List of Major League Baseball career plate appearance leaders


In baseball statistics, a player is credited with a plate appearance 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 ; 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. 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, Hank Aaron, Rickey Henderson and Ty Cobb are the only other players to surpass 13,000 career plate appearances.

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RankPlayer PA
1Pete Rose15,890
2Carl Yastrzemski *13,992
3Hank Aaron *13,941
4Rickey Henderson *13,346
5Ty Cobb *13,087
6Cal Ripken Jr. *12,883
7Eddie Murray *12,817
8Stan Musial *12,718
9Barry Bonds12,606
10Derek Jeter *12,602
11Craig Biggio *12,504
12Willie Mays *12,496
13Dave Winfield *12,358
14Albert Pujols 12,253
15Robin Yount *12,249
16Alex Rodriguez12,207
17Paul Molitor *12,167
18Adrián Beltré12,130
19Eddie Collins *12,078
20Rafael Palmeiro12,046
21Omar Vizquel12,013
22Tris Speaker *12,011
23Brooks Robinson *11,782
24Honus Wagner *11,746
25Frank Robinson *11,742
26George Brett *11,625
27Al Kaline *11,596
28Reggie Jackson *11,418
29Mel Ott *11,348
30Cap Anson *11,331
31Joe Morgan *11,329
32Ken Griffey Jr. *11,304
33Rabbit Maranville *11,254
34Lou Brock11,240
35Luis Aparicio *11,230
36Rusty Staub11,229
37Harold Baines *11,092
38Carlos Beltrán11,031
39Gary Sheffield10,947
40Johnny Damon10,917
41Tony Pérez *10,861
42Ozzie Smith *10,778
43Max Carey *10,769
Andre Dawson *10,769
45Paul Waner *10,766
46Wade Boggs *10,740
47Darrell Evans10,737
48Ichiro Suzuki10,734
49Babe Ruth *10,623
50Chipper Jones *10,614