2003 NL Plate Appearances by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in plate appearances in 2003, with 6,466, 88 ahead of the Atlanta Braves. The average across 16 NL teams is 6,238.3.

Led the NL in 2003 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games

6,466 Plate Appearances 88 clear of Atlanta Braves

#	Team	G	PA
1	St. Louis Cardinals	162	6,466
2	Atlanta Braves	162	6,378
3	Philadelphia Phillies	162	6,333
4	Houston Astros	162	6,320
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	6,314
6	Colorado Rockies	162	6,282
7	Milwaukee Brewers	162	6,268
8	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	6,261
9	San Diego Padres	162	6,245
	NL average		6,238.3
10	Cincinnati Reds	162	6,210
11	San Francisco Giants	161	6,204
12	Chicago Cubs	162	6,187
13	Florida Marlins	162	6,185
14	Montreal Expos	162	6,116
15	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	6,036
16	New York Mets	161	6,007

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.