1998 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1998, with 6,484, 40 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 30 MLB teams is 6,275.2.

Led all of MLB in 1998 San Francisco Giants 163 games

6,484 Plate Appearances 40 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	San Francisco Giants	NL	163	6,484
2	New York Yankees	AL	162	6,444
3	Houston Astros	NL	162	6,441
4	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	6,413
5	Texas Rangers	AL	162	6,401
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	163	6,393
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	6,376
8	Seattle Mariners	AL	161	6,327
9	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	163	6,323
10	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	6,304
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	6,300
12	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	6,299
13	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	6,282
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	6,280
15	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	6,278
16	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	6,277
	MLB average			6,275.2
17	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	6,268
18	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	6,262
19	New York Mets	NL	162	6,255
20	San Diego Padres	NL	162	6,243
21	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	6,242
22	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	6,232
23	Florida Marlins	NL	162	6,227
24	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	6,215
25	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	6,191
26	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	6,156
27	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	6,116
28	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	6,111
29	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	6,076
30	Montreal Expos	NL	162	6,041

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.