1998 NL At Bats by Team

The Chicago Cubs led the NL in at bats in 1998, with 5,649, 8 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 16 NL teams is 5,543.8.

Led the NL in 1998 Chicago Cubs 163 games

5,649 At Bats 8 clear of Houston Astros

#	Team	G	AB
1	Chicago Cubs	163	5,649
2	Houston Astros	162	5,641
3	Colorado Rockies	162	5,632
4	San Francisco Giants	163	5,628
5	Philadelphia Phillies	162	5,617
6	St. Louis Cardinals	163	5,593
7	Florida Marlins	162	5,558
	NL average		5,543.8
8	Milwaukee Brewers	162	5,541
9	New York Mets	162	5,510
10	Cincinnati Reds	162	5,496
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	163	5,493
12	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	5,491
13	San Diego Padres	162	5,490
14	Atlanta Braves	162	5,484
15	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	5,459
16	Montreal Expos	162	5,418

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.