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St. Louis Cardinals Plate Appearances Leaders

Career totals with the Cardinals and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season.

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Stan Musial holds the Cardinals career record with 12,712 plate appearances. The single-season record is 752, by Taylor Douthit in 1928.

AVG HR RBI H R SB OPS OBP SLG 2B 3B XBH TB BB SO PA AB G

All-time Cardinals leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club PA G
1 Stan Musial Stan Musial 1941–1963 12,712 3,026
2 Lou Brock Lou Brock 1964–1979 9,927 2,289
3 Yadier Molina Yadier Molina 2004–2022 8,553 2,226
4 Ozzie Smith Ozzie Smith 1982–1996 8,242 1,990
5 Albert Pujols Albert Pujols 2001–2022 7,784 1,814
6 Enos Slaughter Enos Slaughter 1938–1953 7,710 1,820
7 Red Schoendienst Red Schoendienst 1945–1963 7,446 1,795
8 Ken Boyer Ken Boyer 1955–1965 7,046 1,667
9 Curt Flood Curt Flood 1958–1969 6,914 1,738
10 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby 1915–1933 6,714 1,580
11 Ted Simmons Ted Simmons 1968–1980 6,450 1,564
12 Ray Lankford Ray Lankford 1990–2004 6,289 1,580
13 Willie McGee Willie McGee 1982–1999 6,100 1,661
14 Julian Javier Julian Javier 1960–1971 6,079 1,578
15 Jim Bottomley Jim Bottomley 1922–1932 6,008 1,392
16 Marty Marion Marty Marion 1940–1950 5,924 1,502
17 Frankie Frisch Frankie Frisch 1927–1937 5,653 1,311
18 Matt Carpenter Matt Carpenter 2011–2024 5,380 1,388
19 Terry Moore Terry Moore 1935–1948 5,204 1,298
20 Joe Medwick Joe Medwick 1932–1948 5,056 1,216
21 Keith Hernandez Keith Hernandez 1974–1983 4,724 1,165
22 Bill White Bill White 1959–1969 4,617 1,113
23 Charlie Comiskey Charlie Comiskey 1882–1891 4,546 1,034
24 Pepper Martin Pepper Martin 1928–1944 4,521 1,189
25 Jim Edmonds Jim Edmonds 2000–2007 4,356 1,105

Single-season Cardinals records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season PA G
1 Taylor Douthit Taylor Douthit 1928 752 154
2 Taylor Douthit Taylor Douthit 1930 748 154
3 Curt Flood Curt Flood 1964 739 162
4 Lou Brock Lou Brock 1970 729 155
5 Don Blasingame Don Blasingame 1957 728 154
6 Lou Brock Lou Brock 1973 727 160
7 Bill White Bill White 1963 726 162
8 Lou Brock Lou Brock 1967 724 159
9 Stan Musial Stan Musial 1949 721 157
10 Lou Brock Lou Brock 1971 720 157
11 Matt Carpenter Matt Carpenter 2013 717 157
11 Ivan Herrera Ivan Herrera 2026 717 161
13 Wally Moon Wally Moon 1954 716 151
14 Curt Flood Curt Flood 1963 714 158
15 David Eckstein David Eckstein 2005 713 158
16 Lou Brock Lou Brock 1968 712 159
17 Lou Brock Lou Brock 1969 710 157
17 Red Schoendienst Red Schoendienst 1947 710 151
19 Matt Carpenter Matt Carpenter 2014 709 158
20 Taylor Douthit Taylor Douthit 1929 708 150
20 Jack Rothrock Jack Rothrock 1934 708 154
20 Milt Stock Milt Stock 1920 708 155
23 Joe Torre Joe Torre 1971 707 161
24 Ozzie Smith Ozzie Smith 1987 706 158
25 Stan Musial Stan Musial 1954 705 153