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Encyclopedia > MLB consecutive games played streaks

Listed below are the 15 longest consecutive games played streaks in Major League Baseball history.[1] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Rank Name # First game Last game
1. Cal Ripken, Jr. 2632 May 30, 1982 September 19, 1998
2. Lou Gehrig 2130 June 1, 1925 April 30, 1939
3. Everett Scott 1307 June 20, 1916 May 5, 1925
4. Steve Garvey 1207 September 3, 1975 July 29, 1983
5. Miguel Tejada 1152 June 2, 2000 June 21, 2007 (active)[2]
6. Billy Williams 1117 September 22, 1963 September 2, 1970
7. Joe Sewell 1103 September 13, 1922 April 30, 1930
8. Stan Musial 895 April 15, 1952 August 22, 1957
9. Eddie Yost 829 August 30, 1949 May 11, 1955
10. Gus Suhr 822 September 11, 1931 June 4, 1937
11. Nellie Fox 798 August 7, 1955 September 3, 1960
12. Pete Rose 745 September 1, 1978 August 23, 1983
13. Dale Murphy 740 September 26, 1981 July 8, 1986
14. Richie Ashburn 730 June 7, 1950 September 26, 1954
15. Ernie Banks 717 August 26, 1956 June 22, 1961

Tejada's streak is active, having reached 1,080 games as of the end of the 2006 season. If he does not miss a game in 2007 he will pass Garvey and take fourth place on the list on August 25, 2007 (assuming no rainouts). He would then be in position to pass Scott and move into third place in June of 2008. From there it would take five years more to catch Gehrig, and to catch Ripken, Tejada will have to play every game until 2016, when he will be forty years old. On June 20, 2007, Tejada's wrist was fractured by a pitched ball, putting the streak in danger. During the game on June 21, Tejada took an at-bat in the top half of the first inning, making an unsuccessful attempt to bunt the ball resulting in a Fielder's Choice. He was removed from the game for a pinch runner, officially keeping the streak alive at 1152 games as per the baseball rules. Calvin Edwin Ripken, Jr. ... is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Henry Louis (Lou) Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, was an American baseball player in the first half of the twentieth century. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lewis Everett Scott (November 19, 1892 – November 2, 1960), nicknamed Deacon, was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for 12 seasons with the Boston Red Sox (1914-1921), New York Yankees (1922-1925), Washington Senators (1925), Chicago White Sox (1926), and Cincinnati Reds (1926). ... is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, and current Southern California businessman. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 29 is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Miguel Odalis Tejada (born May 25, 1976), nicknamed Miggy, is currently the shortstop of the Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball team. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Billy Leo Williams (born June 15, 1938) is an American former outfielder in Major League Baseball. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Joseph Wheeler Sewell (October 9, 1898 - March 6, 1990) was a Major League Baseball infielder for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stanley Frank Musial, original StanisÅ‚aw Franciszek MusiaÅ‚, nicknamed Stan the Man and The Donora Greyhound (born November 21, 1920 in Donora, Pennsylvania), is an American former player in Major League Baseball who played 22 seasons for the St. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Edward Frederick Joseph Yost was a MLB player. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... August Richard Gus Suhr (January 3, 1906 - January 15, 2004) was a Major League Baseball first baseman. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jacob Nelson Nellie Fox (December 25, 1927 - December 1, 1975) was a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Chicago White Sox and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Dale Bryan Murphy (born March 12, 1956) is a former center fielder and catcher in Major League Baseball, born in Portland, Oregon. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Don Richard Richie Ashburn (March 19, 1927 - September 9, 1997) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ernest Ernie Banks (born January 31, 1931 in Dallas, Texas) is an American former Major League baseball player who played his entire career with the Chicago Cubs (1953-1971). ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...


Notes

  • Hideki Matsui assembled a professional baseball consecutive games streak of 1,768 games combined, between the Japanese league Yomiuri Giants and the Major league New York Yankees, playing 518 games consecutively in the majors. Matsui's 518 games represent a record for consecutive games to start a player's big-league career. The entire combined streak stretched from August 22, 1993- May 10, 2006 and was ended by a wrist injury in what would have been his 519th consecutive game. The major league portion of the streak extended from March 31, 2003 (opening day) until May 10, 2006.[3] (For more on Matsui, see note below on MLB rule).
  • Ripken says that the closest he ever came to not playing during his streak was the day after he twisted his knee during a bench-clearing brawl against the Seattle Mariners in June 1993.[4] From June 5, 1982 to September 14, 1987, Ripken played 8,243 consecutive innings, which is believed to be a record, although not one that is officially kept by MLB.[5] When the 1994-95 baseball player's strike threatened to destroy Ripken's streak after baseball owners planned to use replacement players, Baltimore owner Peter Angelos announced that the Orioles would not field a team rather than see Ripken's record snapped.[6] The strike was eventually settled without using replacements, and Ripken broke the record on September 6, 1995.[7] Ripken himself made the decision not to play on September 20, 1998, the Orioles' last home game of the season. Rookie Ryan Minor played third base for Ripken in a 5-4 loss to the Yankees.[8]
  • Lou Gehrig's streak started as a pinch-hitter. The next day he started at first base in place of slumping Wally Pipp (contrary to legend, Pipp did not have a headache[9]), and stayed there for fourteen years.
  • On July 14, 1934, Gehrig, suffering from an attack of lumbago, was listed in the Yankee lineup at shortstop. He batted in the top of the first inning to preserve the streak, singled, and was promptly removed from the game.[10][11]
  • Gehrig's streak was ended by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the disease that would take his life. His physical abilities rapidly declining, Gehrig told manager Joe McCarthy to take him out of the lineup on May 2, 1939. He never played again, dying in 1941.
  • Garvey's all-time National League record is less than half the length of Ripken's. His streak was ended when he dislocated his thumb in a home plate collision against the Atlanta Braves.[12]
  • Gehrig, Williams, Sewell, Musial, Fox, Ashburn, and Banks are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ripken will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 29, 2007.
  • MLB's rule 10.23(c), defining consecutive game streaks, is as follows: "A consecutive game playing streak shall be extended if the player plays one half inning on defense, or if he completes a time at bat by reaching base or being put out. A pinch running appearance only shall not extend the streak. If a player is ejected from a game by an umpire before he can comply with the requirements of this rule, his streak shall continue."[13] This peculiar rule means that a pinch-runner can come into a game, steal a base, get caught stealing, and even score a run, but still will not be credited with a (consecutive) game played if he does not stay in the game afterward. Similarly, a player can take the field and contribute to the game in many ways--field a ball in play, make a putout, make an assist, commit an error--but is not credited with a (consecutive) game played if he does not play an entire half inning. For example, Hideki Matsui's consecutive games streak (see above) was ended when he broke his wrist diving for a ball with two outs in the first inning of the Yankee game of May 11, 2006. That game would have been #519 and #1,769 in his MLB and MLB/Japan game streaks, but since Matsui did not play a full half inning on defense, that game is not counted in his streak. MLB and the Society for American Baseball Research[14] both credit Matsui with having played 518 consecutive MLB games.

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References

  1. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats2.shtml
  2. ^ http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070621&content_id=2040494&vkey=news_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal
  3. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260511110
  4. ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/ripken/bal-sp.ripken22sep22,0,6596525.story
  5. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DD1730F935A2575AC0A961948260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fR%2fRipken%2c%20Cal%20Jr%2e
  6. ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/ripken/bal-sp.ripken23sep23,0,7055279.story
  7. ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/ripken/bal-sp.ripken06sep06,0,7251889.story
  8. ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/ripken/bal-sp.ripken27sep27,0,890302.story
  9. ^ http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/pipp.asp
  10. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=phonyrecords-030225
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  14. ^ http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/DEC2006.pdf

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