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1938 MLB At Bats by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Official at bats

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in at bats in 1938, with 5,528, 54 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 30 MLB teams is 3,371.9.

Led all of MLB in 1938 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games
5,528 At Bats 54 clear of Washington Senators
# Team League G AB
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 5,528
2 Washington Senators AL 152 5,474
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 5,422
4 New York Yankees AL 157 5,410
5 Cincinnati Reds NL 151 5,391
6 Cleveland Indians AL 153 5,356
7 Chicago Cubs NL 154 5,333
7 St. Louis Browns AL 156 5,333
9 Detroit Tigers AL 155 5,270
10 New York Giants NL 152 5,255
11 Boston Bees NL 153 5,250
12 Boston Red Sox AL 150 5,229
12 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 5,229
14 Chicago White Sox AL 149 5,199
15 Philadelphia Phillies NL 151 5,192
16 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 151 5,142
MLB average 3,371.9
17 Philadelphia Stars NN2 68 2,013
18 Homestead Grays NN2 52 1,583
19 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 68 1,571
20 Atlanta Black Crackers NAL 54 1,472
21 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 49 1,332
22 Chicago American Giants NAL 65 1,295
23 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 47 1,232
24 Memphis Red Sox NAL 58 1,155
25 New York Black Yankees NN2 39 1,028
26 Newark Eagles NN2 52 903
27 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 48 873
28 Jacksonville Red Caps NAL 23 652
29 Indianapolis ABCs NAL 38 580
30 Washington Black Senators NN2 21 455

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.