1971 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1971, with 6,300, 17 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 24 MLB teams is 6,112.1.

Led all of MLB in 1971 St. Louis Cardinals 163 games

6,300 Plate Appearances 17 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	6,300
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	6,283
3	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	6,258
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	6,196
5	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	6,191
6	New York Mets	NL	162	6,178
7	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	6,172
8	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	6,171
9	New York Yankees	AL	162	6,164
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	6,155
11	Baltimore Orioles	AL	158	6,143
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	6,131
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	6,114
	MLB average			6,112.1
14	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	6,107
15	Houston Astros	NL	162	6,105
16	Montreal Expos	NL	162	6,098
17	California Angels	AL	162	6,079
18	Minnesota Twins	AL	160	6,072
19	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	6,061
20	Washington Senators	AL	159	5,986
21	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	5,973
22	San Diego Padres	NL	161	5,935
23	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	5,914
24	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	5,904

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.