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Aaron's record was subsequently broken by Carl Yastrzemski in 1983 and finally broken the following season by Pete Rose, who currently holds the record for most games played at 3,562. Rickey Henderson , Eddie Murray , Stan Musial , Albert Pujols , Willie Mays , and Cal Ripken Jr. are the only other players to play in over 3,000 career games.
Deion Sanders appeared in a record 641 MLB games and 189 NFL games. Former Michigan All-American Ernie Vick was a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals for four years and played for three NFL teams. The following athletes have appeared in at least one game in both Major League Baseball and the National Football League. [9]
List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a second baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a third baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a shortstop leaders; List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a left fielder leaders
Playing in the NFL is one of the most physically demanding sports. The players are exposed to many hard hits and are often injured. This plus given the fact the NFL is highly competitive, and there is a large group of talented players wanting to take the place of those who are injured or no longer able to perform at a high level, most careers are not long.
Most runs scored: Rickey Henderson: 2,295 [11] Highest on-base percentage: Ted Williams.482 [12] Most stolen bases: Rickey Henderson 1,406 [13] Most steals of home Ty Cobb: 54 Highest slugging percentage: Josh Gibson.718 Highest on-base plus slugging: Josh Gibson: 1.177 Most walks: Barry Bonds 2,558 [14] Most intentional walks: Barry Bonds 688 ...
Major League Baseball recognizes the first major league season as 1876, the inaugural season of the National League. The following three players played parts of their careers in the 1850s and 1860s, and do not qualify as four-decade players, although they played four decades at the highest level of play available to them at the time: Joe Start (1859-1886), Candy Nelson (1867-1890), and Deacon ...
Paul Waner held the major league record for 29 years. Harry Hooper holds the American League record. Dwight Evans' 2,092 games as a right fielder in the American League are the most by any player since 1920. Willie Keeler was the first player to appear in 2,000 games in right field. Patsy Donovan held the National League record for 32 years.
Omar Vizquel is the all-time leader in games played as a shortstop, [2] [3] having played 2,709 games at the position in his career. 19 players in major league history have played over 2,000 career games at shortstop, the second most of all positions behind only first basemen.