Plate Appearances All Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for Plate Appearances

Each of the following players has recorded more plate appearances than any other player in history. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time career leaders in Major League plate appearances. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"He (Pete Rose, #1 overall career leader for plate appearances) played hard and played every day like it was the seventh game of the World Series. But there are times, when you do something wrong, you have to say you are sorry. I have tried to talk to Pete, he's a very close friend of mine, and I just wish I could get to him to apologize. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to do that." - Hall of Famer Joe Morgan on CNN/SI (Nick Charles, 08/06/1997)

Plate Appearances All Time Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Plate Appearances	Rank
Pete Rose	15,861	1
Carl Yastrzemski	13,991	2
Hank Aaron	13,940	3
Rickey Henderson	13,346	4
Ty Cobb	13,072	5
Cal Ripken, Jr.	12,883	6
Eddie Murray	12,817	7
Stan Musial	12,712	8
Barry Bonds	12,606	9
Craig Biggio	12,503	10
Willie Mays	12,493	11
Dave Winfield	12,358	12
Robin Yount	12,249	13
Paul Molitor	12,160	14
Rafael Palmeiro	12,046	15
Eddie Collins	12,037	16
Tris Speaker	11,988	17
Brooks Robinson	11,782	18
Frank Robinson	11,743	19
Honus Wagner	11,738	20
George Brett	11,624	21
Al Kaline	11,597	22
Reggie Jackson	11,416	23
Mel Ott	11,337	24
Joe Morgan	11,329	25
Omar Vizquel	11,277	26
Rabbit Maranville	11,256	27
Lou Brock	11,235	28
Luis Aparicio	11,230	29
Rusty Staub	11,229	30
Ken Griffey, Jr.	11,193	31
Harold Baines	11,092	32
Gary Sheffield	10,947	33
Tony Perez	10,861	34
Ozzie Smith	10,778	35
Max Carey	10,770	36
Andre Dawson	10,769	37
Paul Waner	10,762	38
Wade Boggs	10,740	39
Darrell Evans	10,737	40
Babe Ruth	10,617	41
Sam Crawford	10,594	42
Dwight Evans	10,569	43
Rod Carew	10,550	44
Luis Gonzalez	10,531	45
Billy Williams	10,519	46
Jake Beckley	10,492	47
Steve Finley	10,460	48
Nap Lajoie	10,460	49
Vada Pinson	10,403	50
Roberto Alomar	10,400	51
Bill Dahlen	10,400	52
Ernie Banks	10,395	53
Tim Raines	10,359	54
Nellie Fox	10,349	55
Sam Rice	10,246	56
Harry Hooper	10,244	57
Luke Appling	10,243	58
Charlie Gehringer	10,237	59
Tony Gwynn	10,232	60
Graig Nettles	10,226	61
Roberto Clemente	10,212	62
Dave Parker	10,184	63
Fred McGriff	10,174	64
George Davis	10,159	65
Cap Anson	10,119	66
Eddie Mathews	10,101	67
Frankie Frisch	10,100	68
Frank Thomas	10,074	69
Mike Schmidt	10,062	70
Bill Buckner	10,033	71
Buddy Bell	10,009	72
Chili Davis	9,996	73
Zack Wheat	9,996	74
Lou Whitaker	9,967	75
Doc Cramer	9,933	76
Mickey Mantle	9,909	77
Sammy Sosa	9,896	78
Carlton Fisk	9,853	79
Mickey Vernon	9,834	80
Harmon Killebrew	9,831	81
Willie Davis	9,822	82
Goose Goslin	9,822	83
Fred Clarke	9,820	84
Gary Gaetti	9,817	85
Derek Jeter	9,809	86
Ted Williams	9,791	87
Al Oliver	9,778	88
Lave Cross	9,741	89
Richie Ashburn	9,736	90
Julio Franco	9,731	91
Ivan Rodriguez	9,712	92
Willie McCovey	9,686	93
Ted Simmons	9,685	94
Jimmie Foxx	9,670	95
Lou Gehrig	9,660	96
Dave Concepcion	9,640	97
Bert Campaneris	9,625	98
Jesse Burkett	9,615	99
Bobby Wallace	9,612	100
Name	Plate Appearances	Rank
Current Through 2009 Season

Did you know that Pete Rose (#1 overall) had every single one of his plate appearances in the National League and that his American League counter part is Carl Yastrzemski (#2 overall)?

The highest ranked active player is Rafael Palmeiro who is one of only two active Major League ballplayer in the top twenty all-time. Will any active player have a chance to break into the top ten? Tell us on Baseball Fever.

A plate appearance by definition counts every trip to home plate by the batter including hits, walks, outs and reaching base by error. The only thing that does not count as a plate appearance for the batter is when the time at bat is interrupted by an inning ending caught stealing or other event that prevents the completion of the plate appearance.

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