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Active Leaders & Records for Games Played
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| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Games Played | Bats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Omar Vizquel (23, 44) | 2908 | B |
| 2. | Ivan Rodriguez (21, 39) | 2543 | R |
| 3. | Jim Thome (21, 40) | 2485 | L |
| 4. | Johnny Damon (17, 37) | 2426 | L |
| Derek Jeter (17, 37) | 2426 | R | |
| 6. | Alex Rodriguez (18, 35) | 2402 | R |
| 7. | Chipper Jones (18, 39) | 2387 | B |
| 8. | Manny Ramirez (19, 39) | 2302 | R |
| 9. | Bobby Abreu (16, 37) | 2247 | L |
| 10. | Edgar Renteria (16, 34) | 2152 | R |
| 11. | Vladimir Guerrero (16, 36) | 2147 | R |
| 12. | Miguel Tejada (15, 37) | 2118 | R |
| 13. | Jason Giambi (17, 40) | 2103 | L |
| 14. | Andruw Jones (16, 34) | 2102 | R |
| 15. | Todd Helton (15, 37) | 2054 | L |
| 16. | Paul Konerko (15, 35) | 1998 | R |
| 17. | Orlando Cabrera (15, 36) | 1985 | R |
| 18. | Adrian Beltre (14, 32) | 1959 | R |
| 19. | Mike Cameron (17, 38) | 1955 | R |
| 20. | Carlos Lee (13, 35) | 1952 | R |
| 21. | Scott Rolen (16, 36) | 1946 | R |
| 22. | Derrek Lee (15, 35) | 1942 | R |
| 23. | Matt Stairs (19, 43) | 1895 | L |
| 24. | Magglio Ordonez (15, 37) | 1848 | R |
| 25. | Jorge Posada (17, 39) | 1829 | B |
| 26. | Raul Ibanez (16, 39) | 1817 | L |
| 27. | Torii Hunter (15, 35) | 1807 | R |
| 28. | Lance Berkman (13, 35) | 1774 | B |
| 29. | Carlos Beltran (14, 34) | 1768 | B |
| 30. | Juan Pierre (12, 33) | 1751 | L |
| 31. | Ichiro Suzuki (11, 37) | 1749 | L |
| 32. | David Ortiz (15, 35) | 1742 | L |
| 33. | Mark Kotsay (15, 35) | 1728 | L |
| 34. | Placido Polanco (14, 35) | 1719 | R |
| 35. | Albert Pujols (11, 31) | 1705 | R |
| 36. | Aramis Ramirez (14, 33) | 1683 | R |
| 37. | Michael Young (12, 34) | 1667 | R |
| 38. | Pat Burrell (12, 34) | 1640 | R |
| 39. | Jimmy Rollins (12, 32) | 1636 | B |
| 40. | Aubrey Huff (12, 34) | 1629 | L |
| 41. | Craig Counsell (16, 40) | 1624 | L |
| 42. | Alfonso Soriano (13, 35) | 1606 | R |
| 43. | Adam Kennedy (13, 35) | 1605 | L |
| 44. | Adam Dunn (11, 31) | 1570 | L |
| 45. | J.D. Drew (14, 35) | 1566 | L |
| 46. | Melvin Mora (13, 39) | 1556 | R |
| 47. | Jason Varitek (15, 39) | 1546 | B |
| 48. | Alex Gonzalez (13, 34) | 1535 | R |
| 49. | Vernon Wells (13, 32) | 1524 | R |
| 50. | A.J. Pierzynski (14, 34) | 1494 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Games Played | Bats |
| 51. | Ronnie Belliard (13, 36) | 1484 | R |
| Rafael Furcal (12, 33) | 1484 | B | |
| 53. | Ramon Hernandez (13, 35) | 1457 | R |
| 54. | Miguel Cairo (16, 37) | 1420 | R |
| 55. | Brandon Inge (11, 34) | 1399 | R |
| 56. | Eric Chavez (14, 33) | 1378 | L |
| 57. | Mark Teixeira (9, 31) | 1374 | B |
| 58. | Geoff Blum (13, 38) | 1372 | B |
| 59. | Carl Crawford (10, 29) | 1365 | L |
| 60. | Aaron Rowand (11, 33) | 1358 | R |
| 61. | Julio Lugo (12, 35) | 1352 | R |
| 62. | Miguel Cabrera (9, 28) | 1351 | R |
| 63. | Juan Uribe (11, 31) | 1333 | R |
| 64. | Jack Wilson (11, 33) | 1330 | R |
| 65. | Carlos Guillen (14, 35) | 1305 | B |
| 66. | Pedro Feliz (11, 36) | 1302 | R |
| 67. | Alex Cora (14, 35) | 1273 | L |
| 68. | Jerry Hairston (14, 35) | 1268 | R |
| 69. | Casey Blake (13, 37) | 1265 | R |
| 70. | Orlando Hudson (10, 33) | 1259 | B |
| Lyle Overbay (11, 34) | 1259 | L | |
| 72. | Eric Hinske (10, 33) | 1244 | L |
| 73. | Brian Roberts (11, 33) | 1233 | B |
| 74. | Corey Patterson (12, 31) | 1230 | L |
| 75. | Carlos Pena (11, 33) | 1226 | L |
| 76. | Wes Helms (13, 35) | 1212 | R |
| 77. | Hideki Matsui (9, 37) | 1202 | L |
| 78. | Ty Wigginton (10, 33) | 1190 | R |
| 79. | Cesar Izturis (11, 31) | 1185 | B |
| Felipe Lopez (11, 31) | 1185 | B | |
| 81. | Chone Figgins (10, 33) | 1178 | B |
| 82. | Victor Martinez (10, 32) | 1149 | B |
| 83. | Alex Rios (8, 30) | 1142 | R |
| 84. | Jason Bay (9, 32) | 1140 | R |
| 85. | Michael Cuddyer (11, 32) | 1139 | R |
| 86. | Matt Holliday (8, 31) | 1136 | R |
| 87. | Mark Ellis (9, 34) | 1126 | R |
| Jhonny Peralta (9, 29) | 1126 | R | |
| 89. | Chase Utley (9, 32) | 1109 | L |
| 90. | David Wright (8, 28) | 1106 | R |
| 91. | Mark DeRosa (14, 36) | 1105 | R |
| 92. | Juan Castro (17, 39) | 1103 | R |
| Marco Scutaro (10, 35) | 1103 | R | |
| 94. | Jamey Carroll (10, 37) | 1065 | R |
| 95. | Nick Swisher (8, 30) | 1061 | B |
| 96. | Russell Branyan (14, 35) | 1059 | L |
| 97. | Marlon Byrd (10, 33) | 1056 | R |
| 98. | Robinson Cano (7, 28) | 1053 | L |
| 99. | Jose Reyes (9, 28) | 1050 | B |
| 100. | Bill Hall (10, 31) | 1047 | R |
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