1997 MLB At Bats by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in at bats in 1997, with 5,781, 71 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 28 MLB teams is 5,551.4.

Led all of MLB in 1997 Boston Red Sox 162 games

5,781 At Bats 71 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	AB
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	5,781
2	New York Yankees	AL	162	5,710
3	Texas Rangers	AL	162	5,651
4	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	5,634
5	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	5,628
6	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	5,614
7	San Diego Padres	NL	162	5,609
8	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	5,603
9	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	5,599
10	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	5,589
11	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	5,584
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	5,556
	MLB average			5,551.4
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	5,544
14	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	5,528
15	Montreal Expos	NL	162	5,526
16	New York Mets	NL	162	5,524
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	5,524
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	5,503
19	Houston Astros	NL	162	5,502
20	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	5,491
21	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	5,489
22	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	5,485
23	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	5,484
24	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	5,481
25	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	5,473
26	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	5,444
27	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	5,443
28	Florida Marlins	NL	162	5,439

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.