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The outfield positions are routinely regarded as being among the less physically demanding positions in baseball, largely due to the rarity of contact with opposing players and the longer reaction time possible after a ball is hit; long careers in the outfield have been common throughout major league history. Because game accounts and box ...
The plaque gallery at the Baseball Hall of Fame Ty Cobb's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, honors individuals who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport, and is the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, displaying baseball-related artifacts and exhibits.
Through 2021, 21 players had appeared in over 2,000 games as first basemen, more than at any other position; [2] at least one of the 21 has been active in every major league season, except the last two years of World War II. Eddie Murray [3] [4] [5] is the all-time leader in career games as a first baseman, playing 2,413 games at the position. [6]
Rank amongst leaders in career games played. A blank field indicates a tie. Player (2025 Gs) Number of games played during the 2025 Major League Baseball season: Throws: Denotes right-handed (R) or left-handed (L) pitcher MLB: Total career games played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball * Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame: Bold
The Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2024 has been decided. All ballots from Baseball Writers Association of America voters, of which there are estimated to be 384, have been collected. (They had to ...
When Eddie Yost became the first player to play 2,000 major league games at third base in 1962, it was nearly forty years after most other non-pitching positions had seen a player reach that milestone; the only position that took longer was catcher. Only 13 players have played 2,000 major league games at third base, tied for the fewest among ...
However, efforts to distinguish between the three positions regarding games played during this period and reconstruct the separate totals have been largely successful; players whose totals include pre-1901 games are notated in the table below. Barry Bonds is the all-time leader in career games played as a left fielder with 2,715.
The Hall of Fame credits Lajoie with 129 hits in 352 at bats (.368) [371] while MLB and Baseball-Reference.com show 133 hits in 352 at bats (.378). [ 372 ] [ 373 ] According to Baseball-Reference a player qualified for a batting title prior to 1920 by appearing in 60% of his team's games—82 games in the 136 game schedule in 1902—and Lajoie ...