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Active Leaders & Records for Plate Appearances (approx.)
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| Rank | Player (age) | Plate Appearances (approx.) | Bats |
| 1. | Barry Bonds* (43) | 12606 | L |
| 2. | Omar Vizquel# (41) | 10782 | B |
| 3. | Ken Griffey* (38) | 10309 | L |
| 4. | Gary Sheffield (39) | 10265 | R |
| 5. | Luis Gonzalez* (40) | 10227 | L |
| 6. | Frank Thomas (40) | 9912 | R |
| 7. | Sammy Sosa (39) | 9896 | R |
| 8. | Kenny Lofton* (41) | 9234 | L |
| 9. | Jeff Kent (40) | 9175 | R |
| 10. | Ivan Rodriguez (36) | 8961 | R |
| 11. | Alex Rodriguez (32) | 8581 | R |
| 12. | Jim Thome* (37) | 8566 | L |
| 13. | Derek Jeter (34) | 8557 | R |
| 14. | Manny Ramirez (36) | 8503 | R |
| 15. | Johnny Damon* (34) | 8331 | L |
| 16. | Chipper Jones# (36) | 8283 | B |
| 17. | Royce Clayton (38) | 8164 | R |
| 18. | Ray Durham# (36) | 8085 | B |
| 19. | Garret Anderson* (36) | 8028 | L |
| 20. | Carlos Delgado* (36) | 7992 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Plate Appearances (approx.) | Bats |
| 21. | Shawn Green* (35) | 7962 | L |
| 22. | Moises Alou (41) | 7876 | R |
| 23. | Mike Piazza (39) | 7745 | R |
| 24. | Edgar Renteria (32) | 7549 | R |
| 25. | Jim Edmonds* (38) | 7410 | L |
| 26. | Andruw Jones (31) | 7398 | R |
| 27. | Jason Giambi* (37) | 7322 | L |
| 28. | Mark Grudzielanek (38) | 7232 | R |
| 29. | Jason Kendall (34) | 7218 | R |
| 30. | Bobby Abreu* (34) | 7214 | L |
| 31. | Brian Giles* (37) | 7079 | L |
| 32. | Reggie Sanders (40) | 7043 | R |
| 33. | Vladimir Guerrero (32) | 6962 | R |
| 34. | Todd Helton* (34) | 6915 | L |
| 35. | Miguel Tejada (34) | 6822 | R |
| 36. | Brad Ausmus (39) | 6711 | R |
| 37. | Ryan Klesko* (37) | 6516 | L |
| 38. | Scott Rolen (33) | 6431 | R |
| 39. | Luis Castillo# (32) | 6351 | B |
| 40. | Mike Cameron (35) | 6342 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Plate Appearances (approx.) | Bats |
| 41. | Jose Valentin# (38) | 6317 | B |
| 42. | Darin Erstad* (34) | 6173 | L |
| 43. | Mark Loretta (36) | 6144 | R |
| 44. | Jeff Cirillo (38) | 6136 | R |
| 45. | Jermaine Dye (34) | 6115 | R |
| 46. | Shannon Stewart (34) | 6099 | R |
| 47. | Magglio Ordonez (34) | 6032 | R |
| 48. | Carlos Beltran# (31) | 5949 | B |
| 49. | Orlando Cabrera (33) | 5947 | R |
| 50. | Adrian Beltre (29) | 5934 | R |
| 51. | Damion Easley (38) | 5909 | R |
| 52. | Paul Konerko (32) | 5890 | R |
| 53. | Carlos Lee (32) | 5867 | R |
| 54. | Rondell White (36) | 5852 | R |
| 55. | Rich Aurilia (36) | 5801 | R |
| Nomar Garciaparra (34) | 5801 | R | |
| 57. | Cliff Floyd* (35) | 5779 | L |
| 58. | Jorge Posada# (36) | 5745 | B |
| 59. | Derrek Lee (32) | 5706 | R |
| 60. | Mark Kotsay* (32) | 5651 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Plate Appearances (approx.) | Bats |
| 61. | Neifi Perez# (35) | 5510 | B |
| 62. | Randy Winn# (34) | 5505 | B |
| 63. | Jose Vidro# (33) | 5491 | B |
| 64. | Sean Casey* (33) | 5485 | L |
| 65. | Matt Stairs* (40) | 5431 | L |
| 66. | Jose Cruz# (34) | 5430 | B |
| 67. | Richie Sexson (33) | 5409 | R |
| 68. | Mike Lowell (34) | 5380 | R |
| 69. | Mike Sweeney (34) | 5369 | R |
| 70. | Troy Glaus (31) | 5346 | R |
| 71. | Ichiro Suzuki* (34) | 5341 | L |
| 72. | Juan Pierre* (30) | 5324 | L |
| 73. | Lance Berkman# (32) | 5274 | B |
| 74. | Jimmy Rollins# (29) | 5203 | B |
| 75. | Rafael Furcal# (30) | 5181 | B |
| 76. | Eric Chavez* (30) | 5156 | L |
| 77. | Juan Encarnacion (32) | 5095 | R |
| 78. | David Ortiz* (32) | 5090 | L |
| 79. | Dmitri Young# (34) | 5074 | B |
| 80. | Todd Walker* (35) | 5055 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Plate Appearances (approx.) | Bats |
| 81. | Geoff Jenkins* (33) | 5045 | L |
| 82. | Torii Hunter (32) | 5033 | R |
| 83. | Jose Guillen (32) | 5022 | R |
| 84. | Chris Gomez (37) | 5005 | R |
| 85. | Aramis Ramirez (30) | 4976 | R |
| 86. | Tony Batista (34) | 4959 | R |
| 87. | Jacque Jones* (33) | 4945 | L |
| 88. | Alfonso Soriano (32) | 4927 | R |
| 89. | Ron Belliard (33) | 4903 | R |
| 90. | Albert Pujols (28) | 4900 | R |
| 91. | Pat Burrell (31) | 4889 | R |
| Tony Clark# (36) | 4889 | B | |
| 93. | Scott Hatteberg* (38) | 4862 | L |
| 94. | Placido Polanco (32) | 4843 | R |
| 95. | Michael Young (31) | 4840 | R |
| 96. | Melvin Mora (36) | 4756 | R |
| 97. | Raul Ibanez* (36) | 4749 | L |
| 98. | Mike Lieberthal (36) | 4695 | R |
| 99. | Jason Varitek# (36) | 4663 | B |
| 100. | Kevin Millar (36) | 4636 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Plate Appearances (approx.) | Bats |
| 101. | Julio Lugo (32) | 4558 | R |
| 102. | J.D. Drew* (32) | 4446 | L |
| 103. | Preston Wilson (33) | 4436 | R |
| 104. | Scott Spiezio# (35) | 4412 | B |
| 105. | David Eckstein (33) | 4403 | R |
| 106. | Cristian Guzman# (30) | 4378 | B |
| 107. | Craig Counsell* (37) | 4349 | L |
| 108. | Alex Gonzalez (31) | 4347 | R |
| 109. | Aubrey Huff* (31) | 4328 | L |
| 110. | Vernon Wells (29) | 4319 | R |
| 111. | Adam Dunn* (28) | 4231 | L |
| 112. | Carlos Guillen# (32) | 4224 | B |
| 113. | Adam Kennedy* (32) | 4200 | L |
| 114. | Trot Nixon* (34) | 4183 | L |
| 115. | Paul Lo Duca (36) | 4166 | R |
| 116. | Jay Payton (35) | 4162 | R |
| 117. | Aaron Boone (35) | 4104 | R |
| 118. | Jack Wilson (30) | 4101 | R |
| 119. | Ramon Hernandez (32) | 4043 | R |
| 120. | Corey Koskie* (35) | 3950 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Plate Appearances (approx.) | Bats |
| 121. | Frank Catalanotto* (34) | 3912 | L |
| 122. | Gary Matthews# (33) | 3869 | B |
| 123. | Brian Roberts# (30) | 3830 | B |
| 124. | Shea Hillenbrand (32) | 3816 | R |
| 125. | Bengie Molina (33) | 3767 | R |
| 126. | John Mabry* (37) | 3765 | L |
| 127. | Michael Barrett (31) | 3757 | R |
| 128. | Carl Crawford* (26) | 3731 | L |
| 129. | A.J. Pierzynski* (31) | 3714 | L |
| 130. | Damian Miller (38) | 3558 | R |
| 131. | Doug Mientkiewicz* (34) | 3543 | L |
| 132. | Brad Wilkerson* (31) | 3512 | L |
| 133. | Juan Uribe (28) | 3497 | R |
| 134. | Todd Hollandsworth* (35) | 3492 | L |
| 135. | Miguel Cairo (34) | 3454 | R |
| 136. | Gregg Zaun# (37) | 3445 | B |
| 137. | Corey Patterson* (28) | 3441 | L |
| 138. | Mark Teixeira# (28) | 3394 | B |
| 139. | Marlon Anderson* (34) | 3384 | L |
| 140. | Geoff Blum# (35) | 3381 | B |
| Rank | Player (age) | Plate Appearances (approx.) | Bats |
| 141. | Brandon Inge (31) | 3357 | R |
| 142. | Desi Relaford# (34) | 3347 | B |
| 143. | Marcus Giles (30) | 3340 | R |
| 144. | Casey Blake (34) | 3227 | R |
| 145. | Miguel Cabrera (25) | 3224 | R |
| 146. | Hank Blalock* (27) | 3179 | L |
| 147. | Felipe Lopez# (28) | 3173 | B |
| 148. | Orlando Hudson# (30) | 3162 | B |
| 149. | Eric Byrnes (32) | 3161 | R |
| 150. | Pedro Feliz (33) | 3150 | R |
Stats updated through May 8, 2008.
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