1889 MLB At Bats by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Official at bats
The Louisville Colonels led all of MLB in at bats in 1889, with 4,955, 8 ahead of the Kansas City Cowboys. The average across 16 MLB teams is 4,779.9.
Led all of MLB in 1889
Louisville Colonels
140 games
4,955
At Bats
8 clear of Kansas City Cowboys
| # | Team | League | G | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisville Colonels | AA | 140 | 4,955 |
| 2 | Kansas City Cowboys | AA | 139 | 4,947 |
| 3 |
 St. Louis Browns
|
AA | 140 | 4,939 |
| 4 | Indianapolis Hoosiers | NL | 135 | 4,879 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Athletics | AA | 138 | 4,868 |
| 6 |
 Chicago White Stockings
|
NL | 136 | 4,849 |
| 7 |
 Cincinnati Red Stockings
|
AA | 141 | 4,844 |
| 8 | Columbus Solons | AA | 139 | 4,816 |
| 9 |
 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
|
AA | 138 | 4,815 |
| MLB average | 4,779.9 | |||
| 10 | Baltimore Orioles | AA | 139 | 4,756 |
| 11 |
 Pittsburg Alleghenys
|
NL | 134 | 4,748 |
| 12 |
 Philadelphia Quakers
|
NL | 130 | 4,695 |
| 13 | Cleveland Spiders | NL | 136 | 4,673 |
| 14 |
 New York Giants
|
NL | 131 | 4,671 |
| 15 |
 Boston Beaneaters
|
NL | 133 | 4,628 |
| 16 | Washington Nationals | NL | 127 | 4,395 |
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.