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Plate appearance

In baseball statistics, a player has a plate appearance (denoted by PA) every time he:

Has an at bat (AB)
Receives a base on balls (BB)
Receives a hit by pitch (HBP)
Hits a sacrifice fly (SF)
Hits a sacrifice bunt[?] (S)
Reaches base because of interference

A batter does not have a plate appearance if, while he was at bat, the inning ended some other way (for example, a teammate on base is caught stealing[?] (CS)).

See also: Baseball statistics

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