most at plate appearances by mlb rookie left fielder since 1947

Since 1947, Hideki Matsui has made the most plate appearances by a rookie left fielder, with 695 plate appearances in 2003.

	NAME	PA	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Hideki Matsui H. Matsui	695	2003	NYY	163	623	82	179	42	1	16	106	63	3	86	2	2	271	59	0	6	5	25	.287	.353	.435	.788	94	8.4	.342	109	7.5
2	Ralph Garr R. Garr	693	1971	ATL	154	639	101	219	24	6	9	44	30	2	68	30	14	282	39	18	4	1	7	.343	.372	.441	.813	100	29.2	.368	125	19.3
3	Vince Coleman V. Coleman	692	1985	STL	151	636	107	170	20	10	1	40	50	0	115	110	25	213	31	5	1	1	3	.267	.320	.335	.655	68	-11	.297	88	-9.4
4	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	682	1986	OAK	157	600	85	144	29	1	33	117	65	8	175	15	7	274	63	0	9	1	12	.240	.318	.457	.775	90	10.9	.341	114	11.7
5	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	668	1956	CIN	152	572	122	166	27	6	38	83	64	20	95	8	4	319	71	8	4	7	14	.290	.379	.558	.936	120	42.9	.407	145	36.4
6	Warren Cromartie W. Cromartie	662	1977	MON	155	620	64	175	41	7	5	50	33	4	40	10	3	245	53	2	3	3	15	.282	.321	.395	.716	74	-3.4	.317	94	-5.1
7	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	658	2017	BOS	151	573	84	155	26	1	20	90	70	6	112	20	5	243	47	1	8	7	16	.271	.352	.424	.776	86	6.2	.332	102	1.2
8	Lew Ford L. Ford	658	2004	MIN	154	569	89	170	31	4	15	72	67	13	75	20	2	254	50	2	7	3	15	.299	.381	.446	.827	99	17.6	.362	118	15.2
9	Jeff Conine J. Conine	658	1993	FLA	162	595	75	174	24	3	12	79	52	5	135	2	2	240	39	0	6	2	14	.292	.351	.403	.754	85	6.2	.338	105	4.3
10	Jim Greengrass J. Greengrass	656	1953	CIN	154	606	86	173	22	7	20	100	47	3	83	6	4	269	49	0			18	.285	.340	.444	.784	88	9.4	.354	100	-0.2
11	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	643	1961	BOS	148	583	71	155	31	6	11	80	50	3	96	6	5	231	48	2	5	3	19	.266	.324	.396	.721	74	-1.7	.320	88	-10.1
12	Steven Kwan S. Kwan	638	2022	CLE	147	563	89	168	25	7	6	52	62	7	60	19	5	225	38	2	4	2	9	.298	.373	.400	.772	89	16	.341	126	18.7
13	Steve Kemp S. Kemp	636	1977	DET	151	552	75	142	29	4	18	88	71	5	93	3	3	233	51	1	7	0	11	.257	.343	.422	.765	83	9.2	.342	108	5.8
14	Jim Rice J. Rice	613	1975	BOS	144	564	92	174	29	4	22	102	36	4	122	10	5	277	55	1	8	7	19	.309	.350	.491	.841	92	24.6	.375	126	17.9
15	Greg Luzinski G. Luzinski	611	1972	PHI	150	563	66	158	33	5	18	68	42	3	114	0	4	255	56	0	3	4	14	.281	.332	.453	.785	82	22.2	.355	120	13.3
16	Gary Matthews G. Matthews	605	1973	SFG	148	540	74	162	22	10	12	58	58	1	83	17	5	240	44	3	3	7	12	.300	.367	.444	.812	87	20.4	.363	122	15.6
17	Randy Arozarena R. Arozarena	604	2021	TBR	141	529	94	145	32	3	20	69	56	14	170	20	10	243	55	0	5	4	9	.274	.356	.459	.815	91	17.6	.350	128	20.4
18	Mitchell Page M. Page	592	1977	OAK	145	501	85	154	28	8	21	75	78	6	95	42	5	261	57	4	3	6	7	.307	.405	.521	.926	107	38.1	.404	157	39.7
19	Gene Richards G. Richards	591	1977	SDP	146	525	79	152	16	11	5	32	60	2	80	56	12	205	32	2	2	12	9	.290	.363	.390	.754	73	4.6	.333	108	5.8
20	Gino Cimoli G. Cimoli	590	1957	BKN	142	532	88	156	22	5	10	57	39	4	86	3	1	218	37	10	5	1	11	.293	.343	.410	.753	74	8.1	.336	100	-0.2
21	Trey Mancini T. Mancini	586	2017	BAL	147	543	65	159	26	4	24	78	33	6	139	1	0	265	54	0	4	1	12	.293	.338	.488	.826	85	14	.349	116	11.7
22	Billy Williams B. Williams	584	1961	CHC	146	529	75	147	20	7	25	86	45	5	70	6	0	256	52	1	4	11	11	.278	.338	.484	.822	83	14.1	.354	111	7.9
23	Masataka Yoshida M. Yoshida	580	2023	BOS	140	537	71	155	33	3	15	72	34	7	81	8	0	239	51	0	2	0	20	.289	.338	.445	.783	80	9.7	.339	110	6.6
24	Marty Cordova M. Cordova	579	1995	MIN	137	512	81	142	27	4	24	84	52	10	111	20	7	249	55	0	5	1	10	.277	.352	.486	.839	88	15.8	.366	115	11
25	Jackson Chourio J. Chourio	573	2024	MIL	148	528	80	145	29	4	21	79	39	3	121	22	7	245	54	1	2	4	7	.275	.327	.464	.791	80	13.1	.339	117	11.6