2016 MLB Plate Appearances by Team

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in plate appearances in 2016, with 6,334, 15 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is 6,151.3.

Led all of MLB in 2016 Chicago Cubs 162 games

6,334 Plate Appearances 15 clear of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	PA
1	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	6,334
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	6,319
3	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	6,267
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	6,261
5	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	6,259
6	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	6,245
7	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	6,236
8	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	6,232
9	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	6,226
10	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	6,222
11	Houston Astros	AL	162	6,204
12	Washington Nationals	NL	162	6,201
13	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	6,191
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	6,163
15	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	6,155
	MLB average			6,151.3
16	Miami Marlins	NL	161	6,132
17	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	6,131
18	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	6,127
19	New York Mets	NL	162	6,114
20	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	6,093
21	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	6,089
21	Texas Rangers	AL	162	6,089
23	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	6,058
24	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	6,051
25	New York Yankees	AL	162	6,045
25	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	6,045
27	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	6,038
28	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	6,022
29	San Diego Padres	NL	162	5,998
30	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	5,992

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.