1956 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1956, with 6,215, 72 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 5,951.9.

Led all of MLB in 1956 Boston Red Sox 155 games

6,215 Plate Appearances 72 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	6,215
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	6,143
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	6,122
4	New York Yankees	AL	154	6,075
5	Washington Senators	AL	155	6,043
6	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	155	6,003
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	5,988
8	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	5,986
	MLB average			5,951.9
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	5,910
10	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	5,897
11	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	154	5,884
12	Kansas City Athletics	AL	154	5,859
13	Chicago Cubs	NL	157	5,852
14	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	5,788
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	157	5,757
16	New York Giants	NL	154	5,709

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.