2016 NL Plate Appearances by Team

The Chicago Cubs led the NL in plate appearances in 2016, with 6,334, 67 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 15 NL teams is 6,168.1.

Led the NL in 2016 Chicago Cubs 162 games

6,334 Plate Appearances 67 clear of San Francisco Giants

#	Team	G	PA
1	Chicago Cubs	162	6,334
2	San Francisco Giants	162	6,267
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	6,261
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	6,259
5	Colorado Rockies	162	6,236
6	St. Louis Cardinals	162	6,222
7	Washington Nationals	162	6,201
8	Atlanta Braves	161	6,191
	NL average		6,168.1
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	6,163
10	Miami Marlins	161	6,132
11	New York Mets	162	6,114
12	Cincinnati Reds	162	6,093
13	Milwaukee Brewers	162	6,058
14	San Diego Padres	162	5,998
15	Philadelphia Phillies	162	5,992

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.