most plate appearances by a pitcher in a career

Cy Young has made the most career plate appearances by a pitcher, with 3,101 plate appearances.

	NAME	PA	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	Cy Young C. Young	3,101	918	2,960	325	623	87	35	18	290	81	10	373	29		834	140	50				.210	.234	.282	.516	198	-212.2	.245	45	-238.4
2	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	2,742	718	2,702	270	546	85	30	5	98	38	2	48	20		706	120					.202	.214	.261	.475	230	-162.3	.219	57	-178.2
3	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	2,640	703	2,434	366	582	90	30	8	155	182	21	63	93		756	128	1				.239	.298	.311	.609	357	-35.3	.291	88	-47.5
4	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	2,633	647	2,466	307	582	64	11	9	113	158	9	11	26		695	84					.236	.284	.282	.566	328	-56.5	.270	83	-69.6
5	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2,517	934	2,324	241	547	94	41	24	255	110	13	418	13		795	159	70				.235	.274	.342	.616	214	-62.8	.293	74	-75.1
6	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	2,306	550	2,144	316	559	113	39	18	103	161	1		20		804	170					.261	.313	.375	.688	380	45.5	.317	109	33.1
7	Mickey Welch M. Welch	2,286	607	2,201	268	492	93	16	12	88	82	3	14	10		653	121					.224	.252	.297	.549	255	-74.2	.255	75	-86.7
8	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	2,264	650	2,090	273	472	58	24	16	278	137	12	307	19		626	98	25				.226	.277	.300	.577	215	-113	.280	59	-140.5
9	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2,262	618	2,083	248	390	60	38	12	93	175	3	100	13		562	110					.187	.252	.270	.521	234	-95	.249	69	-106.1
10	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	2,104	534	2,082	246	491	66	22	4	55	22	0		10		613	92					.236	.244	.294	.538	234	-62.8	.246	78	-69.3
11	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	2,083	882	1,937	207	521	98	13	36	273	97	6	266	1		753	147	43			13	.269	.306	.389	.695	220	-37.6	.318	80	-55.3
12	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	2,060	546	1,974	254	432	73	26	24	213	81	1	118	31		629	123	4				.219	.250	.319	.569	217	-88.2	.266	64	-116.1
13	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,055	783	1,872	141	363	57	6	35	189	94	7	487	4	2	537	98	68	14	0	23	.194	.234	.287	.520	94	-141.3	.238	42	-145.4
14	Gus Weyhing G. Weyhing	1,980	554	1,855	164	308	40	15	3	133	101	3	290	32		387	58	21				.166	.210	.209	.419	85	-210.6	.207	27	-228.2
15	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1,977	703	1,810	154	378	60	13	11	163	77	2	276	3		497	84	88				.209	.242	.275	.517	97	-128.2	.247	41	-142.4
16	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,903	796	1,704	136	365	59	5	17	173	141	2	330	1	0	485	81	52	4	0	33	.214	.274	.285	.559	120	-96.3	.264	55	-104.2
17	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	1,889	647	1,687	151	362	50	12	7	167	116	17	218	20		457	69	69				.215	.272	.271	.543	140	-65	.268	65	-77.7
18	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,877	699	1,719	123	346	49	6	13	140	41	10	413	2	2	446	68	94	13	0	33	.201	.223	.259	.482	69	-134.3	.220	31	-146.8
19	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1,812	737	1,591	103	272	35	2	5	84	34	5	419	11	3	326	42	180	2	0	15	.171	.191	.205	.395	-1	-219.7	.179	-1	-228
20	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,782	688	1,525	107	255	55	10	5	103	135	8	372	3	1	345	70	108	6	0	37	.167	.238	.226	.464	58	-145.3	.221	29	-157
21	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1,778	630	1,607	130	331	39	7	3	122	71	24	266	13		393	49	76				.206	.250	.245	.495	103	-87.8	.244	51	-98
22	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	1,765	487	1,730	209	429	42	29	8	176	27	6	141	25		553	79	2				.248	.262	.320	.582	165	-104.1	.274	61	-108.8
23	Jack Stivetts J. Stivetts	1,760	481	1,643	283	484	73	35	31	302	102	6	123	28		720	139	9				.295	.338	.438	.776	293	19.8	.361	99	-5.7
24	Jack Powell J. Powell	1,754	585	1,610	133	309	38	14	8	124	87	7	300	3		399	60	50				.192	.237	.248	.484	98	-109	.237	45	-117.6
25	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	1,728	441	1,647	185	398	54	12	5	156	77	4	21	11		491	71					.242	.277	.298	.575	207	-47.6	.274	77	-62.8