.300 / .400 / .500 Club continued...

As of today, 153 players in the history of Major League Baseball reached (or have reached) and exceeded the 9,000 PA total for their respective career (this total will increase to 155 soon as Adrian Beltre and Ichiro Suzuki are within striking distance), yet out of the 75 players that are between 9,000 and 9,999 career PAs, only 6 new members join our exclusive career .300 / .400 / .500 Club.  Joining the 7 mentioned at the min. PA level of 10,000 (Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Tris Speaker, Mel Ott, Babe Ruth, Chipper Jones, and Frank Thomas), the 6 that bring our club to a total of 13 out of 153 include:

8.) Ted Williams: 9,788 PA, .344 BA / .482 OBP / .634 SLG

9.) Manny Ramirez: 9,774 PA, .312 BA / .411 OBP / .585 SLG

10.) Jimmie Foxx: 9.676 PA, .325 BA / .428 OBP / .609 SLG

11.) Lou Gehrig: 9,663 PA, .340 BA / .447 OBP / .632 SLG

12.) Rogers Hornsby: 9,480 PA, .358 BA / .434 OBP / .577 SLG

13.) Todd Helton: 9,170 PA, .319 BA / .417 OBP / .542 SLG

Honorable Mentions: 

Todd Helton has the highest amount of PAs among active players that will eventually be on this list with the final minimum PAs set.  He's a lock to retire and remain in this club, and I predict 2013 to be his final season.

Setting our parameters at a career .290 BA / .390 OBP / .490 SLG like we did at 10,000 PAs to give recognition to Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield being close, doing the same at 9,000 PAs only adds the following 2 players:

Mickey Mantle: 9,907 PA, .298 BA / .421 OBP / .557 SLG

Jeff Bagwell: 9,431 PA, .297 BA / .408 OBP / .540 SLG

So, with a minimum PA of 9,000, only 8.5% of players have ever exceeded .300 / .400 / .500 for a career.

Source: baseball-reference.com