1972 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1972, with 6,021, 18 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 24 MLB teams is 5,831.1.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 games

6,021 Plate Appearances 18 clear of Cincinnati Reds

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	6,021
2	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	6,003
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	5,950
4	Atlanta Braves	NL	155	5,938
5	Houston Astros	NL	153	5,936
6	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	155	5,903
7	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	5,884
8	New York Mets	NL	156	5,883
9	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	5,871
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	5,862
11	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	5,858
12	Minnesota Twins	AL	154	5,848
13	Oakland Athletics	AL	155	5,846
14	Kansas City Royals	AL	154	5,845
	MLB average			5,831.1
15	Montreal Expos	NL	156	5,817
16	New York Yankees	AL	155	5,793
17	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	5,769
18	San Diego Padres	NL	153	5,750
19	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	156	5,733
20	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	5,721
20	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	5,721
22	Texas Rangers	AL	154	5,680
23	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	5,676
24	California Angels	AL	155	5,639

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.