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1949 AL Plate Appearances by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led the AL in plate appearances in 1949, with 6,250, 113 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 8 AL teams is 6,024.5.

Led the AL in 1949 Boston Red Sox 155 games
6,250 Plate Appearances 113 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team G PA
1 Boston Red Sox 155 6,250
2 Detroit Tigers 155 6,137
3 Philadelphia Athletics 154 6,048
4 New York Yankees 155 6,041
AL average 6,024.5
5 Chicago White Sox 154 6,003
6 Cleveland Indians 154 5,958
7 Washington Senators 154 5,912
8 St. Louis Browns 155 5,847

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.