List of Major League Baseball career at-bat leaders
In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens during his turn at bat. A batter is only credited with an at bat if that plate appearance does not have one of the results enumerated below. While at bats are used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage, a player can only qualify for the season-ending rankings in these categories if he accumulates 502 plate appearances during the season.[1]
Pete Rose is the all-time leader in at bats with 14,053. Rose is also the only player in MLB history with more than 13,000 or 14,000 at bats. There are only 28 players in MLB history that have reached 10,000 career at bats, with two of them (Alex Rodriguez and Adrián Beltré) being active.
Key
| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career at-bats. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2016 ABs) | Number of at-bats hit during the 2016 Major League Baseball season |
| AB | Total career at-bats |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
|---|---|
| Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
List
- Stats updated as of the 2016 season.
| Rank | Player (2016 ABs) | AB |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Rose | 14,053 |
| 2 | Hank Aaron * | 12,364 |
| 3 | Carl Yastrzemski * | 11,988 |
| 4 | Cal Ripken, Jr. * | 11,551 |
| 5 | Ty Cobb * | 11,434 |
| 6 | Eddie Murray * | 11,336 |
| 7 | Derek Jeter | 11,195 |
| 8 | Robin Yount * | 11,008 |
| 9 | Dave Winfield * | 11,003 |
| 10 | Stan Musial * | 10,972 |
| 11 | Rickey Henderson * | 10,961 |
| 12 | Willie Mays * | 10,881 |
| 13 | Craig Biggio * | 10,876 |
| 14 | Paul Molitor * | 10,835 |
| 15 | Brooks Robinson * | 10,654 |
| 16 | Omar Vizquel | 10,586 |
| 17 | Alex Rodriguez (225) | 10,566 |
| 18 | Rafael Palmeiro | 10,472 |
| 19 | Honus Wagner * | 10,439 |
| 20 | George Brett * | 10,349 |
| 21 | Lou Brock * | 10,332 |
| 22 | Adrián Beltré (583) | 10,295 |
| 23 | Cap Anson * | 10,281 |
| 24 | Luis Aparicio * | 10,231 |
| 25 | Tris Speaker | 10,195 |
| 26 | Al Kaline * | 10,116 |
| 27 | Rabbit Maranville * | 10,078 |
| 28 | Frank Robinson * | 10,006 |
| 39 | Eddie Collins * | 9,949 |
| 30 | Andre Dawson * | 9,927 |
| 31 | Harold Baines | 9,908 |
| 32 | Reggie Jackson * | 9,864 |
| 33 | Barry Bonds | 9,847 |
| 34 | Ken Griffey Jr. * | 9,801 |
| 35 | Tony Perez * | 9,778 |
| 36 | Johnny Damon | 9,736 |
| 37 | Rusty Staub | 9,720 |
| 38 | Ichiro Suzuki (327) | 9,689 |
| 39 | Vada Pinson | 9,645 |
| 40 | Ivan Rodriguez | 9,592 |
| 41 | Nap Lajoie | 9,589 |
| 42 | Sam Crawford * | 9,570 |
| 43 | Jake Beckley * | 9,538 |
| 44 | Paul Waner * | 9,459 |
| 45 | Mel Ott * | 9,456 |
| 46 | Roberto Clemente * | 9,454 |
| 47 | Ernie Banks | 9,421 |
| 48 | Bill Buckner | 9,397 |
| Steve Finley | 9,397 | |
| 50 | Ozzie Smith * | 9,396 |
Notes
- ↑ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
References
- ↑ Baseball Explained by Phillip Mahony, McFarland Books, 2014. See www.baseballexplained.com