List of Major League Baseball players with more than 2500 games

Pete rose (2008)

The list of Major League Baseball players with more than 2,500 games is a summary of the major league baseball players who have played more than 2,500 games in the league during their careers. Currently the list consists of 54 players.

The leader of the list is Pete Rose with 3562 games. The then 21-year-old Rose made his debut for the Cincinnati Reds on April 8, 1963 in an away win (2: 5) against the Pittsburgh Pirates in front of 28,896 visitors. At the end of his career, Peter "Pete" Rose returned to the Cincinnati Reds after he was with the Philadelphia Phillies (1979-1983) and the Montreal Expos (1984). Rose played his last game on August 17, 1986 at the age of 45. In the home game they lost 5: 9 to the San Diego Padres in front of 27,175 spectators .

Runner-up Carl Yastrzemski is the player with the most games for a team. From April 11, 1962, when the Boston Red Sox lost 5-2 at home in front of 10,277 visitors at Fenway Park against the Kansas City Athletics until October 2, 1983, when the Red Sox saw the Cleveland Indians 3-1 at home in front of 33,491 spectators beat, Carl "Yaz" Yastrzemski completed 3,308 games for the Boston Red Sox in his career.

Explanations of the list

• List updated on May 19, 2015
• The players whose names are in bold are still active. Right now this is Alex Rodríguez ( New York Yankees ).
• Under position (s) are the positions on the playing field where the player was mainly used.
• Under active are the years when the player played his first and last game in the MLB.
• Under teams and games , the teams are listed in descending order according to the player's stakes. Some players have been signed to a team more than once. The number of games was added up here.
• The statistics of the players on the English websites of the MLB and baseball-reference.com are given under sources .
• If there is a tie, the players are listed in alphabetical order.
• In the list of baseball-reference.com Cap Anson is given with 2524 games. In the official statistics of the MLB, Anson only has 2276 appearances.

space	player	Position (s)	Games	active	Teams and games	swell
1	Pete Rose	OF , 1B , 3B	3562	1963-1986	Cincinnati Reds (2722) Philadelphia Phillies (745) Montreal Expos (95)	1 , 2
2	Carl Yastrzemski	LF , 1B	3308	1961-1983	Boston Red Sox (3308)	1 , 2
3	Hank Aaron	RF , 1B	3298	1954-1976	Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (3076) Milwaukee Brewers (222)	1 , 2
4th	Rickey Henderson	LF	3081	1979-2003	Oakland Athletics (1704) New York Yankees (596) San Diego Padres (359) New York Mets (152) Seattle Mariners (92) Boston Red Sox (72) Toronto Blue Jays (44) Anaheim Angels (32) Los Angeles Dodgers (30 )	1 , 2
5	Ty Cobb	CF	3035	1905-1928	Detroit Tigers (2806) Philadelphia Athletics (229)	1 , 2
6th	Eddie Murray	1B	3026	1977-1997	Baltimore Orioles (1884) Los Angeles Dodgers (477) New York Mets (310) Cleveland Indians (309) Anaheim Angels (46)	1 , 2
6th	Stan Musial	OF , 1B	3026	1941-1963	St. Louis Cardinals (3026)	1 , 2
8th	Cal Ripken, Jr.	SS , 3B	3001	1981-2001	Baltimore Orioles (3001)	1 , 2
9	Willie Mays	CF	2992	1951-1973	New York / San Francisco Giants (2857) New York Mets (135)	1 , 2
10	Barry Bonds	LF	2986	1986-2007	San Francisco Giants (1976) Pittsburgh Pirates (1010)	1 , 2
11	Dave Winfield	RF	2973	1973-1995	New York Yankees (1172) San Diego Padres (1117) California Angels (262) Minnesota Twins (220) Toronto Blue Jays (156) Cleveland Indians (46)	1 , 2
12	Omar Vizquel	SS , 1B	2968	1989-2012	Cleveland Indians (1478) Seattle Mariners (660) San Francisco Giants (542) Chicago White Sox (166) Texas Rangers (62) Toronto Blue Jays (60)	1 , 2
13	Rusty dust	RF , 1B	2951	1963-1985	New York Mets (942) Houston Colt .45s / Astros (833) Montreal Expos (518) Detroit Tigers (549) Texas Rangers (109)	1 , 2
14th	Brooks Robinson	3B	2896	1955-1977	Baltimore Orioles (2896)	1 , 2
15th	Robin Yount	SS , CF	2856	1974-1993	Milwaukee Brewers (2856)	1 , 2
16	Craig Biggio	2B , C , OF	2850	1988-2007	Houston Astros (2850)	1 , 2
17th	Al Kaline	RF , 1B	2834	1953-1974	Detroit Tigers (2834)	1 , 2
18th	Rafael Palmeiro	1B , LF	2831	1986-2005	Texas Rangers (1573) Baltimore Orioles (1000) Chicago Cubs (258)	1 , 2
19th	Harold Baines	DH , RF	2830	1980-2001	Chicago White Sox (1670) Baltimore Orioles (666) Oakland Athletics (313) Texas Rangers (153) Cleveland Indians (28)	1 , 2
20th	Eddie Collins	2 B	2826	1906-1930	Chicago White Sox (1670) Philadelphia Athletics (1156)	1 , 2
21st	Reggie Jackson	RF	2820	1967-1987	Kansas City / Oakland Athletics (1346) California Angels (687) New York Yankees (653) Baltimore Orioles (134)	1 , 2
22nd	Frank Robinson	OF , 1B	2808	1956-1976	Cincinnati Reds (1502) Baltimore Orioles (827) California Angels (276) Los Angeles Dodgers (103) Cleveland Indians (100)	1 , 2
23	Honus Wagner	SS , RF , 1B	2792	1897-1917	Pittsburgh Pirates (2433) Louisville Colonels (359)	1 , 2
24	Tris Speaker	CF	2789	1907-1928	Cleveland Indians (1519) Boston Americans / Red Sox (1065) Washington Senators (141) Philadelphia Athletics (64)	1 , 2
25th	Tony Perez	1B , 3B	2777	1964-1986	Cincinnati Reds (1948) Montreal Expos (434) Boston Red Sox (304) Philadelphia Phillies (91)	1 , 2
26th	Derek Jeter	SS	2747	1995-2014	New York Yankees (2747)	1 , 2
27	Mel Ott	RF , 3B	2730	1926-1947	New York Giants (2730)	1 , 2
28	George Brett	3B , 1B	2707	1973-1993	Kansas City Royals (2707)	1 , 2
29	Graig Nettles	3B	2700	1967-1988	New York Yankees (1535) Cleveland Indians (465) San Diego Padres (387) Minnesota Twins (121) Atlanta Braves (112) Montreal Expos (80)	1 , 2
30th	Darrell Evans	3B , 1B	2687	1969-1989	San Francisco Giants (1094) Atlanta Braves (866) Detroit Tigers (727)	1 , 2
31	Paul Molitor	DH , 3B , 2B	2683	1978-1998	Milwaukee Brewers (1856) Minnesota Twins (422) Toronto Blue Jays (405)	1 , 2
32	Ken Griffey, Jr.	CF	2671	1989-2010	Seattle Mariners (1685) Cincinnati Reds (945) Chicago White Sox (41)	1 , 2
33	Rabbit Maranville	SS , 2B	2670	1912-1935	Boston Braves (1795) Pittsburgh Pirates (601) St. Louis Cardinals (121) Brooklyn Robins (78) Chicago Cubs (75)	1 , 2
34	Joe Morgan	2 B	2649	1963-1984	Cincinnati Reds (1154) Houston Colt .45s / Astros (1032) San Francisco Giants (224) Philadelphia Phillies (123) Oakland Athletics (116)	1 , 2
35	Andre Dawson	OF	2627	1976-1996	Montreal Expos (1443) Chicago Cubs (867) Boston Red Sox (196) Florida Marlins (121)	1 , 2
36	Lou Brock	LF	2616	1961-1979	St. Louis Cardinals (2289) Chicago Cubs (327)	1 , 2
37	Dwight Evans	RF , 1B	2606	1972-1991	Boston Red Sox (2505) Baltimore Orioles (101)	1 , 2
38	Alex Rodríguez	SS , 1B	2604	since 1994	New York Yankees (1329) Seattle Mariners (790) Texas Rangers (485)	1 , 2
39	Luis Aparicio	SS	2599	1956-1973	Chicago White Sox (1511) Baltimore Orioles (721) Boston Red Sox (367)	1 , 2
40	Luis Gonzalez	LF	2591	1990-2008	Arizona Diamondbacks (1194) Houston Astros (745) Chicago Cubs (223) Detroit Tigers (154) Los Angeles Dodgers (139) Florida Marlins (136)	1 , 2
41	Willie McCovey	1B , LF	2588	1959-1980	San Francisco Giants (2256) San Diego Padres (321) Oakland Athletics (11)	1 , 2
42	Steve Finley	CF	2583	1989-2007	Arizona Diamondbacks (849) San Diego Padres (602) Houston Astros (557) Baltimore Orioles (223) San Francisco Giants (139) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (112) Los Angeles Dodgers (58) Colorado Rockies (43)	1 , 2
43	Gary Sheffield	RF , 3B , SS	2576	1988-2009	Florida Marlins (558) Los Angeles Dodgers (526) New York Yankees (347) Milwaukee Brewers (294) Atlanta Braves (290) Detroit Tigers (247) San Diego Padres (214) New York Mets (100)	1 , 2
44	Ozzie Smith	SS	2573	1978-1996	St. Louis Cardinals (1990) San Diego Padres (583)	1 , 2
45	Paul Waner	RF	2549	1926-1945	Pittsburgh Pirates (2154) Boston Braves (209) Brooklyn Dodgers (176) New York Yankees (10)	1 , 2
46	Iván Rodríguez	C.	2543	1991-2011	Texas Rangers (1507) Detroit Tigers (611) Washington Nationals (155) Florida Marlins (144) Houston Astros (93) New York Yankees (33)	1 , 2
46	Jim Thome	1B , DH , 3B	2543	1991-2012	Cleveland Indians (1399) Chicago White Sox (529) Philadelphia Phillies (391) Minnesota Twins (179) Baltimore Orioles (28) Los Angeles Dodgers (17)	1 , 2
48	Ernie Banks	1B , SS	2528	1953-1971	Chicago Cubs (2528)	1 , 2
49	Julio Franco	SS , 2B , 1B	2527	1982-2007	Cleveland Indians (1088) Texas Rangers (632) Atlanta Braves (501) New York Mets (135) Chicago White Sox (112) Milwaukee Brewers (42) Philadelphia Phillies (16) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1)	1 , 2
50	Bill Buckner	1B , LF	2517	1969-1990	Chicago Cubs (974) Los Angeles Dodgers (773) Boston Red Sox (526) Kansas City Royals (168) California Angels (76)	1 , 2
50	Sam Crawford	RF , 1B	2517	1899-1917	Detroit Tigers (2114) Cincinnati Reds (403)	1 , 2
52	Gary Gaetti	3B , 1B	2507	1981-2000	Minnesota Twins (1361) St. Louis Cardinals (380) Kansas City Royals (309) California Angels (302) Chicago Cubs (150) Boston Red Sox (5)	1 , 2
53	Babe Ruth	OF , P	2503	1914-1935	New York Yankees (2084) Boston Red Sox (391) Boston Braves (28)	1 , 2
54	Tim Raines	LF	2502	1979-2002	Montreal Expos (1452) Chicago White Sox (648) New York Yankees (242) Florida Marlins (98) Oakland Athletics (58) Baltimore Orioles (4)	1 , 2

Web links

• mlb.mlb.com: List of the first 1000 MLB players on the MLB website (English)
• baseball-reference.com: list of 1,000 players with the most games (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ baseball-reference.com: Statistics Pete Rose with the first and last game (English)
2. ↑ baseball-reference.com: Statistics Carl Yastrzemski with first and last game (English)
3. ↑ baseball-reference.com: Career Leaders & Records for Games Played (English)
4. ↑ mlb.mlb.com: Cap Anson Career Stats (English)