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This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) players to have accumulated a value of 50 or more career Wins Above Replacement (WAR) using the Baseball Reference calculation. [a] As of the conclusion of the 2024 Major League Baseball season, 320 players have reached a WAR value of 50.0 or higher, as detailed on this list.
List of Major League Baseball career games played as a second baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career games played as a third baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career games played as a shortstop leaders; List of Major League Baseball career games played as a left fielder leaders
List of Major League Baseball career games played as a second baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career games played as a shortstop leaders; List of Major League Baseball career games played as a third baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career games played as an outfielder leaders
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]
Salvador Pérez, the active leader in career games played as a catcher and is 58th all-time. Yadier Molina holds the National League career record. Carlton Fisk holds the American League career record. Gary Carter held the National League record for 31 years. Al López held the major league record for 42 years.
A starting pitcher is not credited with a GF for pitching a complete game. Mariano Rivera [1] [2] [3] is the all-time leader in games finished with 952. Rivera is the only pitcher in MLB history to finish more than 900 career games. Trevor Hoffman [4] and Lee Smith [5] are the only other pitchers to finish more than 800 games in their careers.
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 ...
Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested. In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game, are ...