2013 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in plate appearances in 2013, with 6,388, 10 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is 6,161.6.

Led all of MLB in 2013 Detroit Tigers 162 games

6,388 Plate Appearances 10 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	6,388
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	6,378
3	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	6,331
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	6,291
5	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	6,260
6	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	163	6,242
7	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	6,210
8	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	6,209
9	New York Mets	NL	162	6,207
10	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	6,202
11	Texas Rangers	AL	163	6,195
12	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	6,172
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	6,168
14	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	6,165
	MLB average			6,161.6
15	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	6,152
15	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	6,152
17	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	6,144
18	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	6,143
19	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	6,134
20	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	6,131
21	San Diego Padres	NL	162	6,122
22	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	6,092
23	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	6,077
24	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	6,075
25	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	6,064
26	Washington Nationals	NL	162	6,047
27	New York Yankees	AL	162	6,044
28	Miami Marlins	NL	162	6,020
29	Houston Astros	AL	162	6,019
30	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	6,014

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.