2012 NL Plate Appearances by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in plate appearances in 2012, with 6,326, 102 ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The average across 16 NL teams is 6,128.0.

Led the NL in 2012 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games

6,326 Plate Appearances 102 clear of Milwaukee Brewers

#	Team	G	PA
1	St. Louis Cardinals	162	6,326
2	Milwaukee Brewers	162	6,224
3	Washington Nationals	162	6,221
4	San Francisco Giants	162	6,200
5	Colorado Rockies	162	6,176
6	Philadelphia Phillies	162	6,172
7	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	6,148
	NL average		6,128.0
8	Atlanta Braves	162	6,125
9	Cincinnati Reds	162	6,115
10	San Diego Padres	162	6,112
11	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	6,091
12	New York Mets	162	6,089
13	Miami Marlins	162	6,056
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	6,014
15	Houston Astros	162	6,012
16	Chicago Cubs	162	5,967

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.