1938 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1938, with 6,259, 101 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 30 MLB teams is 3,784.0.

Led all of MLB in 1938 New York Yankees 157 games

6,259 Plate Appearances 101 clear of Washington Senators

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	New York Yankees	AL	157	6,259
2	Washington Senators	AL	152	6,158
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	6,060
4	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	6,048
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	6,039
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	152	6,007
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	150	6,003
8	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	6,001
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	5,972
10	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	5,934
11	Cincinnati Reds	NL	151	5,878
12	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	151	5,853
13	New York Giants	NL	152	5,841
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	149	5,806
15	Boston Bees	NL	153	5,775
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	5,713
	MLB average			3,784.0
17	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	68	2,342
18	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	1,796
19	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	68	1,747
20	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	54	1,629
21	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	49	1,514
22	Chicago American Giants	NAL	65	1,445
23	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	1,410
24	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	58	1,275
25	New York Black Yankees	NN2	39	1,149
26	Newark Eagles	NN2	52	1,011
27	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	972
28	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	23	721
29	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	38	640
30	Washington Black Senators	NN2	21	523

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.