List of Major League Baseball career plate appearance leaders

Pete Rose, the all time leader in career plate appearances.

In baseball statistics, a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA) each time he completes a turn batting. A player completes a turn batting when: he strikes out or is declared out before reaching first base; or he reaches first base safely or is awarded first base (by a base on balls, hit by pitch, or catcher's interference); or he hits a fair ball which causes a preceding runner to be put out for the third out before he himself is put out or reaches first base safely (see also left on base, fielder's choice, force play). In other words, a plate appearance ends when the batter is put out or becomes a runner. A very similar statistic, at bats, counts a subset of plate appearances that end under certain circumstances.

Pete Rose holds the record with 15,890 career plate appearances. Rose is the only player in MLB history to surpass 14,000 and 15,000 career plate appearances. Carl Yastrzemski (13,922), Hank Aaron (13,941), Rickey Henderson (13,346) and Ty Cobb (13,087) are the only other players to surpass 13,000 career plate appearances.

Key

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career home runs. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2016 PAs) Number of plate appearances during the 2016 Major League Baseball season.
PA Total career plate appearances.
* denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1]

List

Carl Yastrzemski, second all time in career plate appearances.
Rank Player (2016 PAs) PA
1 Pete Rose 15,890
2 Carl Yastrzemski * 13,992
3 Hank Aaron * 13,941
4 Rickey Henderson * 13,346
5 Ty Cobb * 13,087
6 Cal Ripken Jr. * 12,883
7 Eddie Murray * 12,817
8 Stan Musial * 12,718
9 Barry Bonds 12,606
10 Derek Jeter 12,602
11 Craig Biggio * 12,504
12 Willie Mays * 12,496
13 Dave Winfield * 12,358
14 Robin Yount * 12,249
15 Paul Molitor * 12,167
16 Eddie Collins * 12,046
Rafael Palmeiro 12,046
18 Alex Rodriguez (80) 12,044
19 Omar Vizquel 12,013
20 Tris Speaker * 11,995
21 Brooks Robinson * 11,782
22 Honus Wagner * 11,749
23 Frank Robinson * 11,742
24 George Brett * 11,625
25 Al Kaline * 11,596
26 Reggie Jackson * 11,418
27 Mel Ott * 11,348
28 Cap Anson * 11,331
29 Joe Morgan * 11,319
30 Ken Griffey Jr. * 11,304
31 Rabbit Maranville * 11,254
32 Lou Brock 11,240
33 Luis Aparicio * 11,230
34 Rusty Staub 11,229
35 Harold Baines 11,092
36 Gary Sheffield 10,947
37 Johnny Damon 10,917
38 Tony Pérez * 10,861
39 Ozzie Smith * 10,778
40 Max Carey * 10,769
Andre Dawson * 10,769
42 Paul Waner * 10,766
43 Wade Boggs * 10,740
44 Adrián Beltré (119) 10,739
45 Darrell Evans 10,737
46 Babe Ruth * 10,623
47 Chipper Jones 10,614
48 Sam Crawford * 10,594
49 Dwight Evans 10,569
50 Rod Carew * 10,550
Rank Player (2016 PAs) PA
51 Luis Gonzalez 10,531
52 Billy Williams * 10,519
53 Jake Beckley * 10,504
54 Nap Lajoie * 10,461
55 Steve Finley 10,460
56 Bill Dahlen 10,405
57 Vada Pinson 10,402
58 Roberto Alomar * 10,400
59 Ernie Banks * 10,394
60 Tim Raines 10,359
61 Nellie Fox * 10,351
62 Jim Thome 10,313
63 Iván Rodríguez 10,270
64 Luke Appling * 10,254
Harry Hooper * 10,254
66 Sam Rice * 10,252
67 Charlie Gehringer * 10,245
68 Tony Gwynn * 10,232
69 Graig Nettles 10,228
70 Roberto Clemente * 10,211
71 Dave Parker 10,184
72 George Davis * 10,178
73 Fred McGriff 10,174
74 Jimmy Rollins (93) 10,167
75 Ichiro Suzuki (40) 10,141
76 Eddie Mathews * 10,100
77 Frankie Frisch * 10,099
78 Bobby Abreu 10,081
79 Frank Thomas * 10,075
80 Mike Schmidt * 10,062
81 Bill Buckner 10,037
82 Carlos Beltrán (101) 10,030
83 Albert Pujols (118) 10,020
84 Buddy Bell 10,009
85 Zack Wheat * 10,000
86 Chili Davis 9,997
87 Lou Whitaker 9,967
88 Doc Cramer 9,927
89 Mickey Mantle * 9,907
90 Sammy Sosa 9,896
91 Carlton Fisk * 9,853
92 Fred Clarke * 9,838
Mickey Vernon 9,838
94 Harmon Killebrew * 9,833
95 Goose Goslin * 9,829
96 Willie Davis 9,822
97 Gary Gaetti 9,817
98 Ted Williams * 9,788
99 Al Oliver 9,778
100 Manny Ramirez 9,774

Notes

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

References

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