List of Major League Baseball career at-bat leaders

Pete Rose, the all time leader in at bats.

In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens during his turn at bat. A batter is only credited with an at bat if that plate appearance does not have one of the results enumerated below. While at bats are used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage, a player can only qualify for the season-ending rankings in these categories if he accumulates 502 plate appearances during the season.[1]

Pete Rose is the all time leader in at bats with 14,053. Rose is also the only player in MLB history with more than 13,000 or 14,000 at bats. There are only 27 players in MLB history that have reached 10,000 career at bats.

Key

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career at-bats. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2016 ABs)Number of at-bats hit during the 2016 Major League Baseball season
ABTotal career at-bats
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold Denotes active player.[note 1]

List

Rank Player (2016 ABs) AB
1 Pete Rose 14,053
2 Hank Aaron * 12,364
3 Carl Yastrzemski * 11,988
4 Cal Ripken, Jr. * 11,551
5 Ty Cobb * 11,434
6 Eddie Murray * 11,336
7 Derek Jeter 11,195
8 Robin Yount * 11,008
9 Dave Winfield * 11,003
10 Stan Musial * 10,972
11 Rickey Henderson * 10,961
12 Willie Mays * 10,881
13 Craig Biggio * 10,876
14 Paul Molitor * 10,835
15 Brooks Robinson * 10,654
16 Omar Vizquel 10,586
17 Rafael Palmeiro 10,472
18 Honus Wagner * 10,439
19 Alex Rodriguez (72) 10,413
20 George Brett * 10,349
21 Lou Brock * 10,332
22 Cap Anson * 10,281
23 Luis Aparicio * 10,231
24 Tris Speaker 10,195
25 Al Kaline * 10,116
26 Rabbit Maranville * 10,078
27 Frank Robinson * 10,006
28 Eddie Collins * 9,949
29 Andre Dawson * 9,927
30 Harold Baines 9,908
31 Reggie Jackson * 9,864
32 Barry Bonds 9,847
33 Adrian Beltre (108) 9,820
34 Ken Griffey Jr. * 9,801
35 Tony Perez * 9,778
36 Johnny Damon 9,736
37 Rusty Staub 9,720
38 Vada Pinson 9,645
39 Ivan Rodriguez 9,592
40 Nap Lajoie 9,589
41 Sam Crawford * 9,570
42 Jake Beckley * 9,538
43 Paul Waner * 9,459
44 Mel Ott * 9,456
45 Roberto Clemente * 9,454
46 Ernie Banks 9,421
47 Ichiro Suzuki (36) 9,398
48 Bill Buckner 9,397
Steve Finley 9,397
50 Ozzie Smith * 9,396
Rank Player (2016 ABs) AB
51 Max Carey * 9,363
52 Dave Parker 9,358
53 Billy Williams * 9,350
54 Rod Carew * 9,315
55 Tony Gwynn * 9,288
56 Joe Morgan * 9,277
57 Sam Rice * 9,269
58 Nellie Fox * 9,232
59 Jimmy Rollins (83) 9,228
60 Gary Sheffield 9,217
61 Wade Boggs * 9,180
62 Willie Davis 9,174
63 Luis Gonzalez 9,157
64 Doc Cramer 9,140
65 Frankie Frisch * 9,112
66 Zach Wheat * 9,106
67 Lave Cross 9,084
68 Roberto Alomar * 9,073
69 Al Oliver 9,049
70 George Davis * 9,045
71 Bill Dahlen 9,036
72 Dwight Evans 8,996
73 Buddy Bell 8,995
74 Graig Nettles 8,986
75 Chipper Jones 8,984
76 Darrell Evans 8,973
77 Gary Gaetti 8,951
78 Tim Raines 8,872
79 Charlie Gehringer * 8,860
80 Torii Hunter 8,857
81 Luke Appling * 8,856
82 Carlos Beltrán (96) 8,845
83 Steve Garvey 8,835
84 Sammy Sosa 8,813
85 Tommy Corcoran 8,812
86 Harry Hooper * 8,785
87 Al Simmons * 8,759
88 Fred McGriff 8,757
89 Carlton Fisk * 8,756
90 Mickey Vernon 8,731
91 Dave Concepcion 8,723
92 Bert Campaneris 8,684
93 Ted Simmons 8,680
94 Julio Franco 8,677
95 Chili Davis 8,673
96 Goose Goslin * 8,656
97 Albert Pujols (106) 8,651
98 Garret Anderson 8,640
99 Bobby Wallace * 8,618
100 Willie Keeler * 8,591

Notes

  1. ↑ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.


References

  1. ↑ Baseball Explained by Phillip Mahony, McFarland Books, 2014. See www.baseballexplained.com
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