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Progressive Leaders & Records for Plate Appearances (approx.)
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Year-by-Year League 

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This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerPA  Single-SeasonPA  ActivePA  YearlyPA 
1871John Hatfield172 John Hatfield172 John Hatfield172 John Hatfield172
1872John Hatfield469 Dave Eggler298 John Hatfield469 Dave Eggler298
1873Ross Barnes748 Ross Barnes340 Ross Barnes748 Ross Barnes340
1874Al Spalding+1082 Al Spalding+365 Al Spalding+1082 Al Spalding+365
1875Andy Leonard1436 George Wright+410 Andy Leonard1436 George Wright+410
1876Ross Barnes1757 George Wright+343 Ross Barnes1757 George Wright+343
1877George Wright+2047 George Wright+343 George Wright+2047 George Wright+299
1878George Wright+2320 George Wright+343 George Wright+2320 Joe Quest290
1879George Wright+2721 Paul Hines417 George Wright+2721 Paul Hines417
1880Joe Start2839 Paul Hines417 Joe Start2839 Paul Hines387
1881Joe Start3196 Paul Hines417 Joe Start3196 John Cassidy388
1882Joe Start3563 Paul Hines417 Joe Start3563 Abner Dalrymple411
1883Joe Start3955 Jud Birchall468 Joe Start3955 Jud Birchall468
1884Jim O'Rourke+4441 Abner Dalrymple and Joe Hornung535 Jim O'Rourke+4441 Abner Dalrymple and Joe Hornung535
1885Jim O'Rourke+4958 Abner Dalrymple538 Jim O'Rourke+4958 Abner Dalrymple538
1886Jim O'Rourke+5437 George Pinkney667 Jim O'Rourke+5437 George Pinkney667
1887Cap Anson+5927 Arlie Latham677 Cap Anson+5927 Arlie Latham677
1888Cap Anson+6490 Arlie Latham677 Cap Anson+6490 George Pinkney653
1889Cap Anson+7099 Arlie Latham677 Cap Anson+7099 Tommy McCarthy+656
1890Cap Anson+7722 Arlie Latham677 Cap Anson+7722 Hugh Duffy+657
1891Cap Anson+8338 Dummy Hoy698 Cap Anson+8338 Dummy Hoy698
1892Cap Anson+8968 Tom Brown712 Cap Anson+8968 Tom Brown712
1893Cap Anson+9435 Tom Brown712 Cap Anson+9435 Sam Thompson+656
1894Cap Anson+9818 Tom Brown712 Cap Anson+9818 Billy Hamilton+679
1895Cap Anson+10363 Tom Brown712 Cap Anson+10363 Jesse Burkett+639
1896Cap Anson+10822 Tom Brown712 Cap Anson+10822 Jesse Burkett+647
1897Cap Anson+11319 Tom Brown712 Cap Anson+11319 Fred Tenney646
1898Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Jim O'Rourke+9047 George Van Haltren722
1899Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Bid McPhee+9409 Dummy Hoy719
1900Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Jim O'Rourke+9047 Roy Thomas675
1901Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Jim O'Rourke+9047 Jesse Burkett+673
1902Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Jim O'Rourke+9047 Cozy Dolan640
1903Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Jimmy Ryan9106 Ginger Beaumont674
1904Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Jake Beckley+9441 Jimmy Barrett714
1905Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Jake Beckley+9999 Kid Gleason699
1906Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Jake Beckley+10348 Elmer Flick+700
1907Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Jake Beckley+10470 Ed Hahn698
1908Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Bill Dahlen10153 Fred Tenney684
1909Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Bill Dahlen10384 Eddie Grant700
1910Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Bill Dahlen10387 Harry Hooper+ and Miller Huggins+688
1911Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Bill Dahlen10390 Bob Bescher716
1912Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Fred Clarke+9801 Morrie Rath709
1913Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Fred Clarke+9815 Donie Bush694
1914Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Honus Wagner+10366 Donie Bush721
1915Cap Anson+11319 George Van Haltren722 Honus Wagner+10991 Jack Tobin716
1916Honus Wagner+11475 Burt Shotton728 Honus Wagner+11475 Burt Shotton728
1917Honus Wagner+11739 Burt Shotton728 Honus Wagner+11739 Ray Chapman691
1918Honus Wagner+11739 Burt Shotton728 Bobby Wallace+9612 Donie Bush593
1919Honus Wagner+11739 Burt Shotton728 Sherry Magee8546 Ivy Olson635
1920Honus Wagner+11739 Burt Shotton728 Ty Cobb+8776 George Burns714
1921Honus Wagner+11739 Jack Tobin731 Ty Cobb+9357 Jack Tobin731
1922Honus Wagner+11739 Rabbit Maranville+747 Ty Cobb+9969 Rabbit Maranville+747
1923Honus Wagner+11739 Rabbit Maranville+747 Ty Cobb+10616 Charlie Jamieson742
1924Honus Wagner+11739 Rabbit Maranville+747 Ty Cobb+11342 Bill Wambsganss727
1925Ty Cobb+11832 Rabbit Maranville+747 Ty Cobb+11832 Johnny Mostil716
1926Ty Cobb+12105 Rabbit Maranville+747 Ty Cobb+12105 Sam Rice+703
1927Ty Cobb+12679 Rabbit Maranville+747 Ty Cobb+12679 Earle Combs+724
1928Ty Cobb+13072 Taylor Douthit752 Ty Cobb+13072 Taylor Douthit752
1929Ty Cobb+13072 Taylor Douthit752 Eddie Collins+12035 Lefty O'Doul731
1930Ty Cobb+13072 Woody English755 Eddie Collins+12037 Woody English755
1931Ty Cobb+13072 Woody English755 Rabbit Maranville+10018 Lou Gehrig+738
1932Ty Cobb+13072 Woody English755 Rabbit Maranville+10653 Billy Herman+723
1933Ty Cobb+13072 Woody English755 Rabbit Maranville+11185 Doc Cramer718
1934Ty Cobb+13072 Woody English755 Rabbit Maranville+11185 Billy Werber716
1935Ty Cobb+13072 Woody English755 Rabbit Maranville+11256 Augie Galan748
1936Ty Cobb+13072 Woody English755 Frankie Frisch+10066 Lyn Lary745
1937Ty Cobb+13072 Woody English755 Frankie Frisch+10100 Lyn Lary741
1938Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Goose Goslin+9822 Frankie Crosetti757
1939Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Lou Gehrig+9660 Frankie Crosetti743
1940Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Charlie Gehringer+9648 George Case720
1941Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Charlie Gehringer+10185 George Case708
1942Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Paul Waner+10321 Dom DiMaggio702
1943Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Paul Waner+10588 Stan Musial+701
1944Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Paul Waner+10761 Snuffy Stirnweiss723
1945Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Mel Ott+11255 Eddie Stanky726
1946Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Mel Ott+11333 Eddie Lake and Johnny Pesky703
1947Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Mel Ott+11337 Eddie Lake732
1948Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Doc Cramer9933 Dom DiMaggio756
1949Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Luke Appling+10099 Pee Wee Reese+743
1950Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Luke Appling+10243 Phil Rizzuto+735
1951Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Wally Moses8253 Carl Furillo724
1952Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Bob Elliott7758 Eddie Yost734
1953Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Bob Elliott8190 Harvey Kuenn731
1954Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Stan Musial+8149 Chico Carrasquel718
1955Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Stan Musial+8805 Al Smith725
1956Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Stan Musial+9487 Nellie Fox+721
1957Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Stan Musial+10066 Richie Ashburn+729
1958Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Stan Musial+10615 Richie Ashburn+725
1959Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Stan Musial+11019 Nellie Fox+716
1960Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Stan Musial+11397 Vada Pinson706
1961Ty Cobb+13072 Frankie Crosetti757 Stan Musial+11828 Chuck Schilling738
1962Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Stan Musial+12333 Maury Wills759
1963Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Stan Musial+12712 Bill White726
1964Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Nellie Fox+10307 Curt Flood739
1965Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Nellie Fox+10349 Pete Rose757
1966Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Eddie Mathews+9533 Billy Williams+727
1967Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Eddie Mathews+10044 Cesar Tovar726
1968Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Willie Mays+10383 Felipe Alou718
1969Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Willie Mays+10842 Matty Alou746
1970Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Willie Mays+11408 Bobby Bonds745
1971Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Willie Mays+11945 Sandy Alomar739
1972Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Willie Mays+12254 Pete Rose729
1973Ty Cobb+13072 Maury Wills759 Hank Aaron+12707 Pete Rose752
1974Hank Aaron+13089 Pete Rose770 Hank Aaron+13089 Pete Rose770
1975Hank Aaron+13632 Pete Rose770 Hank Aaron+13632 Dave Cash766
1976Hank Aaron+13940 Pete Rose770 Hank Aaron+13940 Pete Rose759
1977Hank Aaron+13940 Pete Rose770 Brooks Robinson+11782 Pete Rose731
1978Hank Aaron+13940 Pete Rose770 Carl Yastrzemski+11639 Jim Rice746
1979Hank Aaron+13940 Pete Rose770 Carl Yastrzemski+12229 Omar Moreno757
1980Hank Aaron+13940 Pete Rose770 Pete Rose12911 Omar Moreno and Willie Wilson745
1981Hank Aaron+13940 Pete Rose770 Pete Rose13395 Ozzie Smith+507
1982Pete Rose14113 Pete Rose770 Pete Rose14113 Paul Molitor+751
1983Pete Rose14668 Pete Rose770 Pete Rose14668 Cal Ripken+726
1984Pete Rose15089 Pete Rose770 Pete Rose15089 Dwight Evans738
1985Pete Rose15589 Pete Rose770 Pete Rose15589 Wade Boggs+758
1986Pete Rose15861 Pete Rose770 Pete Rose15861 Don Mattingly742
1987Pete Rose15861 Pete Rose770 Reggie Jackson+11416 Juan Samuel726
1988Pete Rose15861 Pete Rose770 Darrell Evans10414 Wade Boggs+719
1989Pete Rose15861 Pete Rose770 Darrell Evans10737 Wade Boggs+742
1990Pete Rose15861 Pete Rose770 Robin Yount+10535 Harold Reynolds737
1991Pete Rose15861 Pete Rose770 Robin Yount+11106 Paul Molitor+749
1992Pete Rose15861 Pete Rose770 Robin Yount+11735 Brady Anderson749
1993Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Robin Yount+12249 Lenny Dykstra773
1994Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Dave Winfield+12228 Tony Phillips538
1995Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Dave Winfield+12358 Craig Biggio673
1996Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Eddie Murray+12632 Mo Vaughn752
1997Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Eddie Murray+12817 Derek Jeter748
1998Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Paul Molitor+12160 Alex Rodriguez748
1999Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Rickey Henderson12056 Craig Biggio749
2000Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Rickey Henderson12575 Darin Erstad747
2001Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Rickey Henderson13040 Ichiro Suzuki738
2002Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Rickey Henderson13262 Alfonso Soriano741
2003Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Rickey Henderson13346 Juan Pierre746
2004Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Rafael Palmeiro11624 Ichiro Suzuki762
2005Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Rafael Palmeiro12046 Derek Jeter752
2006Pete Rose15861 Lenny Dykstra773 Barry Bonds12129 Jimmy Rollins758
2007Pete Rose15861 Jimmy Rollins778 Barry Bonds12606 Jimmy Rollins778
2008Pete Rose15861 Jimmy Rollins778 Omar Vizquel10787 Dustin Pedroia177
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