Plate Appearance Records by Baseball Almanac

Plate Appearance Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of plate appearance records — including career plate appearance records, single season plate appearance records and game related plate appearance records.

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Plate Appearance Records Career Plate Appearance Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most Plate Appearances In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston	13,991	13,991
	NL	Pete Rose	Cincinnati	12,325	15,861
			Philadelphia	3,222
			Montreal	314
Most Plate Appearances In A Career By A Left-handed Batter	AL	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston	13,991	13,991
	NL	Stan Musial	St. Louis	12,712	12,712
Most Plate Appearances In A Career By A Right-handed Batter	AL	Rickey Henderson	Oakland	7,481	11,180
			New York	2,735
			Boston	222
			Anaheim	144
			Seattle	395
			Toronto	203
	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	7,855	13,089
			Atlanta	5,234
Most Plate Appearances In A Career By A Switch-hitter	AL	Eddie Murray	Baltimore	8,053	9,550
			Cleveland	1,321
			Anaheim	176
	NL	Pete Rose	Cincinnati	12,325	15,861
			Philadelphia	3,222
			Montreal	314
Plate Appearance Records Single Season Plate Appearance Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most Plate Appearances In A Season (Top 100)	AL	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle	762	2004
	NL	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia	778	2007
Most Plate Appearances In A Season By A Left-handed Batter	AL	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle	762	2004
	NL	Lenny Dykstra	Philadelphia	773	1993
Most Plate Appearances In A Season By A Right-handed Batter	AL	Frankie Crosetti	New York	757	1938
	NL	Dave Cash	Philadelphia	766	1975
Most Plate Appearances In A Season By A Switch-hitter	AL	Willie Wilson	Kansas City	745	1980
	NL	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia	778	2007
Plate Appearance Records Game Plate Appearance Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most Plate Appearances In A Game (9-Innings)	AL	Clyde Vollmer	Boston	8	06-08-1950
		Darryl Hamilton	Milwaukee		08-28-1992
		Frank Catalanotto	Texas		08-22-2007
		Ian Kinsler	Texas		08-22-2007
	NL	Russ Wrightstone	Philadelphia	8	08-25-1922
		Frank Parkinson	Philadelphia		08-25-1922
		Taylor Douthit	St. Louis		07-06-1929
		Mike Cameron	Cincinnati		05-19-1999
Most Plate Appearances In An Extra Inning Game	AL	Harold Baines	Chicago	12	05-08-1984
		Carlton Fisk	Chicago		05-08-1984
		Rudy Law	Chicago		05-08-1984
	NL	Felix Millan	New York	12	09-11-1974
		John Milner	New York		09-11-1974
Plate Appearance Records Inning Plate Appearance Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most Plate Appearances In An Inning	AA	Larry Murphy	Washington	3	06-17-1891
					1^st Inning
	AL	Ted Williams	Boston	3	07-04-1948
					7^th Inning
		Sammy White	Boston		06-08-1953
					7^th Inning
		Gene Stephens	Boston		06-08-1953
					7^th Inning
		Tom Umphlett	Boston		06-08-1953
					7^th Inning
		Johnny Lipon	Boston		06-08-1953
					7^th Inning
		George Kell	Boston		06-08-1953
					7^th Inning
		Darryl Hamilton	Texas		04-19-1996
					8^th Inning
		Johnny Damon	Boston		06-27-2003
					1^st Inning
	NL	Ned Williamson	Chicago	3	09-06-1883
					7^th Inning
		Tom Burns	Chicago		09-06-1883
					7^th Inning
		Fred Pfeffer	Chicago		09-06-1883
					7^th Inning
		Fred Goldsmith	Chicago		09-06-1883
					7^th Inning
		Billy Sunday	Chicago		09-06-1883
					7^th Inning
		Bobby Lowe	Boston		06-18-1894
					1^st Inning
		Herman Long	Boston		06-18-1894
					1^st Inning
		Hugh Duffy	Boston		06-18-1894
					1^st Inning
		Tommy McCarthy	Boston		06-18-1894
					1^st Inning
		Billy Cox	Brooklyn		05-21-1952
					1^st Inning
		Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn		05-21-1952
					1^st Inning
		Duke Snider	Brooklyn		05-21-1952
					1^st Inning
		Gil Hodges	Brooklyn		08-08-1954
					8^th Inning
		Dusty Baker	Atlanta		09-20-1972
					2^nd Inning
		Mariano Duncan	Cincinnati		08-03-1989
					1^st Inning
		Luis Quinones	Cincinnati		08-03-1989
					1^st Inning
		Stan Javier	San Francisco		07-15-1997
					7^th Inning
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Plate Appearance Records by Baseball Almanac

On June 16, 1938, Jimmie Foxx became the first and only American League player in history with six plate appearances - all walks - and not one single at-bat.

The list of players with three plate appearances in an inning appears above; only Ned Williamson, Tom Burns, Fred Pfeffer, Gene Stephens & Johnny Damon recorded each of the three as hits.

Did you know that Darryl Hamilton is the only player that appears in both the plate appearances in a game and most plate appearances in an inning, yet the two records came from two different games?

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