plate appearances
Times facing pitchers
Plate appearances is a baseball statistic counting every time a batter completes a turn at the plate, regardless of outcome.
Unlike at-bats, plate appearances include walks, hit-by-pitches, and sacrifice plays: He led the league with 725 plate appearances.
The stat provides a more complete picture of how often a player faced pitching.
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