2008 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Texas Rangers led all of MLB in plate appearances in 2008, with 6,477, 75 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is 6,253.8.

Led all of MLB in 2008 Texas Rangers 162 games

6,477 Plate Appearances 75 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Texas Rangers	AL	162	6,477
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	6,402
3	New York Mets	NL	162	6,386
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	6,384
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	6,370
6	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	6,367
7	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	6,331
8	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	6,330
9	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	6,312
10	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	6,310
11	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	6,298
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	6,278
13	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	6,273
14	New York Yankees	AL	162	6,257
	MLB average			6,253.8
15	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	6,251
16	San Diego Padres	NL	162	6,244
17	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	6,231
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	6,209
19	Florida Marlins	NL	161	6,206
20	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	6,194
21	Washington Nationals	NL	161	6,192
22	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	6,188
23	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	6,187
24	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	6,176
25	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	6,156
26	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	6,155
27	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	6,144
28	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	6,138
29	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	6,118
30	Houston Astros	NL	161	6,050

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.