1987 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in plate appearances in 1987, with 6,443, 75 ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The average across 26 MLB teams is 6,226.6.

Led all of MLB in 1987 Detroit Tigers 162 games

6,443 Plate Appearances 75 clear of Milwaukee Brewers

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	6,443
2	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	6,368
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	6,359
4	New York Mets	NL	162	6,333
5	California Angels	AL	162	6,301
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	6,297
7	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	6,293
8	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	6,248
8	Texas Rangers	AL	162	6,248
10	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	6,238
11	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	6,227
	MLB average			6,226.6
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	6,222
13	New York Yankees	AL	162	6,219
14	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	6,212
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	6,197
16	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	6,196
17	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	6,190
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	6,185
19	San Diego Padres	NL	162	6,177
20	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	6,164
21	Montreal Expos	NL	162	6,162
22	Houston Astros	NL	162	6,143
23	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	6,139
24	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	6,128
25	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	6,114
26	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	6,088

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.