1953 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1953, with 6,151, 13 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 5,963.2.

Led all of MLB in 1953 Detroit Tigers 158 games

6,151 Plate Appearances 13 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	6,151
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	6,138
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	6,065
4	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	157	6,028
5	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	6,018
6	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	5,986
	MLB average			5,963.2
7	New York Yankees	AL	151	5,960
8	New York Giants	NL	155	5,956
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	5,916
10	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	5,912
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	5,902
12	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	5,895
13	Boston Red Sox	AL	153	5,878
14	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	5,876
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	5,873
16	Washington Senators	AL	152	5,857

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.