Below you will find example sentences with "plate appearances". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Plate Appearances in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: appearances
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25 words

Words in this phrase

plate appearances

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • plate can mean: A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten. Frequent word
  • appearances can mean: plural of appearance Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

11 straight plate appearances with a 1× 115 career plate appearances under his 1× 12 consecutive plate appearances without a 1× 891 career plate appearances 14 against 1× all three plate appearances striking him 1× amassed 123 plate appearances 21 hits 1× and more plate appearances in his 1× and three plate appearances going 2 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and i think 1× and oakland went 1× brodina in 50 1× during the recent 1× for a slugger 1× given how mature 1×

Common sentence endings:

127 plate appearances 1× 14 against lefties 1× 38 plate appearances 1× a position player 1× and a walk 1× and michael taylor 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

career 4× last 4× base 4× two 3× extra 3× hits 3× home 3× run 3× walk 3× game 3× off 3× fifth 3×

Related phrases

license plate guest appearances american plate tectonic plate four appearances playoff appearances

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around appearances:

four appearances 5× playoff appearances 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

plastic waste plastic surgery plastic products plastic pollution plastic bottles plastic bottle

Just after it in the phrase index:

platform formerly plausible explanation play store play vital players explore playing alongside

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

guest appearances four appearances playoff appearances

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "plate appearances" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 11 straight plate appearances with a, 115 career plate appearances under his, career, last and base stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with license plate, guest appearances, american plate, four appearances and playoff appearances, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with plate appearances

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Hoerner hasn’t struck out in 38 plate appearances. (9 words)

He has only three extra-base hits — all doubles — in 127 plate appearances. (13 words)

Moniak has only 125 of his 891 career plate appearances (14%) against lefties. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

And I think as he continues to collect more and more plate appearances in his relatively young career in pro ball, to see the trends that he’s made and the progress he’s made in the last two years or so, has been so exciting. (46 words)

Perhaps most notably of all, Crochet faced Shohei Ohtani three times and retired him in all three plate appearances — Striking him out to lead off the game in the first inning, and again looking to end the top of the fifth. (41 words)

And Oakland went 12 consecutive plate appearances without a hit until Lawrence Butler led off the fifth with a single, but he was quickly erased on a double-play in what turned into a five-pitch inning for Schmidt. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

For a slugger who has struck out in close to 32 percent of his career plate appearances, one strike out in 14 plate appearances qualifies as a small sample of progress.

And I think as he continues to collect more and more plate appearances in his relatively young career in pro ball, to see the trends that he’s made and the progress he’s made in the last two years or so, has been so exciting.

During the recent three-city tour, he reached base on more than half of his plate appearances.

He has only three extra-base hits — all doubles — in 127 plate appearances.

Hoerner hasn’t struck out in 38 plate appearances.

In each of the last two seasons, Profar has walked in at least 11% of his plate appearances, ranking in the 85th percentile of the league.

No club had fewer originals take even 200 plate appearances than the Nationals’ four: Juan Soto, Bryce Harper, Luis Garcia and Michael Taylor.

The Dodgers nearly succeeded on the latter, holding the major-league home run leader hitless with only a walk in four plate appearances.

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The transfer from New Mexico JC entered midway through Sunday’s game and three plate appearances, going 2-for-2 with a pair of singles and a walk.

And Oakland went 12 consecutive plate appearances without a hit until Lawrence Butler led off the fifth with a single, but he was quickly erased on a double-play in what turned into a five-pitch inning for Schmidt.

Brodina, in 50 plate appearances (slightly shortened from missing the Dakota Classic), has easily been the team’s most productive hitter.

Given how mature his defensive game is, though, it’s easy to forget he barely has 115 career plate appearances under his belt.

In 33 plate appearances this season, Wallner has only two hits, and his one home run came Saturday in Detroit off a position player.

It’s been awhile,” Taylor said of his first home run since last Sept. 7, a stretch of 165 homer-less plate appearances in between.

It took 89 plate appearances, but DJ LeMahieu finally picked up his first extra-base hit of the season Friday night, which the Yankees hope was a sign of things to come.

Moniak has only 125 of his 891 career plate appearances (14%) against lefties.

Perhaps most notably of all, Crochet faced Shohei Ohtani three times and retired him in all three plate appearances — Striking him out to lead off the game in the first inning, and again looking to end the top of the fifth.

He only amassed 123 plate appearances, 21 hits, six of them going for extra bases, and walked just nine times.

Jimenez struggled early as a rookie last season, then finished with nine homers in September, recording 31 homers in 504 plate appearances over 122 games.

Mondesi tied a club record by safely reaching base in 11 straight plate appearances with a walk in the fifth inning.

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