In baseball, a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA) each time he completes a turn batting. Under Rule 5.04(c) of the Official Baseball...

shortest player in the history of the Major Leagues. Gaedel made a single plate appearance and was walked with four consecutive balls before being replaced by...

In baseball statistics, a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA) each time he completes a turn batting. A player completes a turn batting...

against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens upon completion of...

clean strike count and his interrupted plate appearance is not counted as an at-bat. A pitch that crosses the plate at the height of the letters of the team's...

batter makes a plate appearance out of sequence from the batting order specified in the lineup card submitted by the manager to the home plate umpire before...

Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere...

walks in a single season. He also led the Major Leagues in pitches-per-plate-appearance (4.32) and number of pitches seen (3,077), was eighth-highest in the...

Unser, Philadelphia Phillies – June 30, July 5 and 10, 1979 Consecutive plate appearances reaching base (unofficial) (includes all possible ways of reaching...

percentage. Generally defined as "how frequently a batter reaches base per plate appearance", OBP is specifically calculated as the ratio of a batter's times on...

games, he saw an average of 4.67 pitches per plate appearance, first among major leaguers with at least 90 plate appearances. As Youkilis observed, "Fighting...

pitcher or the batter ends the plate appearance. The payoff pitch is not necessarily the final pitch in the plate appearance, as a batter may maintain two...

against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance no matter what happens during his turn at bat...

walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches during a plate appearance that the umpire calls balls, and is in turn awarded first base without...

only once per plate appearance and thus can score at most a single run per batting turn. Once a player has completed a plate appearance, that player may...

season; he reported to the Orioles four weeks later, and made his first plate appearance on May 2. Baltimore and Oakland both finished second in their respective...

bases without being caught. On May 23, Volpe had his first walk-off plate appearance when he hit a sac fly to drive in the winning run against the Baltimore...

stealing third base. In the ninth inning, he made his first career plate appearance, which resulted in a successful sacrifice bunt. Crow-Armstrong made...

criteria are used for inclusion: Only events occurring within a single plate appearance, inning, or game are included; cumulative or aggregate records achieved...

the catcher fails to cleanly catch a pitch for the third strike of a plate appearance. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the specific rules concerning the...

Kansas City Royals. Stewart hit a double in his first major league plate appearance in September 1997. He was part of Canada's 2004 Olympic Baseball Team...

not count as an official at bat for a batter, but does count as a plate appearance and a base on balls. An intentional ball is counted as a ball in the...

MLB debut that year, hitting a home run in his first major league plate appearance, but was used rarely, as the Reds had two catchers. When Curt Casali...

inning and the tying run at first base. Gibson's home run—his only plate appearance of the series—helped the Dodgers defeat the Athletics, four games to...

number of batters who made a plate appearance before the pitcher in a game or in a season. For a given game, the number of plate appearances for an offense...

contributions per plate appearance. It is formed from taking the observed run values of various offensive events, dividing by a player's plate appearances,...

sweep, Cora played in one game as a defensive replacement, without a plate appearance. Cora was originally intended to back up shortstop Édgar Rentería....

on August 20 against the Boston Red Sox, striking out in his only plate appearance. In 25 at-bats in his rookie season for the Orioles, Urías slashed...

each strikeout. His plate appearance-per-strikeout ratio is also one of the best of all time, with Keeler averaging 70.66 plate appearances between strikeouts...

error on Knickerbocker. In his second plate appearance, DiMaggio was required to bring a new bat to the plate, as he had broken one while swinging at...