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2003 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in plate appearances in 2003, with 6,530, 64 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 30 MLB teams is 6,247.9.

Led all of MLB in 2003 Boston Red Sox 162 games
6,530 Plate Appearances 64 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G PA
1 Boston Red Sox AL 162 6,530
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 6,466
3 New York Yankees AL 163 6,430
4 Atlanta Braves NL 162 6,378
5 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 6,364
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 6,333
7 Minnesota Twins AL 162 6,324
8 Houston Astros NL 162 6,320
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 6,314
10 Texas Rangers AL 162 6,293
11 Colorado Rockies NL 162 6,282
12 Seattle Mariners AL 162 6,281
13 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 6,268
14 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 6,261
MLB average 6,247.9
15 San Diego Padres NL 162 6,245
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 163 6,241
17 Kansas City Royals AL 162 6,239
18 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 6,212
19 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 6,210
20 San Francisco Giants NL 161 6,204
21 Chicago Cubs NL 162 6,187
21 Cleveland Indians AL 162 6,187
21 Oakland Athletics AL 162 6,187
24 Florida Marlins NL 162 6,185
25 Chicago White Sox AL 162 6,148
26 Anaheim Angels AL 162 6,119
27 Montreal Expos NL 162 6,116
28 Detroit Tigers AL 162 6,070
29 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 6,036
30 New York Mets NL 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.