Tristram Speaker has the most career plate appearances when batting 3rd, with 11,333 plate appearances.

	NAME	PA	BAT ORDER	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	11,333	3	2,563	9,630	1,793	3,328	759	209	114		1,306	100		423		4,847	1,082	297				.346	.429	.503	.932
2	Eddie Collins E. Collins	10,359	3	2,336	8,509	1,576	2,842	371	164	40		1,353	69		683		3,661	575	428				.334	.429	.430	.860
3	Stan Musial S. Musial	9,897	3	2,225	8,535	1,584	2,875	596	149	383	1,509	1,256	40	486	66	21	4,918	1,128	31	35	80	203	.337	.423	.576	.999
4	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	8,937	3	2,029	7,749	1,402	2,392	504	13	505	1,498	1,018	86	875	99	33	4,437	1,022	0	84	267	304	.309	.391	.573	.964
5	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	8,932	3	2,017	7,731	1,374	2,240	414	34	530	1,514	1,044	71	1,390	155	50	4,312	978	5	81	207	162	.290	.376	.558	.934
6	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	8,641	3	1,980	7,406	1,177	2,163	427	44	287	1,115	1,155	25	929	125	81	3,539	758	9	46	107	210	.292	.387	.478	.865
7	Billy Williams B. Williams	8,603	3	1,958	7,679	1,193	2,280	366	77	354	1,215	825	33	821	75	39	3,862	797	5	61	142	171	.297	.365	.503	.868
8	Willie Mays W. Mays	8,480	3	1,939	7,391	1,408	2,236	356	95	438	1,256	984	31	1,067	253	75	4,096	889	7	67	129	175	.303	.384	.554	.938
9	George Brett G. Brett	8,324	3	1,907	7,349	1,151	2,266	486	91	250	1,207	848	24	668	138	60	3,684	827	6	97	185	192	.308	.377	.501	.879
10	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	8,023	3	1,791	6,932	1,472	2,634	470	186	78		846	60		571		3,710	734	185				.380	.452	.535	.987
11	Chipper Jones C. Jones	7,921	3	1,798	6,702	1,248	2,056	414	30	353	1,205	1,135	10	1,061	128	37	3,589	797	3	71	115	195	.307	.404	.536	.940
12	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	7,897	3	1,807	6,970	1,259	2,126	364	37	451	1,285	843	16	828	180	41	3,917	852	4	64	185	195	.305	.378	.562	.940
13	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	7,795	3	1,746	6,119	1,645	2,113	348	90	553	1,625	1,574	29	974	84		4,300	991	73				.345	.481	.703	1.184
14	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	7,536	3	1,727	6,332	1,171	1,878	318	18	375	1,185	1,022	94	803	183	64	3,357	711	4	84	73	145	.297	.398	.530	.928
15	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	7,438	3	1,663	6,044	1,164	1,883	393	6	399	1,282	1,241	62	961	30	19	3,485	798	0	91	147	165	.312	.428	.577	1.005
16	George Sisler G. Sisler	7,332	3	1,632	6,739	1,058	2,304	343	130	85		379	34	252	307		3,162	558	180				.342	.380	.469	.849
17	Jeff Bagwell J. Bagwell	7,280	3	1,620	5,999	1,187	1,770	389	23	361	1,198	1,109	97	1,215	169	66	3,288	773	0	75	126	178	.295	.409	.548	.957
18	Ted Williams T. Williams	6,940	3	1,541	5,446	1,296	1,870	352	39	388	1,289	1,445	31	500	19	4	3,464	779	1	17	79	158	.343	.482	.636	1.118
19	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	6,858	3	1,549	6,090	934	1,685	310	31	241	892	672	29	672	28	19	2,780	582	0	67	62	188	.277	.348	.456	.804
20	Willie Davis W. Davis	6,760	3	1,561	6,336	874	1,835	281	99	136	808	267	29	642	277	86	2,722	516	55	73	43	92	.290	.318	.430	.747
21	Bobby Abreu B. Abreu	6,748	3	1,514	5,643	1,030	1,661	376	40	201	947	1,024	23	1,171	294	79	2,720	617	2	56	60	119	.294	.401	.482	.883
22	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	6,447	3	1,471	5,545	873	1,703	327	36	129	836	813	24	750	68	43	2,489	492	6	59	90	114	.307	.394	.449	.843
23	Al Kaline A. Kaline	6,430	3	1,493	5,622	957	1,705	291	47	231	879	700	30	560	65	25	2,783	569	20	58	60	156	.303	.380	.495	.875
24	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	6,342	3	1,445	5,858	920	1,915	274	102	172	882	398	19	775	53	19	2,909	548	18	49	113	170	.327	.369	.497	.865
25	Frankie Frisch F. Frisch	6,342	3	1,415	5,687	980	1,845	315	90	64	860	469	25	158	259		2,532	469	161				.324	.378	.445	.824