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1988 MLB At Bats by Team

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

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in at bats in 1988, with 5,675, 73 ahead of the Oakland Athletics. The average across 26 MLB teams is 5,483.4.

Led all of MLB in 1988 Chicago Cubs 163 games
5,675 At Bats 73 clear of Oakland Athletics
# Team League G AB
1 Chicago Cubs NL 163 5,675
2 Oakland Athletics AL 162 5,602
3 New York Yankees AL 161 5,592
4 California Angels AL 162 5,582
5 Montreal Expos NL 163 5,573
6 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 5,557
7 Boston Red Sox AL 162 5,545
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 5,518
9 Minnesota Twins AL 162 5,510
10 Cleveland Indians AL 162 5,505
11 Houston Astros NL 162 5,494
12 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 5,488
MLB average 5,483.4
13 Texas Rangers AL 161 5,479
14 Kansas City Royals AL 161 5,469
15 San Francisco Giants NL 162 5,450
16 Chicago White Sox AL 161 5,449
17 Atlanta Braves NL 160 5,440
18 Seattle Mariners AL 161 5,436
19 Detroit Tigers AL 162 5,433
20 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 5,431
21 Cincinnati Reds NL 161 5,426
22 New York Mets NL 160 5,408
23 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 5,403
24 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 160 5,379
25 San Diego Padres NL 161 5,366
26 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 5,358

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.