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Progressive Leaders & Records for At Bats
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Year-by-Year League 

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This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerAB  Single-SeasonAB  ActiveAB  YearlyAB 
1871John Hatfield168 John Hatfield168 John Hatfield168 John Hatfield168
1872John Hatfield456 John Radcliffe297 John Hatfield456 John Radcliffe297
1873John Hatfield711 George Wright+325 John Hatfield711 George Wright+325
1874Al Spalding+1065 Al Spalding+362 Al Spalding+1065 Al Spalding+362
1875Andy Leonard1425 George Wright+408 Andy Leonard1425 George Wright+408
1876Andy Leonard1728 George Wright+335 Andy Leonard1728 George Wright+335
1877George Wright+2006 George Wright+335 George Wright+2006 George Wright+290
1878George Wright+2273 George Wright+335 George Wright+2273 Joe Start285
1879George Wright+2661 Paul Hines409 George Wright+2661 Paul Hines409
1880Joe Start2796 Paul Hines409 Joe Start2796 Abner Dalrymple382
1881Joe Start3144 Paul Hines409 Joe Start3144 Curry Foley375
1882Joe Start3500 Paul Hines409 Joe Start3500 Abner Dalrymple397
1883Joe Start3870 Jud Birchall448 Joe Start3870 Jud Birchall448
1884Joe Start4251 Abner Dalrymple521 Joe Start4251 Abner Dalrymple521
1885Jim O'Rourke+4725 Abner Dalrymple521 Jim O'Rourke+4725 Abner Dalrymple492
1886Jim O'Rourke+5165 George Pinkney597 Jim O'Rourke+5165 George Pinkney597
1887Cap Anson+5603 Arlie Latham627 Cap Anson+5603 Arlie Latham627
1888Cap Anson+6118 Arlie Latham627 Cap Anson+6118 Dick Johnston585
1889Cap Anson+6636 Arlie Latham627 Cap Anson+6636 Tommy McCarthy+604
1890Cap Anson+7140 Arlie Latham627 Cap Anson+7140 Hugh Duffy+596
1891Cap Anson+7680 Arlie Latham627 Cap Anson+7680 Ed McKean603
1892Cap Anson+8239 Tom Brown660 Cap Anson+8239 Tom Brown660
1893Cap Anson+8637 Tom Brown660 Cap Anson+8637 Sam Thompson+600
1894Cap Anson+8977 Tom Brown660 Cap Anson+8977 Bobby Lowe613
1895Cap Anson+9451 Tom Brown660 Cap Anson+9451 Jack Boyle, Willie Keeler+, and Ed McKean565
1896Cap Anson+9853 Tom Brown660 Cap Anson+9853 Jesse Burkett+586
1897Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Cap Anson+10277 Duff Cooley, Gene DeMontreville, and Fred Tenney566
1898Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jim O'Rourke+8501 George Van Haltren654
1899Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jim O'Rourke+8501 Dummy Hoy633
1900Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jim O'Rourke+8501 Jimmy Collins+586
1901Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jim O'Rourke+8501 Jesse Burkett+601
1902Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jim O'Rourke+8501 Cozy Dolan592
1903Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jim O'Rourke+8501 Ginger Beaumont613
1904Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jake Beckley+8577 Patsy Dougherty647
1905Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jake Beckley+9091 George Stone635
1906Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jake Beckley+9411 Elmer Flick+624
1907Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Jake Beckley+9526 Jiggs Donahue609
1908Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 George Davis+8963 Eddie Grant598
1909Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 George Davis+9031 Eddie Grant631
1910Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Bill Dahlen9028 Dick Hoblitzel611
1911Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Bill Dahlen9031 Dick Hoblitzel622
1912Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Fred Clarke+8551 Vin Campbell624
1913Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Honus Wagner+8650 Max Carey+620
1914Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Honus Wagner+9202 Harry Swacina617
1915Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Honus Wagner+9768 Jack Tobin625
1916Cap Anson+10277 Tom Brown660 Honus Wagner+10200 George Burns623
1917Honus Wagner+10430 Tom Brown660 Honus Wagner+10430 Hal Chase602
1918Honus Wagner+10430 Tom Brown660 Bobby Wallace+8618 Eddie Foster519
1919Honus Wagner+10430 Tom Brown660 Sherry Magee7441 Ivy Olson590
1920Honus Wagner+10430 Tom Brown660 Ty Cobb+7729 Milt Stock639
1921Honus Wagner+10430 Jack Tobin671 Ty Cobb+8236 Jack Tobin671
1922Honus Wagner+10430 Rabbit Maranville+672 Ty Cobb+8762 Rabbit Maranville+672
1923Honus Wagner+10430 Rabbit Maranville+672 Ty Cobb+9318 Jigger Statz655
1924Honus Wagner+10430 Rabbit Maranville+672 Ty Cobb+9943 Sam Rice+646
1925Honus Wagner+10430 Rabbit Maranville+672 Ty Cobb+10358 Al Simmons+654
1926Ty Cobb+10591 Rabbit Maranville+672 Ty Cobb+10591 Sam Rice+641
1927Ty Cobb+11081 Rabbit Maranville+672 Ty Cobb+11081 Earle Combs+648
1928Ty Cobb+11434 Rabbit Maranville+672 Ty Cobb+11434 Lloyd Waner+659
1929Ty Cobb+11434 Rabbit Maranville+672 Eddie Collins+9947 Lloyd Waner+662
1930Ty Cobb+11434 Rabbit Maranville+672 Eddie Collins+9949 Taylor Douthit664
1931Ty Cobb+11434 Lloyd Waner+681 Rabbit Maranville+8962 Lloyd Waner+681
1932Ty Cobb+11434 Lloyd Waner+681 Rabbit Maranville+9533 Al Simmons+670
1933Ty Cobb+11434 Lloyd Waner+681 Rabbit Maranville+10011 Doc Cramer661
1934Ty Cobb+11434 Lloyd Waner+681 Rabbit Maranville+10011 Doc Cramer649
1935Ty Cobb+11434 Jo-Jo Moore and Lloyd Waner+681 Rabbit Maranville+10078 Jo-Jo Moore681
1936Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Frankie Frisch+9080 Woody Jensen696
1937Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Frankie Frisch+9112 Buddy Lewis668
1938Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Goose Goslin+8656 Doc Cramer658
1939Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Al Simmons+8515 Frankie Crosetti656
1940Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Al Simmons+8596 Doc Cramer661
1941Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Charlie Gehringer+8815 Doc Cramer660
1942Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Paul Waner+9091 Doc Cramer630
1943Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Paul Waner+9316 Dick Wakefield633
1944Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Paul Waner+9459 Mickey Rocco and Woody Williams653
1945Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Paul Waner+9459 Dain Clay656
1946Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Mel Ott+9452 Stan Musial+624
1947Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Mel Ott+9456 Red Schoendienst+659
1948Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Doc Cramer9140 Dom DiMaggio648
1949Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Luke Appling+8728 Richie Ashburn+ and Granny Hamner662
1950Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Luke Appling+8856 Red Schoendienst+642
1951Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Wally Moses7356 Carl Furillo667
1952Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Bob Elliott6773 Nellie Fox+648
1953Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Bob Elliott7141 Harvey Kuenn679
1954Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Mickey Vernon7066 Harvey Kuenn656
1955Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Mickey Vernon7604 Bill Bruton and Nellie Fox+636
1956Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Stan Musial+8184 Nellie Fox+649
1957Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Stan Musial+8686 Don Blasingame650
1958Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Stan Musial+9158 Frank Malzone627
1959Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Stan Musial+9499 Vada Pinson648
1960Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Stan Musial+9830 Vada Pinson652
1961Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Stan Musial+10202 Brooks Robinson+668
1962Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Stan Musial+10635 Maury Wills695
1963Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Stan Musial+10972 Curt Flood662
1964Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Nellie Fox+9191 Curt Flood and Bobby Richardson679
1965Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Nellie Fox+9232 Pete Rose670
1966Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Willie Mays+8146 Felipe Alou666
1967Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Willie Mays+8632 Lou Brock+689
1968Ty Cobb+11434 Woody Jensen696 Willie Mays+9130 Felipe Alou662
1969Ty Cobb+11434 Matty Alou698 Willie Mays+9533 Matty Alou698
1970Ty Cobb+11434 Matty Alou698 Willie Mays+10011 Horace Clarke686
1971Ty Cobb+11434 Matty Alou698 Hank Aaron+10447 Sandy Alomar689
1972Ty Cobb+11434 Matty Alou698 Hank Aaron+10896 Pete Rose645
1973Ty Cobb+11434 Matty Alou698 Hank Aaron+11288 Pete Rose680
1974Hank Aaron+11628 Matty Alou698 Hank Aaron+11628 Dave Cash687
1975Hank Aaron+12093 Dave Cash699 Hank Aaron+12093 Dave Cash699
1976Hank Aaron+12364 Dave Cash699 Hank Aaron+12364 Dave Cash666
1977Hank Aaron+12364 Dave Cash699 Brooks Robinson+10654 Rick Burleson663
1978Hank Aaron+12364 Dave Cash699 Pete Rose10196 Jim Rice677
1979Hank Aaron+12364 Dave Cash699 Pete Rose10824 Omar Moreno695
1980Hank Aaron+12364 Willie Wilson705 Pete Rose11479 Willie Wilson705
1981Hank Aaron+12364 Willie Wilson705 Pete Rose11910 Jim Rice451
1982Pete Rose12544 Willie Wilson705 Pete Rose12544 Paul Molitor+666
1983Pete Rose13037 Willie Wilson705 Pete Rose13037 Cal Ripken+663
1984Pete Rose13411 Willie Wilson705 Pete Rose13411 Juan Samuel701
1985Pete Rose13816 Willie Wilson705 Pete Rose13816 Kirby Puckett+691
1986Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Pete Rose14053 Tony Fernandez687
1987Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Reggie Jackson+9864 Juan Samuel655
1988Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Bill Buckner9178 Kirby Puckett+657
1989Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Bill Buckner9354 Joe Carter and Steve Sax651
1990Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Robin Yount+9494 Harold Reynolds642
1991Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Robin Yount+9997 Paul Molitor+665
1992Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Robin Yount+10554 Travis Fryman659
1993Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Robin Yount+11008 Cal Ripken+641
1994Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Dave Winfield+10888 Dante Bichette484
1995Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Dave Winfield+11003 Lance Johnson607
1996Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Eddie Murray+11169 Lance Johnson682
1997Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Eddie Murray+11336 Nomar Garciaparra684
1998Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Paul Molitor+10835 Alex Rodriguez686
1999Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Cal Ripken+10765 Neifi Perez690
2000Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Cal Ripken+11074 Darin Erstad676
2001Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Cal Ripken+11551 Ichiro Suzuki692
2002Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Rickey Henderson10889 Alfonso Soriano696
2003Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Rickey Henderson10961 Alfonso Soriano682
2004Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Rafael Palmeiro10103 Ichiro Suzuki704
2005Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Rafael Palmeiro10472 Jose Reyes696
2006Pete Rose14053 Willie Wilson705 Craig Biggio10359 Juan Pierre699
2007Pete Rose14053 Jimmy Rollins716 Craig Biggio10876 Jimmy Rollins716
2008Pete Rose14053 Jimmy Rollins716 Omar Vizquel9745 Jose Reyes688
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