List of Major League Baseball career games played as a right fielder leaders

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Roberto Clemente, the all-time leader in games played as a right fielder

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, before a game, are included on a starting lineup card or are announced as ex ante substitutes, whether or not they play;[1] however, in Major League Baseball, the application of this statistic does not extend to consecutive games played streaks. A starting pitcher, then, may be credited with a game played even if he is not credited with a game started or an inning pitched. The right fielder (RF) is one of the three outfielders, the defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. The right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing toward the pitcher's mound. The outfielders must try to catch long fly balls before they hit the ground or to quickly catch or retrieve and return to the infield any other balls entering the outfield. The right fielder must also be adept at navigating the area of right field where the foul line approaches the corner of the playing field and the walls of the seating areas. Being the outfielder farthest from third base, the right fielder often has to make longer throws than the other outfielders to throw out runners advancing around the bases, so they often have the strongest or most accurate throwing arm. The right fielder normally plays behind the second baseman and first baseman, who play in or near the infield; unlike catchers and most infielders (excepting first basemen), who are virtually exclusively right-handed, right fielders can be either right- or left-handed. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the right fielder is assigned the number 9, the highest number.

Because game accounts and box scores often did not distinguish between the outfield positions, there has been some difficulty in determining precise defensive statistics before 1901; because of this, and because of the similarity in their roles, defensive statistics for the three positions are frequently combined. However, efforts to distinguish between the three positions regarding games played during this period and reconstruct the separate totals have been largely successful; players whose totals include pre-1901 games are notated in the table below. Roberto Clemente is the all-time leader in career games played as a right fielder with 2,305.[2][3][4] Paul Waner (2,250),[5] Harry Hooper (2,183),[6] Hank Aaron (2,174),[7] Mel Ott (2,161),[8] Tony Gwynn (2,144),[9] Dwight Evans (2,092),[10] Nick Markakis (2,074),[11] Al Kaline (2,031),[12] Willie Keeler (2,019),[13] and Sammy Sosa (2,015)[14] are the only other players to appear in over 2,000 games in right field in their careers.

Key[edit]

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career games played. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2024 Gs) Number of games played during the 2024 Major League Baseball season
MLB Total career games played as a right fielder in Major League Baseball
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame
† Denotes total including pre-1901 games
Bold Denotes active player[a]

List[edit]

Jason Heyward, the active leader and 29th all-time in games played as a right fielder.
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.
  • Stats updated as of Match 30, 2024.
Rank Player (2023 Gs) Games as a right fielder Other leagues, notes
MLB American League National League
1 Roberto Clemente* 2,305 0 2,305
2 Paul Waner* 2,250 0 2,250 Held major league record, 1943–1972; held National League record, 1936-1972
3 Harry Hooper* 2,183 2,183 0 Held major league record, 1924-1943
4 Hank Aaron* 2,174 0 2,174
5 Mel Ott* 2,161 0 2,161
6 Tony Gwynn* 2,144 0 2,144
7 Dwight Evans 2,092 2,092 0
8 Nick Markakis 2,074 1,325 749
9 Al Kaline* 2,031 2,031 0
10 Sammy Sosa 2,015 346 1,669
11 Bobby Abreu 1,990 594 1,396
12 Ichiro Suzuki 1,970 1,827 143
13 Reggie Jackson* 1,942 1,942 0
14 Dave Winfield* 1,883 1,000 883
15 Paul O'Neill 1,848 1,163 685
16 Dave Parker 1,792 1 1,791
17 Larry Walker * 1,718 0 1,718
18 Magglio Ordóñez 1,713 1,713 0
19 Sam Crawford* † 1,675 1,415 260 Held American League record, 1912-1920
20 Jermaine Dye 1,671 1,600 71
21 Sam Rice* 1,649 1,649 0
22 Shawn Green 1,630 569 1,061
23 Vladimir Guerrero* 1,605 615 990
Rusty Staub 1,605 137 1,468
25 Wally Moses 1,587 1,587 0
26 Johnny Callison 1,577 106 1,471
27 Tom Brunansky 1,569 1,254 315
28 Enos Slaughter* 1,540 196 1,344
29 Jason Heyward (4) 1,531 0 1,531
30 Harry Heilmann* 1,525 1,419 106
31 Bobby Bonds 1,474 586 888
32 Bill Nicholson 1,442 1 1,441
33 Jay Bruce 1,437 65 1,372
34 Rubén Sierra 1,425 1,413 12
35 Hunter Pence 1,420 8 1,412
36 Carl Furillo 1,409 0 1,409
37 Jeromy Burnitz 1,365 153 1,212
38 Jay Buhner 1,357 1,357 0
39 Jesse Barfield 1,339 1,339 0
40 Raúl Mondesí 1,325 463 862
41 Tommy Griffith 1,319 0 1,319
42 Ken Singleton 1,311 865 446
43 Darryl Strawberry 1,308 18 1,290
44 Chuck Klein* 1,307 0 1,307
45 Al Cowens 1,292 1,292 0
46 Jeff Francoeur 1,290 365 925
47 Hank Bauer 1,289 1,289 0
48 Rocky Colavito 1,282 1,269 13
49 Andre Dawson* 1,281 20 1,261
50 Frank Robinson* 1,270 648 622
51 J. D. Drew 1,268 579 689
52 Tim Salmon 1,263 1,263 0
53 Alex Ríos 1,250 1,250 0
54 José Guillén 1,211 522 689
55 Jackie Jensen 1,205 1,205 0
John Titus 1,205 0 1,205
57 Dixie Walker 1,202 169 1,033
58 Ross Youngs* 1,192 0 1,192
59 Frank Schulte 1,186 60 1,126
60 Pete Fox 1,167 1,167 0
61 Bruce Campbell 1,166 1,166 0
62 Reggie Sanders 1,165 82 1,083
63 Gary Sheffield 1,160 295 865
64 Roger Maris 1,151 949 202
65 Max Flack 1,146 0 1,044 Includes 102 in Federal League
66 Tony Oliva* 1,137 1,137 0
67 Babe Ruth* 1,128 1,124 4
Jack Tobin 1,128 888 0 Includes 240 in Federal League
69 Curt Walker 1,123 0 1,123
70 Josh Reddick 1,108 1,030 78
71 Kole Calhoun 1,107 1,020 87
72 Willie Keeler* † 1,102 844 258 Held major league record, 1906-1924
73 Claudell Washington 1,096 450 646
74 José Bautista 1,071 957 114
75 Giancarlo Stanton (0) 1,063 121 942
75 Sixto Lezcano 1,061 692 369
77 Don Mueller 1,046 43 1,003
78 Harold Baines* 1,042 1,042 0
79 Jayson Werth 1,020 29 991
80 Jack Clark 1,013 14 999
81 Chief Wilson 1,005 0 1,005
82 Babe Herman 994 0 994
83 Bing Miller 992 992 0
84 Ken Griffey 990 113 877
85 Mookie Betts (0) 978 585 393
86 Trot Nixon 961 956 5
87 Elmer Valo 957 843 114
88 Gavvy Cravath 955 16 939
89 Kevin Bass 954 62 892
90 Shin-Soo Choo 947 947 0
Bryce Harper (0) 947 0 947
92 Brian Jordan 945 44 901
93 Glenn Wilson 940 222 718
94 Shano Collins 936 936 0
95 Elmer Flick* † 927 789 138
96 Andre Ethier 922 0 922
97 Ollie Brown 911 69 842
98 Dante Bichette 908 319 589
99 Mike Mitchell 906 6 900
100 Manny Ramirez 904 904 0

Other Hall of Famers[edit]

Player Games as a right fielder Other leagues, notes
MLB American League National League
Casey Stengel* 899 0 899
Kiki Cuyler* 816 0 816
Billy Southworth* 808 4 804
Stan Musial* 783 0 783
King Kelly* † 742 0 733 Includes 5 in American Association, 4 in Players' League;
held National League record, 1889-1891
Ty Cobb * 709 709 0
Tommy McCarthy* † 647 0 178 Includes in 462 in American Association, 7 in Union Association
Hugh Duffy* † 437 0 199 Includes 120 in the Players' League, 118 in American Association
Billy Williams* 381 0 381
Duke Snider* 293 0 293
Kirby Puckett* 276 276 0
Honus Wagner* † 272 0 272
Lou Brock* 242 0 242
Ken Griffey Jr.* 231 6 225
Jim O'Rourke* † 217 0 95 Includes 22 in National Association, 100 in Players' League
Goose Goslin* 173 173 0
Ted Williams* 169 169 0
Billy Hamilton* † 163 0 1 Includes in 162 in American Association
Heinie Manush* 154 19 135
Hack Wilson* 149 0 149
Mickey Mantle* 147 147 0
Max Carey* 145 0 145
Cristóbal Torriente* 143 0 0 Includes 143 in Negro National League (first) (incomplete)
Monte Irvin* 127 0 105 Includes 22 in Negro National League (second) (incomplete)
Chick Hafey* 122 0 122
Jesse Burkett* † 115 0 115
Larry Doby* 105 105 0 Negro League totals unavailable
John Montgomery Ward* † 100 0 100
Freddie Lindstrom* 75 0 75
Frank Chance* † 65 0 65
Pete Hill* 52 0 0 Includes 50 in Negro National League (first), 2 in Eastern Colored League (incomplete)
Jud Wilson* 47 0 0 Includes 23 in Eastern Colored League, 17 in Negro National League (second),
7 in American Negro League (incomplete)
Joe Medwick* 43 0 43
Ed Delahanty* † 39 20 16 Includes 3 in the Players' League
Lloyd Waner* 33 0 33
Willard Brown* 23 17 0 Includes 6 in Negro American League (incomplete)
Todd Helton* 2 0 2
Joe Mauer* 2 2 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
  1. ^ Section 20 of the official scorer guidelines
  2. ^ "Roberto Clemente Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Roberto Clemente Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  4. ^ Thornley, Stew. "Roberto Clemente Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Paul Waner Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "Harry Hooper Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "Hank Aaron Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "Mel Ott Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "Tony Gwynn Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "Dwight Evans Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  11. ^ "Nick Markakis Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  12. ^ "Al Kaline Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  13. ^ "Willie Keeler Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  14. ^ "Sammy Sosa Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.

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