most plate appearances for a pitcher before 1900

Before 1900, Pud Galvin had the most plate appearances by a pitcher, with 2,742 plate appearances.

	NAME	PA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Gus Weyhing G. Weyhing	1,932	536	1,808	161	302	40	15	3	131	100	3	276	32	381	58	21	.167	.212	.211	.423	86	-202.9	.209	29	-220.2
10	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	1,793	501	1,650	233	376	48	15	11	236	113	11	211	18	487	74	19	.228	.282	.295	.577	174	-98	.281	57	-121.1
11	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
12	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	1,756	484	1,722	209	428	42	29	8	175	27	5	141	25	552	79	2	.249	.262	.321	.583	165	-103.1	.274	61	-107.8
13	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
14	Cy Young C. Young	1,657	469	1,583	197	339	53	18	11	181	51	5	181	20	461	82	18	.214	.241	.291	.532	116	-134.7	.252	43	-150.7
15	Will White W. White	1,537	403	1,478	167	271	28	7	1	11	56			0	316	36		.183	.215	.214	.429	127	-88.5	.201	59	-89.5
16	Adonis Terry A. Terry	1,506	410	1,410	172	345	52	32	7	143	80	6	92	47	482	91	9	.245	.289	.342	.630	195	-31.6	.297	83	-39.2
17	Silver King S. King	1,477	419	1,305	182	259	32	23	4	135	166	3	99	24	349	59	3	.198	.290	.267	.558	160	-58.9	.279	68	-76.6
18	Tommy Bond T. Bond	1,430	353	1,411	155	336	32	7	0		19				382	39		.238	.248	.271	.519	159	-40.3	.239	78	-43.7
19	William Hutchinson W. Hutchinson	1,425	384	1,350	150	291	35	17	12	133	72	1	188	26	396	64	2	.216	.256	.293	.549	126	-91.9	.263	52	-107.6
20	Ted Breitenstein T. Breitenstein	1,396	404	1,218	161	265	26	14	2	114	141	6	127	30	325	42	31	.218	.302	.267	.569	136	-80.5	.286	60	-92.6
21	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	1,353	313	1,288	236	382	43	21	11	83	59			25	500	75		.297	.330	.388	.719	242	45.2	.332	122	43.4
22	Frank Dwyer F. Dwyer	1,339	394	1,252	178	287	28	21	5	136	70	5	73	16	372	54	12	.229	.273	.297	.570	126	-79.3	.274	54	-97.6
23	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	1,310	332	1,262	150	244	25	2	1	22	48	0		1	276	28		.193	.223	.219	.442	115	-75.2	.209	59	-80.4
24	Red Ehret R. Ehret	1,280	380	1,202	113	262	28	11	4	136	56	2	113	14	324	43	20	.218	.254	.270	.524	94	-104.3	.254	49	-109.1
25	Kid Gleason K. Gleason	1,279	342	1,166	153	280	30	10	3	110	105	4	51	33	339	43	4	.240	.305	.291	.596	150	-42.5	.295	73	-53.5