who has the least plate appearances per home run in mlb history with minimum 1000 play apprarances

Mark McGwire had the fewest plate appearances per home run with 1,000+ games played, with 13.14.

	NAME	PA/HR	G	PA	HR	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	13.14	1,874	7,660	583	6,187	1,167	1,626	252	6	1,414	1,317	75	1,596	12	8	3,639	841	3	78	150	147	.263	.394	.588	.982	1480	564.9	.415	157	558.2
2	Aaron Judge A. Judge	13.67	1,211	5,278	386	4,342	918	1,262	213	7	871	860	42	1,454	70	24	2,647	606	0	34	109	125	.291	.410	.610	1.020	1096	466	.423	176	471.3
3	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	14.87	2,503	10,617	714	8,399	2,174	2,873	506	136	2,214	2,062	43	1,330	123		5,793	1,356	113				.342	.474	.690	1.164	2727	1,436.8	.513	197	1,369.6
4	Kyle Schwarber K. Schwarber	15.8	1,447	6,084	385	5,125	895	1,185	195	15	881	869	58	1,747	40	20	2,565	595	1	31	53	56	.231	.347	.500	.848	949	223	.360	127	196.4
5	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	15.91	1,153	4,932	310	4,253	797	1,194	218	49	750	622	32	1,256	176	46	2,440	577	0	25	104	58	.281	.375	.574	.948	910	322.2	.394	154	316.3
6	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	15.94	1,750	7,269	456	6,364	951	1,642	319	11	1,183	811	54	2,088	43	15	3,351	786	0	40	91	160	.258	.345	.527	.871	1156	313.5	.368	136	308.3
7	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	16.25	2,354	9,896	609	8,813	1,475	2,408	379	45	1,667	929	59	2,306	234	107	4,704	1,033	17	78	154	202	.273	.344	.534	.878	1559	345.1	.370	124	307.3
8	Pete Alonso P. Alonso	16.34	1,169	5,016	307	4,365	680	1,112	207	8	825	500	112	1,153	23	5	2,256	522	0	39	53	121	.255	.344	.517	.861	799	197.7	.363	135	211.5
9	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	16.49	1,689	7,155	434	6,556	1,061	1,936	388	25	1,404	457	62	1,273	26	19	3,676	847	2	78	74	184	.295	.343	.561	.904	1190	314.6	.383	129	264.9
10	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	16.54	2,986	12,606	762	9,847	2,227	2,935	601	77	1,996	2,558	106	1,539	514	141	5,976	1,440	4	91	688	165	.298	.444	.607	1.051	2663	1,143.3	.435	172	1,142
11	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	16.81	1,941	7,429	442	6,677	901	1,575	240	25	1,210	608	53	1,816	85	49	3,191	707	16	75	72	139	.236	.302	.478	.780	960	139.8	.343	113	108.5
12	Jim Thome J. Thome	16.85	2,543	10,313	612	8,422	1,583	2,328	451	26	1,699	1,747	69	2,548	19	20	4,667	1,089	1	74	173	165	.276	.402	.554	.956	1925	653.9	.406	145	589.5
13	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	16.95	1,472	6,256	369	5,205	971	1,451	216	39	1,015	1,011	24	749	22	2	2,852	624	9	7	1	126	.279	.398	.548	.946	1167	442.7	.427	147	364.2
14	Ryan Howard R. Howard	17.09	1,572	6,530	382	5,707	848	1,475	277	21	1,194	709	59	1,843	12	5	2,940	680	0	55	154	116	.258	.343	.515	.859	976	212.1	.361	121	175.3
15	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	17.16	2,435	9,831	573	8,147	1,283	2,086	290	24	1,584	1,559	48	1,699	19	18	4,143	887	0	77	160	243	.256	.376	.509	.884	1630	569	.389	142	477.8
16	Albert Belle A. Belle	17.51	1,539	6,673	381	5,853	974	1,726	389	21	1,239	683	55	961	88	41	3,300	791	4	78	91	193	.295	.369	.564	.933	1184	366.5	.396	139	338.6
17	Russell Branyan R. Branyan	17.52	1,059	3,398	194	2,934	405	682	143	8	467	403	30	1,118	16	4	1,423	345	4	27	30	31	.232	.329	.485	.814	468	55.5	.347	111	47
18	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	17.54	2,784	12,207	696	10,566	2,021	3,115	548	31	2,086	1,338	176	2,287	329	76	5,813	1,275	16	111	97	261	.295	.380	.550	.930	2178	690.1	.395	141	629.5
19	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	17.6	1,887	8,129	462	7,057	1,186	1,877	340	14	1,407	906	84	1,942	200	88	3,631	816	1	81	63	178	.266	.353	.515	.867	1293	321.2	.375	130	300.8
20	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	17.61	2,302	9,774	555	8,244	1,544	2,574	547	20	1,831	1,329	109	1,813	38	33	4,826	1,122	2	90	216	243	.312	.411	.585	.996	1931	719.5	.418	153	658.7
21	Matt Olson M. Olson	17.92	1,385	5,895	329	5,121	811	1,312	284	7	901	677	59	1,409	13	2	2,597	620	0	38	51	119	.256	.347	.507	.855	932	228.2	.362	132	229
22	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	17.94	2,671	11,304	630	9,801	1,662	2,781	524	38	1,836	1,312	81	1,779	184	69	5,271	1,192	8	102	246	199	.284	.370	.538	.907	1892	521.1	.384	132	453.4
23	Adam Dunn A. Dunn	18.03	2,001	8,328	462	6,883	1,097	1,631	334	10	1,168	1,317	86	2,379	63	25	3,371	806	2	40	122	100	.237	.364	.490	.854	1285	297.9	.367	123	240
24	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	18.08	2,055	8,387	464	7,501	1,090	2,053	372	15	1,325	738	86	1,916	84	32	3,847	851	2	60	78	179	.274	.343	.513	.856	1294	313.6	.363	129	286.2
25	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	18.11	2,317	9,670	534	8,134	1,751	2,646	458	125	1,922	1,452	13	1,311	87		4,956	1,117	71			69	.325	.428	.609	1.038	2135	934.1	.460	158	780.8

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Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Mark McGwire had the fewest plate appearances per home run with 1,000+ games played, with 13.14.

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