At Bats Single Season American League Leaders by Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for At-Bats in the American League

An at-bat is an officially recognized statistic that counts the number of times a batter steps into the batter's box. It does not include times when a batter reaches first base by a bases on balls (walks), being hit by a pitch, any sacrifices, or catcher interference.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred all-time single-season leaders in American League at-bats. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the most recently completed Major League season.

"(Willie) Wilson (#1 Ranked Single Season Leaders for At-Bats in the American League) was a first-round draft choice for Kansas City in 1974 after he turned down a football scholarship to the University of Maryland. His great speed made him an acceptable leadoff hitter, although he hardly ever walked, and an exciting outfielder in spacious Royals Stadium." - Writer Frank Olmstead on BaseballLibrary.com

At-Bats Single Season American League Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	At-Bats	Year	Team	League	Rank
Willie Wilson	705	1980	Kansas City Royals	AL	1
Ichiro Suzuki	704	2004	Seattle Mariners	AL	2
Alfonso Soriano	696	2002	New York Yankees	AL	3
Ichiro Suzuki	695	2006	Seattle Mariners	AL	4
Bobby Richardson	692	1962	New York Yankees	AL	5
Ichiro Suzuki	692	2001	Seattle Mariners	AL
Kirby Puckett	691	1985	Minnesota Twins	AL	7
Michael Young	691	2006	Texas Rangers	AL
Michael Young	690	2004	Texas Rangers	AL	9
Sandy Alomar	689	1971	California Angels	AL	10
Tony Fernandez	687	1986	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	11
Horace Clarke	686	1970	New York Yankees	AL	12
Alex Rodriguez	686	1998	Seattle Mariners	AL
Nomar Garciaparra	684	1997	Boston Red Sox	AL	14
Alfonso Soriano	682	2003	New York Yankees	AL	15
Kirby Puckett	680	1986	Minnesota Twins	AL	16
Harvey Kuenn	679	1953	Detroit Tigers	AL	17
Bobby Richardson	679	1964	New York Yankees	AL
Ichiro Suzuki	679	2003	Seattle Mariners	AL
Ichiro Suzuki	679	2005	Seattle Mariners	AL
Ichiro Suzuki	678	2007	Seattle Mariners	AL	21
Vernon Wells	678	2003	Toronto Blue Jays	AL
Don Mattingly	677	1986	New York Yankees	AL	23
Jim Rice	677	1978	Boston Red Sox	AL
Darin Erstad	676	2000	Anaheim Angels	AL	25
Bill Buckner	673	1985	Boston Red Sox	AL	26
B.J. Surhoff	673	1999	Baltimore Orioles	AL
Sandy Alomar	672	1970	California Angels	AL	28
Garret Anderson	672	2001	Anaheim Angels	AL
Tony Oliva	672	1964	Minnesota Twins	AL
Jack Tobin	671	1921	St. Louis Browns	AL	31
Buddy Bell	670	1979	Texas Rangers	AL	32
Al Simmons	670	1932	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Buddy Lewis	668	1937	Washington Senators	AL	34
Brooks Robinson	668	1961	Baltimore Orioles	AL
Michael Young	668	2005	Texas Rangers	AL
Ron LeFlore	666	1978	Detroit Tigers	AL	37
Paul Molitor	666	1982	Milwaukee Brewers	AL
Zoilo Versalles	666	1965	Minnesota Twins	AL
Michael Young	666	2003	Texas Rangers	AL
Paul Molitor	665	1991	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	41
Bobby Richardson	664	1965	New York Yankees	AL	42
Carlos Beltran	663	1999	Kansas City Royals	AL	43
Rick Burleson	663	1977	Boston Red Sox	AL
Joe Carter	663	1986	Cleveland Indians	AL
Cal Ripken, Jr.	663	1983	Baltimore Orioles	AL
Jake Wood	663	1961	Detroit Tigers	AL
Kenny Lofton	662	1996	Cleveland Indians	AL	48
Bobby Richardson	662	1961	New York Yankees	AL
Miguel Tejada	662	2002	Oakland Athletics	AL
Cecil Cooper	661	1983	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	51
Doc Cramer	661	1940	Boston Red Sox	AL
Doc Cramer	661	1933	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Ruben Sierra	661	1991	Texas Rangers	AL
Doc Cramer	660	1941	Washington Senators	AL	55
Paul Molitor	660	1996	Minnesota Twins	AL
Luis Aparicio	659	1966	Baltimore Orioles	AL	57
Travis Fryman	659	1992	Detroit Tigers	AL
Billy Moran	659	1962	Los Angeles Angels	AL
Zoilo Versalles	659	1964	Minnesota Twins	AL
Doc Cramer	658	1938	Boston Red Sox	AL	61
Julio Franco	658	1984	Cleveland Indians	AL
Nomar Garciaparra	658	2003	Boston Red Sox	AL
Brian Hunter	658	1997	Detroit Tigers	AL
Heinie Manush	658	1933	Washington Senators	AL
Carlos Baerga	657	1992	Cleveland Indians	AL	66
Kirby Puckett	657	1988	Minnesota Twins	AL
Jim Rice	657	1984	Boston Red Sox	AL
Cesar Tovar	657	1971	Minnesota Twins	AL
George Case	656	1940	Washington Senators	AL	70
Frankie Crosetti	656	1939	New York Yankees	AL
Harvey Kuenn	656	1954	Detroit Tigers	AL
Buddy Lewis	656	1938	Washington Senators	AL
Al Oliver	656	1980	Texas Rangers	AL
Johnny Damon	655	2000	Kansas City Royals	AL	75
Grady Sizemore	655	2006	Cleveland Indians	AL
Cecil Cooper	654	1982	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	77
Derek Jeter	654	1997	New York Yankees	AL
Derek Jeter	654	2005	New York Yankees	AL
Carney Lansford	654	1979	California Angels	AL
Al Simmons	654	1925	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Miguel Tejada	654	2005	Baltimore Orioles	AL
Wade Boggs	653	1985	Boston Red Sox	AL	83
Mike Devereaux	653	1992	Baltimore Orioles	AL
Lou Finney	653	1936	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Alfredo Griffin	653	1980	Toronto Blue Jays	AL
Mickey Rocco	653	1944	Cleveland Indians	AL
Miguel Tejada	653	2004	Baltimore Orioles	AL
Ron LeFlore	652	1977	Detroit Tigers	AL	89
Don Mattingly	652	1985	New York Yankees	AL
Steve Sax	652	1991	New York Yankees	AL
Joe Carter	651	1989	Cleveland Indians	AL	92
Steve Sax	651	1989	New York Yankees	AL
Carl Lind	650	1928	Cleveland Indians	AL	94
Cal Ripken, Jr.	650	1991	Baltimore Orioles	AL
Cesar Tovar	650	1970	Minnesota Twins	AL
George Case	649	1941	Washington Senators	AL	97
Doc Cramer	649	1934	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Nellie Fox	649	1956	Chicago White Sox	AL
Wally Moses	649	1937	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	100
Sam Rice	649	1925	Washington Senators	AL
George Sisler	649	1925	St. Louis Browns	AL
Cesar Tovar	649	1967	Minnesota Twins	AL
Name	At-Bats	Year	Team	League	Rank
Current Through End of 2007 Regular Season

The American League career leader for at-bats is Carl Yastrzemski, who finished with eleven-thousand nine-hundred eighty-eight (11,988) at-bats in the junior circuit. His does not rank in the top 100 for single season at-bats.

Did you know that the American League rookie with the most at-bats during a single season is Ichiro Suzuki (#2 on this page) who had six-hundred ninety-two (692) with the Seattle Mariners during the 2001 season?

Now that you have seen the single season leaders for at-bats in the American League, take a look at those who led in the National League and those who led overall (in the Major Leagues).

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