Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Dale Murphy made the most plate appearances, with 6,540 plate appearances.

Interpreted as:

most plate appearances by a player in 1980s

	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	Dale Murphy D. Murphy	6,540	1,537	5,694	938	1,553	257	31	308	929	784	22	1,268	134	56	2,796	596	3	37	133	129	.273	.361	.491	.852	1011	273.5	.371	130	223.9
2	Eddie Murray E. Murray	6,437	1,500	5,612	858	1,642	289	19	274	996	754	13	733	52	18	2,791	582	0	58	133	138	.293	.374	.497	.872	1033	308.3	.380	139	292.3
3	Dwight Evans D. Evans	6,371	1,466	5,350	956	1,497	306	43	256	900	919	31	1,023	37	21	2,657	605	19	52	33	130	.280	.385	.497	.882	1073	356	.390	139	294.9
4	Robin Yount R. Yount	6,357	1,446	5,683	957	1,731	337	83	174	821	554	24	649	148	43	2,756	594	33	63	56	120	.305	.365	.485	.850	989	272.8	.373	133	249.9
5	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	6,206	1,383	5,173	1,122	1,507	248	44	137	535	962	31	697	838	190	2,254	429	10	30	31	80	.291	.403	.436	.839	993	296.6	.379	140	288.6
6	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	6,159	1,468	5,330	703	1,392	241	39	17	477	662	23	341	364	86	1,762	297	110	34	60	93	.261	.343	.331	.674	648	-46	.308	94	-42.9
7	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	6,051	1,366	5,666	845	1,639	200	115	32	401	285	43	798	451	85	2,165	347	36	21	19	58	.289	.327	.382	.709	679	-3.6	.318	95	-38.7
8	Lou Whitaker L. Whitaker	6,042	1,418	5,282	814	1,452	252	43	143	619	659	8	666	87	45	2,219	438	43	50	47	83	.275	.353	.420	.773	808	125.6	.345	115	103.6
9	Alan Trammell A. Trammell	5,905	1,389	5,192	815	1,504	267	39	130	637	547	27	534	167	71	2,239	436	86	53	33	87	.290	.357	.431	.788	819	153.2	.351	118	131.6
10	Andre Dawson A. Dawson	5,897	1,396	5,398	811	1,539	290	53	250	895	362	54	785	199	67	2,685	593	9	74	90	118	.285	.332	.497	.829	850	185.6	.359	126	172.1
11	Harold Baines H. Baines	5,888	1,428	5,363	679	1,547	276	44	189	835	449	10	809	29	21	2,478	509	8	58	89	145	.288	.341	.462	.803	813	149.5	.351	116	108.3
12	Lloyd Moseby L. Moseby	5,799	1,392	5,124	768	1,319	242	60	149	651	547	50	1,015	255	86	2,128	451	38	40	41	88	.257	.333	.415	.748	723	68.9	.333	103	20.4
13	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	5,756	1,357	4,932	744	1,480	273	32	114	735	742	24	674	63	42	2,159	419	4	54	93	107	.300	.390	.438	.828	872	220.5	.368	134	226.2
14	Willie Randolph W. Randolph	5,696	1,280	4,798	754	1,326	201	24	37	402	777	21	381	139	51	1,686	262	60	40	19	126	.276	.377	.351	.728	725	84.1	.337	111	73.6
15	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	5,680	1,315	5,055	793	1,402	266	24	204	744	553	16	635	19	22	2,328	494	2	54	22	162	.277	.347	.461	.808	817	173.1	.357	123	153.6
16	Tim Raines T. Raines	5,621	1,269	4,848	866	1,467	262	76	87	490	705	22	520	583	90	2,142	425	16	30	110	72	.303	.391	.442	.833	857	222.2	.369	134	220.6
17	Jim Rice J. Rice	5,602	1,287	5,073	734	1,476	224	30	210	868	434	38	823	19	11	2,390	464	1	56	47	224	.291	.348	.471	.819	816	185.3	.361	120	131.1
18	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	5,597	1,314	4,982	804	1,441	258	41	223	899	552	9	722	99	43	2,450	522	9	45	67	166	.289	.358	.492	.850	864	231	.372	134	223.1
19	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	5,556	1,320	4,639	832	1,287	225	28	313	929	818	34	925	57	38	2,507	566	0	65	138	103	.277	.385	.540	.925	972	344	.398	151	325.7
20	Carney Lansford C. Lansford	5,552	1,310	5,032	707	1,486	234	31	114	617	395	44	446	161	71	2,124	379	27	54	37	122	.295	.348	.422	.771	732	106.7	.343	115	98.1
21	Frank White F. White	5,509	1,407	5,123	573	1,333	283	30	126	612	274	17	686	76	41	2,054	439	51	44	23	119	.260	.298	.401	.698	584	-38	.309	89	-69.9
22	Steve Sax S. Sax	5,462	1,249	4,963	662	1,423	185	38	35	396	415	15	450	333	143	1,789	258	50	19	38	100	.287	.342	.360	.703	615	-2.6	.317	101	8.6
23	Brian Downing B. Downing	5,450	1,284	4,603	713	1,227	222	17	189	674	687	88	610	21	28	2,050	428	26	46	29	110	.267	.369	.445	.814	814	198.2	.365	128	178.7
24	Alfredo Griffin A. Griffin	5,434	1,419	5,051	571	1,263	194	63	21	418	230	17	451	155	107	1,646	278	100	36	21	58	.250	.283	.326	.609	423	-189.9	.273	66	-211.5
25	Gary Carter G. Carter	5,415	1,312	4,793	625	1,265	219	19	207	800	505	41	540	11	18	2,143	445	12	64	69	119	.264	.335	.447	.782	718	106.7	.344	119	115.7