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Fewer than 70 athletes are known to have played in both Major League Baseball (MLB) [a] and the National Football League (NFL). This includes two Heisman Trophy winners (Vic Janowicz and Bo Jackson) [1] and seven members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Red Badgro, [2] Paddy Driscoll, [3] George Halas, [4] Ernie Nevers, [5] Ace Parker, [6] Jim Thorpe, [7] and Deion Sanders). [8]
Most steals of home Ty Cobb: 54 Highest slugging percentage: Josh Gibson.718 Highest on-base plus slugging: Josh Gibson: 1.177 Most five hit games Ty Cobb: 14 Most walks: Barry Bonds: 2,558 [14] Most intentional walks: Barry Bonds: 688 [15] Most strikeouts: Reggie Jackson: 2,597 [16] Most at-bats: Pete Rose: 14,555 [17] Most total bases: Hank ...
Brett Favre, the all-time leader in consecutive starts by an NFL player. This is a list of the most consecutive starts and games played by a player by position in the National Football League (NFL). [1] [2] Quarterback Brett Favre's streak of 297 consecutive games started is the longest all-time.
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.
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.
That game would have been #519 in his MLB streak and #1,769 in his MLB/Japan game streak (see below), but since Matsui did not play a full half inning on defense, that game is sometimes not counted in his streak. MLB and the Society for American Baseball Research [9] both credit Matsui with having played 519 consecutive MLB games.
Rickey Henderson leads all Major League Baseball players with 2,295 career runs scored. Listed are all Major League Baseball (MLB) players with 1,000 or more career runs scored. Players in boldface are active as of the 2025 Major League Baseball season.
1934 NFL Championship Game. Giants players switched to basketball sneakers in the middle of the game. [2] 73–0: December 8, 1940 Chicago Bears: 73–0 Washington Redskins: The Chicago Bears scored 11 touchdowns and won 73–0, the most lopsided victory in NFL history. [3] The Greatest Game Ever Played: December 28, 1958 Baltimore Colts: 23 ...