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1908 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

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

The New York Giants led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1908, with 5,826, 13 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 16 MLB teams is 5,658.8.

Led all of MLB in 1908 New York Giants 157 games
5,826 Plate Appearances 13 clear of Chicago Cubs
# Team League G PA
1 New York Giants NL 157 5,826
2 Chicago Cubs NL 158 5,813
3 Boston Doves NL 156 5,793
4 Chicago White Sox AL 156 5,788
5 Cleveland Naps AL 157 5,770
6 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 5,753
7 St. Louis Browns AL 155 5,726
8 Detroit Tigers AL 154 5,668
MLB average 5,658.8
9 Philadelphia Athletics AL 157 5,656
10 Washington Senators AL 155 5,648
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 5,612
12 Boston Red Sox AL 155 5,580
13 New York Highlanders AL 155 5,532
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 5,511
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 5,450
16 Brooklyn Superbas NL 154 5,415

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.