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Minnesota Twins Plate Appearances Leaders

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

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Sam Rice holds the Twins career record with 9,879 plate appearances. The single-season record is 744, by Kirby Puckett in 1985.

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

All-time Twins leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club PA G
1 Sam Rice Sam Rice 1915–1933 9,879 2,307
2 Harmon Killebrew Harmon Killebrew 1954–1974 9,462 2,329
3 Joe Judge Joe Judge 1915–1932 8,906 2,084
4 Clyde Milan Clyde Milan 1907–1922 8,312 1,982
5 Joe Mauer Joe Mauer 2004–2018 7,960 1,858
6 Kirby Puckett Kirby Puckett 1984–1995 7,831 1,783
7 Mickey Vernon Mickey Vernon 1939–1955 7,769 1,805
8 Eddie Yost Eddie Yost 1944–1958 7,461 1,690
9 Ossie Bluege Ossie Bluege 1922–1939 7,452 1,867
10 Kent Hrbek Kent Hrbek 1981–1994 7,137 1,747
11 Buddy Myer Buddy Myer 1925–1941 7,028 1,643
12 Rod Carew Rod Carew 1967–1978 6,980 1,635
13 Tony Oliva Tony Oliva 1962–1976 6,879 1,676
14 Buddy Lewis Buddy Lewis 1935–1949 5,937 1,349
15 Bob Allison Bob Allison 1958–1970 5,921 1,541
16 Goose Goslin Goose Goslin 1921–1938 5,810 1,361
17 Bucky Harris Bucky Harris 1919–1928 5,533 1,252
18 Howie Shanks Howie Shanks 1912–1922 5,508 1,396
19 George McBride George McBride 1908–1920 5,481 1,458
20 Torii Hunter Torii Hunter 1997–2015 5,461 1,373
21 Gary Gaetti Gary Gaetti 1981–1990 5,459 1,361
22 Cecil Travis Cecil Travis 1933–1947 5,414 1,328
23 Justin Morneau Justin Morneau 2003–2013 5,350 1,278
24 Joe Kuhel Joe Kuhel 1930–1946 5,234 1,205
25 George Case George Case 1937–1947 4,987 1,108

Single-season Twins records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season PA G
1 Kirby Puckett Kirby Puckett 1985 744 161
2 Eddie Yost Eddie Yost 1952 734 157
3 Buddy Lewis Buddy Lewis 1937 733 156
4 Eddie Yost Eddie Yost 1950 731 155
5 Roy Smalley Roy Smalley 1979 729 162
6 Paul Molitor Paul Molitor 1996 728 161
6 Zoilo Versalles Zoilo Versalles 1965 728 160
8 Cesar Tovar Cesar Tovar 1970 726 161
8 Cesar Tovar Cesar Tovar 1967 726 164
10 Lenny Green Lenny Green 1962 724 158
10 Buddy Lewis Buddy Lewis 1938 724 151
12 Joe Kuhel Joe Kuhel 1935 723 151
12 Kirby Puckett Kirby Puckett 1986 723 161
14 Rich Rollins Rich Rollins 1962 721 159
15 George Case George Case 1940 720 154
15 Buddy Myer Buddy Myer 1935 720 151
17 Tony Oliva Tony Oliva 1964 718 161
17 Cesar Tovar Cesar Tovar 1971 718 157
17 Zoilo Versalles Zoilo Versalles 1964 718 160
20 Chuck Knoblauch Chuck Knoblauch 1997 716 156
20 Eddie Yost Eddie Yost 1951 716 154
22 Joe Judge Joe Judge 1921 715 153
23 Eddie Yost Eddie Yost 1953 713 152
24 Justin Morneau Justin Morneau 2008 712 163
24 Sam Rice Sam Rice 1924 712 154