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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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