highest plate appearance per home run career minimum 500 plate appearances since 1920 position player

Since 1920, pitchers have the most plate appearances per home run when making 500+ plate appearances, with 227.23.

	POSITION	PA/HR	PA	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Pitcher	227.23	703,281	3,095	631,763	622,476	43,256	101,345	14,023	1,956	40,725	29,468	1,780	191,489	833		128,565	19,074	48,264				.163	.202	.207	.409	6338	-75,487.8	.192	7	-79,985.8
2	Pinch Hitter	138.86	3,055	22	3,145	2,748	182	471	65	10	248	258	21	711	6	5	622	97	13	15	24	54	.171	.247	.226	.473	109	-237.7	.223	30	-255.5
3	Shortstop	71.65	1,608,929	22,456	440,515	1,446,473	182,897	373,566	64,348	11,463	147,796	122,090	9,507	205,409	29,692	11,151	528,208	98,267	22,603	8,256	6,675	27,505	.258	.318	.365	.684	166689	-21,139	.308	85	-29,538.6
4	Second Baseman	68.03	1,701,993	25,019	465,517	1,521,227	202,337	401,624	70,240	11,973	158,017	138,379	11,904	208,363	32,517	12,074	570,867	107,232	21,550	8,933	6,064	28,016	.264	.328	.375	.704	189042	-9,595.8	.317	91	-18,394.4
5	Center Fielder	46.66	1,663,271	35,643	450,466	1,487,979	219,079	402,775	70,451	15,221	172,312	140,528	11,171	242,354	47,582	16,193	610,597	121,315	15,456	8,137	7,040	23,072	.271	.336	.410	.747	206490	12,363.6	.334	102	3,621.5
6	Catcher	46	1,601,780	34,825	485,996	1,430,076	155,268	359,232	64,869	6,334	178,239	136,022	12,155	234,667	7,592	4,690	541,244	106,028	14,016	9,511	10,859	34,438	.251	.320	.378	.698	172406	-14,381.1	.313	88	-22,603.1
7	Third Baseman	42.03	1,678,679	39,942	460,135	1,495,052	197,207	394,637	72,416	9,807	192,350	147,562	11,381	234,428	18,630	8,111	606,493	122,165	14,317	10,367	9,048	31,769	.264	.333	.406	.738	203068	7,161	.330	99	-1,512.3
8	Left Fielder	37.54	1,774,274	47,267	517,344	1,578,362	225,466	428,818	77,686	13,333	213,157	161,713	12,623	263,947	34,009	12,370	674,971	138,286	11,376	10,200	10,305	29,645	.272	.342	.428	.770	232555	25,670.2	.343	108	16,604.8
9	Right Fielder	35.47	1,718,220	48,439	483,515	1,527,657	219,618	416,393	76,779	12,985	211,602	158,248	11,789	256,476	27,427	10,848	664,459	138,203	10,623	9,903	10,792	29,208	.273	.343	.435	.778	229512	28,961.3	.346	110	19,988.8
10	First Baseman	32.24	1,711,820	53,098	471,580	1,509,271	206,989	410,862	76,800	9,392	227,450	170,302	11,861	248,938	13,242	5,911	665,740	139,290	9,179	11,207	14,639	32,418	.272	.348	.441	.789	234342	34,715.5	.350	112	25,874.5
11	Designated Hitter	27.21	414,333	15,229	112,587	365,221	48,608	95,510	17,922	1,185	55,765	41,726	3,371	75,604	2,707	1,526	161,489	34,336	547	3,468	3,673	9,384	.262	.340	.442	.782	55453	6,886	.341	111	5,474.7

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

32

Schwarber

31

Alvarez

29

Rice

RBI Leaders

74

Walker

70

Alvarez

68

Rice

Batting Average Leaders

.334

Lopez

.330

Arraez

.318

Alvarez

Hit Leaders

127

Lopez

119

Arraez

111

Alvarez

Run Leaders

89

Wood

68

Reynolds

67

Neto

OBP Leaders

.426

Alvarez

.412

Soto

.410

Wood

SLG Leaders

.633

Alvarez

.599

Rice

.575

Buxton

SB Leaders

34

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

12

Ashby

11

Burns

11

Sánchez

Strikeout Leaders

167

Misiorowski

148

Cease

144

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.62

Misiorowski

2.05

Schlittler

2.20

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Misiorowski

0.91

Yamamoto

0.94

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.55

Cease

13.54

Misiorowski

11.09

Luzardo

K/BB Leaders

6.19

Misiorowski

5.76

Rasmussen

5.76

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

17

Rasmussen

19

Martinez

20

Woo

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,781

Ohtani

1,483.8

Wood

1,326

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,224.6

Ohtani

1,103

Wood

995

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

56-39

57-40

55-40

53-43

52-43

Worst Record ATS

37-61

38-59

41-56

42-54

43-55

44-53

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	55	40	.579
Phillies	54	44	.551	2.5
Marlins	52	45	.536	4.0
Nationals	48	49	.495	8.0
Mets	41	57	.418	15.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	59	37	.615
Cubs	54	42	.563	5.0
Cardinals	50	45	.526	8.5
Pirates	50	47	.515	9.5
Reds	43	52	.453	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	61	36	.629
Diamondbacks	49	47	.510	11.5
Padres	48	48	.500	12.5
Giants	41	55	.427	19.5
Rockies	39	59	.398	22.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	56	39	.589
Yankees	54	42	.563	2.5
Red Sox	47	48	.495	9.0
Orioles	46	51	.474	11.0
Blue Jays	45	51	.469	11.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	50	45	.526
Guardians	51	46	.526
Twins	48	49	.495	3.0
Tigers	44	52	.458	6.5
Royals	38	59	.392	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	49	47	.510
Mariners	48	49	.495	1.5
Astros	47	51	.480	3.0
Athletics	41	55	.427	8.0
Angels	38	59	.392	11.5