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1996 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 1996, with 5,756, 54 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 28 MLB teams is 5,600.0.

Led all of MLB in 1996 Boston Red Sox 162 games
5,756 At Bats 54 clear of Texas Rangers
# Team League G AB
1 Boston Red Sox AL 162 5,756
2 Texas Rangers AL 163 5,702
3 Baltimore Orioles AL 163 5,689
4 California Angels AL 161 5,686
5 Cleveland Indians AL 161 5,681
6 Minnesota Twins AL 162 5,673
7 Seattle Mariners AL 161 5,668
8 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 5,665
9 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 5,662
10 San Diego Padres NL 162 5,655
11 Chicago White Sox AL 162 5,644
12 Oakland Athletics AL 162 5,630
13 New York Yankees AL 162 5,628
14 New York Mets NL 162 5,618
15 Atlanta Braves NL 162 5,614
MLB average 5,600.0
16 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 5,599
17 Colorado Rockies NL 162 5,590
18 Kansas City Royals AL 161 5,542
19 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 5,538
20 San Francisco Giants NL 162 5,533
21 Chicago Cubs NL 162 5,531
22 Detroit Tigers AL 162 5,530
23 Houston Astros NL 162 5,508
24 Montreal Expos NL 162 5,505
25 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 5,502
26 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 5,499
27 Florida Marlins NL 162 5,498
28 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 5,455

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.