A player's turn at the plate, the total of which for any player includes all official at-bats plus appearances that resulted in a walk, sacrifice, etc.
Compare with at-bat
Example sentencesExamples
Damon's value is atop the order, which means his slide in walks per plate appearance this season must stop.
Francoeur did not draw his first walk until his 131st plate appearance, and it was intentional.
He drew a walk in his final plate appearance Friday night before receiving five free passes Saturday and another in the first inning yesterday.
He strikes out a lot, but he was the most patient hitter on the club, seeing the most pitches per plate appearance and drawing 86 walks last season.
After walking in his first plate appearance, he walked only once more before being hurt.
Definition of plate appearance in US English:
plate appearance
noun
Baseball
A player's turn at the plate, the total of which for any player includes all official at-bats plus appearances that resulted in a walk, sacrifice, etc.
Compare with at-bat
Example sentencesExamples
After walking in his first plate appearance, he walked only once more before being hurt.
He strikes out a lot, but he was the most patient hitter on the club, seeing the most pitches per plate appearance and drawing 86 walks last season.
Damon's value is atop the order, which means his slide in walks per plate appearance this season must stop.
He drew a walk in his final plate appearance Friday night before receiving five free passes Saturday and another in the first inning yesterday.
Francoeur did not draw his first walk until his 131st plate appearance, and it was intentional.