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In baseball statistics, Batters Faced (BF), also known as Total Batters Faced (TBF), is the number of batters who made a plate appearance before the pitcher in a game or in a season. This is a list of the top 100 leaders. Cy Young is the all-time leader, facing 29,565 batters in his career. Young is the only player to face more than 26,000 ...
The major league record for batters faced in a career belongs to Cy Young, who faced 29,565 batters between 1890 and 1911. [2] Will White of the Cincinnati Reds holds the single season record; he faced 2,906 batters in 1879. [3] The last pitcher to face 1,500 or more batters in a single season was Wilbur Wood of the 1973 Chicago White Sox. [4]
Pete Rose [1] [2] is the all-time leader with 15,890 career plate appearances. Rose is the only player in MLB history to surpass 14,000 and 15,000 career plate appearances. [ 3 ] Carl Yastrzemski [ 4 ] (13,992), Hank Aaron [ 5 ] (13,941), Rickey Henderson [ 6 ] (13,346), Ty Cobb [ 7 ] (13,103), and Albert Pujols [ 8 ] (13,041) are the only ...
List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a first baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a second baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a third baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a shortstop leaders
A point (or percentage point) is understood to be .001. If necessary to break ties, batting averages could be taken to more than three decimal places. Catcher Josh Gibson, whose career ended in 1946, has the highest batting average in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. [a] He batted .372 over 14 seasons, mostly with the Homestead Grays. In ...
Consecutive batters faced with a strikeout ... innings pitched to start a major league career. ... – 1968–1993 (all seasons played in Major League Baseball)
For career strikeouts by pitchers, see List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders. In baseball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It means the batter is out, unless the third strike is not caught by the catcher
Career HR: The number of home runs the player hit in his MLB career Box: Box score with play by play (if available) * Indicates the player was a pitcher # Indicates the home run was hit on the first pitch the player faced in his MLB career ℓ Indicates the home run was a grand slam: ↑ Indicates the home run was hit as a pinch hitter &