1953 MLB At Bats by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in at bats in 1953, with 5,553, 98 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 16 MLB teams is 5,312.3.

Led all of MLB in 1953 Detroit Tigers 158 games

5,553 At Bats 98 clear of Philadelphia Athletics

#	Team	League	G	AB
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	5,553
2	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	157	5,455
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	5,397
4	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	5,373
5	New York Giants	NL	155	5,362
6	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	5,349
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	5,343
	MLB average			5,312.3
8	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	5,290
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	5,285
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	5,272
11	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	5,264
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	5,253
13	Boston Red Sox	AL	153	5,246
14	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	5,212
15	New York Yankees	AL	151	5,194
16	Washington Senators	AL	152	5,149

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.