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1942 NL Plate Appearances by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in plate appearances in 1942, with 6,125, 134 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 8 NL teams is 5,852.0.

Led the NL in 1942 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games
6,125 Plate Appearances 134 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team G PA
1 St. Louis Cardinals 156 6,125
2 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 5,991
3 Chicago Cubs 155 5,988
4 New York Giants 154 5,881
5 Cincinnati Reds 154 5,860
NL average 5,852.0
6 Pittsburgh Pirates 151 5,754
7 Boston Braves 150 5,660
8 Philadelphia Phillies 151 5,557

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.