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Active Leaders & Records for Plate Appearances
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
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Year-by-Year Top-Tens
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Statistic Description: Plate Appearances When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Plate Appearances | Bats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Adrian Beltre (19, 37) | 11260 | R |
| 2. | Albert Pujols (16, 36) | 10552 | R |
| 3. | Carlos Beltran (19, 39) | 10522 | B |
| 4. | Ichiro Suzuki (16, 42) | 10466 | L |
| 5. | Jimmy Rollins (17, 37) | 10240 | B |
| 6. | Miguel Cabrera (14, 33) | 9001 | R |
| 7. | Robinson Cano (12, 33) | 7845 | L |
| 8. | A.J. Pierzynski (19, 39) | 7815 | L |
| 9. | Adrian Gonzalez (13, 34) | 7607 | L |
| 10. | Matt Holliday (13, 36) | 7489 | R |
| 11. | Jose Reyes (14, 33) | 7428 | B |
| 12. | Brandon Phillips (15, 35) | 7361 | R |
| 13. | Nick Markakis (11, 32) | 7336 | L |
| 14. | Chase Utley (14, 37) | 7323 | L |
| 15. | Jhonny Peralta (14, 34) | 7261 | R |
| 16. | Victor Martinez (14, 37) | 7223 | B |
| 17. | Carl Crawford (15, 34) | 7178 | L |
| 18. | Curtis Granderson (13, 35) | 7013 | L |
| 19. | Ian Kinsler (11, 34) | 6871 | R |
| 20. | David Wright (13, 33) | 6869 | R |
| 21. | Joe Mauer (13, 33) | 6820 | L |
| 22. | Juan Uribe (16, 37) | 6715 | R |
| 23. | Coco Crisp (15, 36) | 6627 | B |
| 24. | Ryan Howard (13, 36) | 6531 | L |
| 25. | Justin Morneau (14, 35) | 6392 | L |
| 26. | Hanley Ramirez (12, 32) | 6322 | R |
| 27. | Nick Swisher (12, 35) | 6308 | B |
| 28. | Dustin Pedroia (11, 32) | 6280 | R |
| 29. | Edwin Encarnacion (12, 33) | 6211 | R |
| 30. | Melky Cabrera (12, 31) | 6186 | B |
| 31. | Jose Bautista (13, 35) | 6159 | R |
| 32. | Yadier Molina (13, 33) | 6157 | R |
| 33. | Aaron Hill (12, 34) | 6137 | R |
| 34. | Marlon Byrd (15, 38) | 6123 | R |
| 35. | Jayson Werth (14, 37) | 6077 | R |
| 36. | J.J. Hardy (12, 33) | 6041 | R |
| 37. | Ryan Zimmerman (12, 31) | 6040 | R |
| 38. | Brian McCann (12, 32) | 5919 | L |
| 39. | Melvin Upton (12, 31) | 5858 | R |
| 40. | Hunter Pence (10, 33) | 5847 | R |
| 41. | Ryan Braun (10, 32) | 5819 | R |
| 42. | Matt Kemp (11, 31) | 5816 | R |
| 43. | Adam Jones (11, 30) | 5740 | R |
| 44. | Omar Infante (15, 34) | 5698 | R |
| 45. | Billy Butler (10, 30) | 5686 | R |
| 46. | Russell Martin (11, 33) | 5682 | R |
| 47. | Jeff Francoeur (12, 32) | 5661 | R |
| 48. | Ben Zobrist (11, 35) | 5644 | B |
| 49. | Yunel Escobar (10, 33) | 5576 | R |
| 50. | Justin Upton (10, 28) | 5560 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Plate Appearances | Bats |
| 51. | Alexei Ramirez (9, 34) | 5505 | R |
| 52. | James Loney (11, 32) | 5487 | L |
| 53. | Evan Longoria (9, 30) | 5474 | R |
| 54. | Howie Kendrick (11, 32) | 5457 | R |
| 55. | Joey Votto (10, 32) | 5434 | L |
| 56. | Andre Ethier (11, 34) | 5387 | L |
| 57. | Alex Gordon (10, 32) | 5324 | L |
| 58. | Michael Bourn (11, 33) | 5323 | L |
| 59. | Erick Aybar (11, 32) | 5258 | B |
| 60. | Mark Reynolds (10, 32) | 5253 | R |
| 61. | Martin Prado (11, 32) | 5245 | R |
| 62. | Elvis Andrus (8, 27) | 5203 | R |
| 63. | Asdrubal Cabrera (10, 30) | 5190 | B |
| 64. | Jay Bruce (9, 29) | 5189 | L |
| 65. | Nelson Cruz (12, 35) | 5182 | R |
| 66. | Andrew McCutchen (8, 29) | 5179 | R |
| 67. | Shane Victorino (12, 35) | 5164 | R |
| 68. | Troy Tulowitzki (11, 31) | 5142 | R |
| 69. | Kelly Johnson (11, 34) | 5139 | L |
| 70. | Chase Headley (10, 32) | 5115 | B |
| 71. | Shin-Soo Choo (12, 33) | 5069 | L |
| 72. | Rickie Weeks (13, 33) | 5000 | R |
| 73. | Jacoby Ellsbury (10, 32) | 4966 | L |
| 74. | Denard Span (9, 32) | 4913 | L |
| 75. | Chris Young (11, 32) | 4912 | R |
| 76. | Mike Napoli (11, 34) | 4845 | R |
| 77. | Stephen Drew (11, 33) | 4811 | L |
| 78. | Adam Lind (11, 32) | 4728 | L |
| 79. | Kurt Suzuki (10, 32) | 4622 | R |
| 80. | Alcides Escobar (9, 29) | 4542 | R |
| 81. | Ian Desmond (8, 30) | 4470 | R |
| 82. | Angel Pagan (11, 34) | 4465 | B |
| 83. | Dexter Fowler (9, 30) | 4381 | B |
| 84. | Starlin Castro (7, 26) | 4374 | R |
| 85. | Josh Hamilton (9, 35) | 4350 | L |
| 86. | Carlos Gonzalez (9, 30) | 4347 | L |
| 87. | Carlos Gomez (10, 30) | 4294 | R |
| 88. | Daniel Murphy (8, 31) | 4201 | L |
| 89. | Chris Davis (9, 30) | 4177 | L |
| 90. | Brett Gardner (9, 32) | 4154 | L |
| 91. | Miguel Montero (11, 32) | 4117 | L |
| 92. | Carlos Santana (7, 30) | 4115 | B |
| 93. | Kendrys Morales (10, 33) | 4077 | B |
| 94. | Pablo Sandoval (9, 29) | 4045 | B |
| 95. | Jason Heyward (7, 26) | 4021 | L |
| 96. | Gerardo Parra (8, 29) | 4014 | L |
| 97. | Rajai Davis (11, 35) | 3999 | R |
| 98. | Miguel Olivo (13, 37) | 3993 | R |
| 99. | Austin Jackson (7, 29) | 3960 | R |
| 100. | Colby Rasmus (8, 29) | 3941 | L |
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