 162 5,592
9 Boston Red Sox AL 162 5,590
10 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 5,581
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 5,550
12 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 5,546
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 5,531
14 San Diego Padres NL 163 5,527
MLB average 5,520.7
15 Oakland Athletics AL 162 5,516
16 Chicago Cubs NL 162 5,512
17 Houston Astros NL 162 5,502
18 Chicago White Sox AL 162 5,484
19 Cleveland Indians AL 162 5,476
20 Atlanta Braves NL 162 5,472
21 New York Mets NL 162 5,444
22 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 163 5,440
23 Philadelphia Phillies NL 163 5,426
24 San Francisco Giants NL 162 5,369
25 Seattle Mariners AL 162 5,336
26 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 5,333

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.