1972 MLB At Bats by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in at bats in 1972, with 5,490, 164 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 24 MLB teams is 5,201.2.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 games

5,490 At Bats 164 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	AB
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	5,490
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	5,326
3	Atlanta Braves	NL	155	5,278
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	155	5,270
5	Houston Astros	NL	153	5,267
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	5,248
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	5,247
8	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	5,245
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	5,241
10	Minnesota Twins	AL	154	5,234
11	San Diego Padres	NL	153	5,213
12	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	5,208
13	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	5,207
	MLB average			5,201.2
14	Oakland Athletics	AL	155	5,200
15	New York Yankees	AL	155	5,168
16	Kansas City Royals	AL	154	5,167
17	California Angels	AL	155	5,165
18	Montreal Expos	NL	156	5,156
19	New York Mets	NL	156	5,135
20	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	156	5,124
21	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	5,099
22	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	5,083
23	Texas Rangers	AL	154	5,029
24	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	5,028

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.