10,000 Plate Appearances
This article was written by Ted DiTullio
This article was published in 1989 Baseball Research Journal
THE FOLLOWING is a list through 1989 of every major-league player who came to bat least at 10,000 times in his career. The category I/O refers to interference or obstruction and has been verified for every player buy Jake Beckley. Zack Wheat finished his career four appearances short of 10,000.
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NOTE: HBP data for Wagner, Crawford, Dahlen and Anson are incomplete. All pre-1950 players’ SH/SF are combined and Interference/Obstruction data is missing. A-Active. E-Estimated.
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