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1998 NL Plate Appearances by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Trips to the plate

The San Francisco Giants led the NL in plate appearances in 1998, with 6,484, 43 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 16 NL teams is 6,255.8.

Led the NL in 1998 San Francisco Giants 163 games
6,484 Plate Appearances 43 clear of Houston Astros
# Team G PA
1 San Francisco Giants 163 6,484
2 Houston Astros 162 6,441
3 St. Louis Cardinals 163 6,413
4 Chicago Cubs 163 6,393
5 Philadelphia Phillies 162 6,300
6 Colorado Rockies 162 6,277
7 Cincinnati Reds 162 6,268
NL average 6,255.8
8 New York Mets 162 6,255
9 San Diego Padres 162 6,243
10 Milwaukee Brewers 162 6,232
11 Florida Marlins 162 6,227
12 Atlanta Braves 162 6,215
13 Arizona Diamondbacks 162 6,116
14 Pittsburgh Pirates 163 6,111
15 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 6,076
16 Montreal Expos 162 6,041

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.