Who holds the Major League record for career plate appearances?

Answer 1

Here's a list of players that had at least 8000 plate appearances as of the start of the 2008 season:

CAREER

PLATE APPEARANCES PA

1 Pete Rose 15861

2 Carl Yastrzemski 13991

3 Hank Aaron 13940

4 Rickey Henderson 13346

5 Ty Cobb 13073

6 Cal Ripken 12883

7 Eddie Murray 12817

8 Stan Musial 12712

9 Barry Bonds 12606

10 Craig Biggio 12503

11 Willie Mays 12492

12 Dave Winfield 12358

13 Robin Yount 12249

14 Paul Molitor 12160

15 Rafael Palmeiro 12046

16 Eddie Collins 12039

17 Tris Speaker 11989

18 Brooks Robinson 11782

19 Frank Robinson 11743

20 Honus Wagner 11738

21 George Brett 11624

22 Al Kaline 11597

23 Reggie Jackson 11416

24 Mel Ott 11337

25 Joe Morgan 11329

26 Rabbit Maranville 11256

27 Lou Brock 11235

28 Luis Aparicio 11230

29 Rusty Staub 11229

30 Harold Baines 11092

31 Tony Perez 10861

32 Omar Vizquel 10782

33 Ozzie Smith 10778

34 Max Carey 10770

35 Andre Dawson 10769

36 Paul Waner 10762

37 Wade Boggs 10740

38 Darrell Evans 10737

39 Babe Ruth 10616

40 Sam Crawford 10596

41 Dwight Evans 10569

42 Rod Carew 10550

43 Billy Williams 10519

44 Jake Beckley 10492

T45 Nap Lajoie 10460

T45 Steve Finley 10460

47 Vada Pinson 10403

T48 Bill Dahlen 10400

T48 Roberto Alomar 10400

50 Ernie Banks 10395

51 Tim Raines 10359

52 Nellie Fox 10349

T53 Sam Rice 10245

T53 Harry Hooper 10245

55 Luke Appling 10243

56 Charlie Gehringer 10237

57 Tony Gwynn 10232

58 Graig Nettles 10226

59 Roberto Clemente 10212

60 Dave Parker 10184

61 Fred McGriff 10174

62 Ken Griffey Jr. 10167

63 George Davis 10159

64 Gary Sheffield 10153

65 Luis Gonzalez 10144

66 Cap Anson 10119

67 Eddie Mathews 10101

68 Frankie Frisch 10100

69 Mike Schmidt 10062

70 Bill Buckner 10033

71 Buddy Bell 10009

72 Chili Davis 9996

73 Zack Wheat 9991

74 Lou Whitaker 9967

75 Doc Cramer 9932

76 Mickey Mantle 9909

77 Sammy Sosa 9896

78 Carlton Fisk 9853

79 Mickey Vernon 9834

80 Harmon Killebrew 9831

81 Goose Goslin 9823

82 Willie Davis 9822

T83 Gary Gaetti 9817

T83 Fred Clarke 9817

85 Ted Williams 9789

86 Frank Thomas 9785

87 Al Oliver 9778

88 Richie Ashburn 9736

89 Julio Franco 9731

90 Lave Cross 9722

91 Willie McCovey 9686

92 Ted Simmons 9685

93 Jimmie Foxx 9670

94 Lou Gehrig 9660

95 Dave Concepcion 9640

96 Bert Campaneris 9625

97 Jesse Burkett 9615

98 Bobby Wallace 9612

99 Willie Keeler 9610

100 Brett Butler 9545

101 Al Simmons 9517

102 Rogers Hornsby 9475

103 Pee Wee Reese 9470

104 Steve Garvey 9466

105 Willie Randolph 9462

106 Jeff Bagwell 9431

107 Bid McPhee 9415

108 Don Baylor 9401

109 Ron Santo 9396

110 Tommy Corcoran 9378

111 Alan Trammell 9375

112 Jimmy Dykes 9341

113 Brian Downing 9309

114 Mark Grace 9290

115 Ryne Sandberg 9282

116 Kenny Lofton 9234

117 Red Schoendienst 9222

118 Eddie Yost 9175

119 Joe Judge 9170

120 Joe Carter 9154

121 Jimmy Sheckard 9117

122 Jimmy Ryan 9114

123 Tony Phillips 9110

124 B.J. Surhoff 9106

125 Larry Bowa 9103

126 Joe Kuhel 9095

127 Enos Slaughter 9084

T128 John Olerud 9063

T128 Jeff Kent 9063

130 Jim Rice 9058

131 Barry Larkin 9057

132 Bernie Williams 9053

133 Tommy Leach 9051

134 Dale Murphy 9040

135 Willie Stargell 9026

136 Gary Carter 9019

137 George Sisler 9013

138 George Van Haltren 8992

139 Harry Heilmann 8960

140 Marquis Grissom 8959

141 Jose Cruz 8931

142 Andres Galarraga 8916

143 Tim Wallach 8908

144 Roger Connor 8843

145 Joe Cronin 8838

146 Ivan Rodriguez 8835

147 Fred Tenney 8809

148 Joe Torre 8801

149 Tony Fernandez 8793

150 Ruben Sierra 8782

151 Toby Harrah 8766

152 Charlie Grimm 8745

153 Dick Bartell 8743

154 Jake Daubert 8741

155 Donie Bush 8734

156 Orlando Cepeda 8695

157 Edgar Martinez 8672

158 Johnny Bench 8669

159 Ed Konetchy 8664

160 Todd Zeile 8649

161 Billy Herman 8641

162 Stuffy McInnis 8623

163 Ken Singleton 8558

164 Keith Hernandez 8553

165 Sherry Magee 8547

166 Don Kessinger 8529

167 Jay Bell 8525

168 Stan Hack 8506

169 Tony Taylor 8501

170 Herman Long 8498

171 Alex Rodriguez 8482

172 Frank White 8467

173 Ron Fairly 8437

174 Jim Thome 8427

175 Derek Jeter 8425

176 Heinie Manush 8415

177 Ed Delahanty 8394

178 Roger Peckinpaugh 8383

T179 Bill Mazeroski 8379

T179 Dummy Hoy 8379

181 Yogi Berra 8361

182 Jim Bottomley 8355

183 Manny Ramirez 8352

184 Ron Cey 8344

185 Joe Sewell 8330

186 Paul O'Neill 8329

187 Lloyd Waner 8326

188 Jim Gilliam 8321

189 Willie Wilson 8317

190 Clyde Milan 8311

191 Chris Chambliss 8305

192 Maury Wills 8304

193 Pie Traynor 8293

194 Sal Bando 8288

195 Will Clark 8283

196 Robin Ventura 8271

197 George Scott 8269

198 Ken Boyer 8268

199 Bobby Bonilla 8255

200 Wally Moses 8253

201 George Burns 8251

202 Amos Otis 8246

203 Dave Bancroft 8244

204 Duke Snider 8237

205 Jack Clark 8225

206 Bobby Grich 8220

207 Lee May 8219

208 Garry Templeton 8208

209 Kid Gleason 8202

210 Tom Brown 8196

211 Bob Elliott 8190

212 Gary Matthews 8189

213 Willie McGee 8188

214 Buddy Myer 8186

215 Johnny Damon 8184

216 Dick Groat 8179

217 Ellis Burks 8176

218 Royce Clayton 8164

219 Patsy Donovan 8159

220 Edd Roush 8156

221 Chris Speier 8155

222 Bob Boone 8148

223 Chipper Jones 8143

224 Joe Medwick 8142

225 Joe Kelley 8139

226 Cesar Cedeno 8133

227 Jose Canseco 8129

228 Wally Joyner 8115

T229 Gil Hodges 8104

T229 Monte Ward 8104

231 Kiki Cuyler 8098

232 Bobby Bonds 8090

233 Devon White 8080

234 Hal McRae 8058

235 Willie Horton 8052

236 Reggie Smith 8050

237 Ken Griffey Sr. 8048

238 Bob Johnson 8047

239 Tino Martinez 8044

240 Larry Walker 8030

241 Bobby Doerr 8028

242 Dusty Baker 8021

243 Bill Russell 8020

244 Jimmy Wynn 8010