League Leaders Daily Quiz

1916 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

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

The St. Louis Browns led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1916, with 5,987, 18 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 5,779.3.

Led all of MLB in 1916 St. Louis Browns 158 games
5,987 Plate Appearances 18 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G PA
1 St. Louis Browns AL 158 5,987
2 Detroit Tigers AL 155 5,969
3 New York Yankees AL 156 5,908
4 Washington Senators AL 159 5,863
5 Cleveland Indians AL 157 5,853
6 Brooklyn Robins NL 156 5,833
7 Chicago White Sox AL 155 5,809
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 5,783
MLB average 5,779.3
9 Chicago Cubs NL 156 5,778
10 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 5,769
11 Boston Braves NL 158 5,760
12 Boston Red Sox AL 156 5,756
13 New York Giants NL 155 5,686
14 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 5,603
15 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 5,597
16 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 5,514

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.