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1985 MLB At Bats by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in at bats in 1985, with 5,720, 138 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 26 MLB teams is 5,502.9.

Led all of MLB in 1985 Boston Red Sox 163 games
5,720 At Bats 138 clear of Houston Astros
# Team League G AB
1 Boston Red Sox AL 163 5,720
2 Houston Astros NL 162 5,582
3 Oakland Athletics AL 162 5,581
4 Detroit Tigers AL 161 5,575
5 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 5,568
6 New York Mets NL 162 5,549
7 Cleveland Indians AL 162 5,527
8 Atlanta Braves NL 162 5,526
9 Seattle Mariners AL 162 5,521
10 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 5,517
11 Minnesota Twins AL 162 5,509
12 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 5,508
13 San Diego Padres NL 162 5,507
MLB average 5,502.9
14 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 5,502
15 Kansas City Royals AL 162 5,500
16 Chicago Cubs NL 162 5,492
17 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 5,477
18 Chicago White Sox AL 163 5,470
19 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 5,467
20 New York Yankees AL 161 5,458
21 California Angels AL 162 5,442
22 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 5,436
23 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 5,431
24 Montreal Expos NL 161 5,429
25 San Francisco Giants NL 162 5,420
26 Texas Rangers AL 161 5,361

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.