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2005 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Trips to the plate

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in plate appearances in 2005, with 6,405, 2 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is 6,209.1.

Led all of MLB in 2005 New York Yankees 162 games
6,405 Plate Appearances 2 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G PA
1 New York Yankees AL 162 6,405
2 Boston Red Sox AL 162 6,403
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 6,345
4 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 6,327
5 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 6,320
6 Texas Rangers AL 162 6,300
7 Oakland Athletics AL 162 6,275
8 San Diego Padres NL 162 6,271
9 Cleveland Indians AL 162 6,255
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 6,246
11 Colorado Rockies NL 162 6,237
12 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 6,233
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 6,221
14 Florida Marlins NL 162 6,213
MLB average 6,209.1
15 Minnesota Twins AL 162 6,192
16 Atlanta Braves NL 162 6,186
17 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 6,182
18 Chicago Cubs NL 162 6,159
19 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 6,156
20 New York Mets NL 162 6,146
21 Chicago White Sox AL 162 6,145
22 Washington Nationals NL 162 6,142
23 Houston Astros NL 163 6,139
24 Detroit Tigers AL 162 6,135
25 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 6,134
26 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 6,131
27 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 6,118
28 Seattle Mariners AL 162 6,095
29 Kansas City Royals AL 162 6,086
30 San Francisco Giants NL 162 6,077

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.