Plate Appearances All Time Leaders by 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
Rabbit Maranville	11,256	26
Lou Brock	11,235	27
Luis Aparicio	11,230	28
Rusty Staub	11,229	29
Harold Baines	11,092	30
Tony Perez	10,861	31
Omar Vizquel	10,782	32
Ozzie Smith	10,778	33
Max Carey	10,770	34
Andre Dawson	10,769	35
Paul Waner	10,762	36
Wade Boggs	10,740	37
Darrell Evans	10,737	38
Babe Ruth	10,617	39
Sam Crawford	10,594	40
Dwight Evans	10,569	41
Rod Carew	10,550	42
Billy Williams	10,519	43
Jake Beckley	10,492	44
Steve Finley	10,460	45
Nap Lajoie	10,460	46
Vada Pinson	10,403	47
Roberto Alomar	10,400	48
Bill Dahlen	10,400	49
Ernie Banks	10,395	50
Tim Raines	10,359	51
Nellie Fox	10,349	52
Sam Rice	10,246	53
Harry Hooper	10,244	54
Luke Appling	10,243	55
Charlie Gehringer	10,237	56
Tony Gwynn	10,232	57
Graig Nettles	10,226	58
Roberto Clemente	10,212	59
Dave Parker	10,184	60
Fred McGriff	10,174	61
Ken Griffey, Jr.	10,167	62
George Davis	10,159	63
Gary Sheffield	10,153	64
Luis Gonzalez	10,144	65
Cap Anson	10,119	66
Eddie Mathews	10,101	67
Frankie Frisch	10,100	68
Mike Schmidt	10,062	69
Bill Buckner	10,033	70
Buddy Bell	10,009	71
Chili Davis	9,996	72
Zack Wheat	9,996	73
Lou Whitaker	9,967	74
Doc Cramer	9,933	75
Mickey Mantle	9,909	76
Sammy Sosa	9,896	77
Carlton Fisk	9,853	78
Mickey Vernon	9,834	79
Harmon Killebrew	9,831	80
Willie Davis	9,822	81
Goose Goslin	9,822	82
Fred Clarke	9,820	83
Gary Gaetti	9,817	84
Ted Williams	9,791	85
Frank Thomas	9,785	86
Al Oliver	9,778	87
Lave Cross	9,741	88
Richie Ashburn	9,736	89
Julio Franco	9,731	90
Willie McCovey	9,686	91
Ted Simmons	9,685	92
Jimmie Foxx	9,670	93
Lou Gehrig	9,660	94
Dave Concepcion	9,640	95
Bert Campaneris	9,625	96
Jesse Burkett	9,615	97
Bobby Wallace	9,612	98
Willie Keeler	9,610	99
Brett Butler	9,545	100
Name	Plate Appearances	Rank
Current Through 2007 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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