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In baseball, a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA) each time he completes a turn batting. Under Rule 5.04(c) of the Official Baseball Rules , a player completes a turn batting when he is put out or becomes a runner. [ 1 ]
A related statistic, at bats, counts a subset of plate appearances that end under certain circumstances. Pete Rose [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is the all-time leader with 15,890 career plate appearances. Rose is the only player in MLB history to surpass 14,000 and 15,000 career plate appearances. [ 3 ]
The PA/SO statistic can be calculated by dividing a player's total plate appearances by their total strikeouts. For example, Reggie Jackson accumulated 2,597 strikeouts and 11,418 plate appearances throughout his 21-year baseball career, recording a PA/SO of 4.39. This means that, on average, Jackson struck out once every 4.39 plate appearances.
A pitcher can still finish a batter's plate appearance even if the limit is reached, but must come out after completing the plate appearance. In 2024, the Nippon Professional Baseball players' union said it was opposed to introducing the pitch clock at the 2026 World Baseball Classic. [3]
Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy became the first player to reach base in 12 consecutive plate appearances during a single postseason. Muncy had three walks and a single in his first four ...
In baseball statistics, Batters Faced (BF), also known as Total Batters Faced (TBF) or Batters Facing Pitcher (BFP) [1] is the number of batters who made a plate appearance before the pitcher in a game or in a season. For a given game, the number of plate appearances for an offense is 3×(Innings) + (Runs scored) + (Runners left on base).
There are worse jobs. Jones is on the MLB minimum salary, which works out to approximately $4,277 per day. That means he’s brought home over $220,000 for 10 plate appearances. Life is good.
A completed plate appearance by a batter which results in a base hit or a non-sacrifice out. At-bats (or "times at bat") are used for the calculation of a player's batting average and slugging percentage .