1987 MLB At Bats by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in at bats in 1987, with 5,649, 14 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 26 MLB teams is 5,542.1.

Led all of MLB in 1987 Detroit Tigers 162 games

5,649 At Bats 14 clear of Toronto Blue Jays

#	Team	League	G	AB
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	5,649
2	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	5,635
3	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	5,625
4	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	5,608
5	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	5,606
6	New York Mets	NL	162	5,601
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	5,586
8	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	5,583
9	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	5,576
10	California Angels	AL	162	5,570
11	Texas Rangers	AL	162	5,564
12	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	5,560
	MLB average			5,542.1
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	5,538
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	5,536
15	Montreal Expos	NL	162	5,527
16	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	5,517
17	New York Yankees	AL	162	5,511
17	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	5,511
19	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	5,508
20	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	5,500
21	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	5,499
22	Houston Astros	NL	162	5,485
23	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	5,475
24	San Diego Padres	NL	162	5,456
25	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	5,441
26	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	5,428

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.