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Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records: Single-Season Career Active Progressive Year-by-Year Top-Tens Yearly League

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Statistic Description: Games Played or Pitched

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year	Career	G	Single-Season	G	Active	G	Yearly	G
1871	Joe Start John Hatfield Dave Eggler Dickey Pearce Bob Ferguson	33	Dave Eggler Dickey Pearce Bob Ferguson John Hatfield Joe Start	33	Dave Eggler Bob Ferguson John Hatfield Joe Start Dickey Pearce	33	Joe Start Dave Eggler Bob Ferguson John Hatfield Dickey Pearce	33
1872	Dave Eggler John Hatfield	89	Dave Eggler John Hatfield John Radcliff Nat Hicks Lip Pike	56	Dave Eggler John Hatfield	89	Dave Eggler Nat Hicks Lip Pike John Hatfield John Radcliff	56
1873	Dave Eggler	142	Al Spalding+ Deacon White+ Ross Barnes Harry Schafer	60	Dave Eggler	142	Harry Schafer Ross Barnes Deacon White+ Al Spalding+	60
1874	Harry Schafer Al Spalding+	210	Andy Leonard Harry Schafer Al Spalding+	71	Harry Schafer Al Spalding+	210	Harry Schafer Andy Leonard Al Spalding+	71
1875	Andy Leonard	286	Jack Remsen Tom York Tom Carey	86	Andy Leonard	286	Tom Carey Tom York Jack Remsen	86

1876	Andy Leonard Al Spalding+	350	Harry Schafer George Wright+ Jack Manning Jim O'Rourke+	70	Andy Leonard Al Spalding+	350	Jim O'Rourke+ Harry Schafer George Wright+ Jack Manning	70
1877	Al Spalding+	410	Jack Manning Jim O'Rourke+ Harry Schafer George Wright+	70	Al Spalding+	410	Bill Crowley John Morrill Jim Devlin George Hall Orator Shafer Tommy Bond George Wright+ Pop Snyder Jim O'Rourke+	61
1878	Andy Leonard	468	Jim O'Rourke+ Harry Schafer George Wright+ Jack Manning	70	Andy Leonard	468	Russ McKelvy Orator Shafer Ned Williamson Silver Flint John Clapp	63
1879	Tom York	539	George Wright+ Paul Hines Mike McGeary	85	Tom York	539	Mike McGeary George Wright+ Paul Hines	85
1880	Joe Start	597	Emil Gross	87	Joe Start	597	Emil Gross	87
1881	Tom York	677	Emil Gross	87	Tom York	677	Monte Ward+ Tom York Roger Connor+ John Cassidy Jerry Denny Orator Shafer Frank Hankinson Bill Phillips Bob Ferguson Jack Glasscock	85
1882	Joe Start Tom York	758	Emil Gross	87	Joe Start Tom York	758	Lon Knight	86
1883	Tom York	858	Joe Farrell Sadie Houck Martin Powell	101	Tom York	858	Joe Farrell Sadie Houck Martin Powell	101
1884	Jim O'Rourke+	952	Billy Geer Alex McKinnon Roger Connor+	116	Jim O'Rourke+	952	Roger Connor+ Billy Geer Alex McKinnon	116
1885	Jim O'Rourke+	1064	Alex McKinnon Billy Geer Roger Connor+	116	Jim O'Rourke+	1064	Ned Williamson Abner Dalrymple	113
1886	Cap Anson+	1182	George Pinkney Bill McClellan Bill Phillips	141	Cap Anson+	1182	Bill Phillips Bill McClellan George Pinkney	141
1887	Cap Anson+	1304	Bill McClellan George Pinkney Bill Phillips	141	Cap Anson+	1304	Oyster Burns Blondie Purcell	140
1888	Cap Anson+	1438	George Pinkney	143	Cap Anson+	1438	George Pinkney	143
1889	Cap Anson+	1572	George Pinkney	143	Cap Anson+	1572	Ollie Beard	141
1890	Cap Anson+	1711	George Pinkney	143	Cap Anson+	1711	Mike Lehane	140
1891	Cap Anson+	1847	George Pinkney	143	Cap Anson+	1847	Bill Hallman Ed McKean Cupid Childs	141
1892	Cap Anson+	1993	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	1993	Roger Connor+	155
1893	Cap Anson+	2096	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	2096	Roger Connor+ Joe Quinn Monte Ward+ Eddie Burke	135
1894	Cap Anson+	2180	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	2180	George Van Haltren	139
1895	Cap Anson+	2302	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	2302	Joe Quinn	135
1896	Cap Anson+	2410	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	2410	Ed McKean George Van Haltren Mike Tiernan Jesse Burkett+ Gene DeMontreville Kid Gleason Ed Cartwright	133
1897	Cap Anson+	2524	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	2524	Tom McCreery	140
1898	Cap Anson+	2524	George Van Haltren	156	Bid McPhee+	2026	George Van Haltren	156
1899	Cap Anson+	2524	George Van Haltren	156	Bid McPhee+	2138	Dummy Hoy Buck Freeman	155
1900	Cap Anson+	2524	George Van Haltren	156	Jim O'Rourke+	1998	Jimmy Collins+	142
1901	Cap Anson+	2524	George Van Haltren	156	Jim O'Rourke+	1998	Jesse Burkett+ Otto Krueger	142
1902	Cap Anson+	2524	George Van Haltren	156	Jim O'Rourke+	1998	Cozy Dolan	141
1903	Cap Anson+	2524	George Van Haltren	156	Jimmy Ryan	2014	George Browne Candy LaChance Hobe Ferris Buck Freeman Ginger Beaumont	141
1904	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Jake Beckley+	2136	Jimmy Barrett	162
1905	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Jake Beckley+	2270	Bobby Wallace+	156
1906	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Jake Beckley+	2357	Elmer Flick+	157
1907	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Jake Beckley+	2389	Jiggs Donahue	157
1908	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Bill Dahlen	2371	Art Devlin Nap Lajoie+ Joe Tinker+	157
1909	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Bill Dahlen	2440	Donie Bush	157
1910	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Bill Dahlen	2443	Nap Lajoie+	159
1911	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Bill Dahlen	2444	Dick Hoblitzell Ed Konetchy	158
1912	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Bobby Wallace+	2239	Morrie Rath	157
1913	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Bobby Wallace+	2294	Del Pratt Chief Wilson Fred Luderus	155
1914	Cap Anson+	2524	Jimmy Barrett	162	Honus Wagner+	2441	Harry Swacina Tris Speaker+ Del Pratt	158
1915	Honus Wagner+	2597	Jimmy Barrett	162	Honus Wagner+	2597	Tommy Griffith Heinie Groh	160
1916	Honus Wagner+	2720	Jimmy Barrett	162	Honus Wagner+	2720	Eddie Foster Del Pratt Ed Konetchy	158
1917	Honus Wagner+	2794	Jimmy Barrett	162	Honus Wagner+	2794	Everett Scott	157
1918	Honus Wagner+	2794	Jimmy Barrett	162	Bobby Wallace+	2383	Charlie Hollocher	131
1919	Honus Wagner+	2794	Jimmy Barrett	162	Sherry Magee	2087	Duffy Lewis Sam Rice+ Home Run Baker+	141
1920	Honus Wagner+	2794	Jimmy Barrett	162	Ty Cobb+	2041	Jimmy Johnston High Pockets Kelly+ Milt Stock	155
1921	Honus Wagner+	2794	Jimmy Barrett	162	Ty Cobb+	2169	Jimmy Dykes	155
1922	Honus Wagner+	2794	Jimmy Barrett	162	Ty Cobb+	2306	Babe Pinelli Dave Bancroft+ George Burns Jake Daubert	156
1923	Honus Wagner+	2794	Jimmy Barrett	162	Ty Cobb+	2451	Earl Sheely	156
1924	Honus Wagner+	2794	Jimmy Barrett	162	Ty Cobb+	2606	Bill Wambsganss	156
1925	Honus Wagner+	2794	Jimmy Barrett	162	Ty Cobb+	2727	Bob Meusel	156
1926	Ty Cobb+	2806	Jimmy Barrett	162	Ty Cobb+	2806	Kiki Cuyler+	157
1927	Ty Cobb+	2939	Jimmy Barrett	162	Ty Cobb+	2939	Paul Waner+ Rogers Hornsby+ Lou Gehrig+ Eddie Brown	155
1928	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Ty Cobb+	3034	Willie Kamm Joe Sewell+ Del Bissonette	155
1929	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Eddie Collins+	2823	Rogers Hornsby+	156
1930	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Eddie Collins+	2826	Tommy Thevenow Kiki Cuyler+ Woody English Chuck Klein+	156
1931	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Rabbit Maranville+	2355	Joe Cronin+ Woody English Wally Berger	156
1932	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Rabbit Maranville+	2504	Lou Gehrig+	156
1933	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Rabbit Maranville+	2647	Billy Rogell Charlie Gehringer+	155
1934	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Rabbit Maranville+	2647	Jack Rothrock Hal Trosky Lou Gehrig+ Marv Owen Charlie Gehringer+ Earl Averill+ Billy Rogell Jack Burns Ripper Collins	154
1935	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Rabbit Maranville+	2670	Ethan Allen Dolph Camilli	156
1936	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Frankie Frisch+	2294	Arky Vaughan+ Gus Suhr Buddy Hassett	156
1937	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Frankie Frisch+	2311	Lou Gehrig+	157
1938	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Goose Goslin+	2287	Frankie Crosetti Lou Gehrig+	157
1939	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Jimmy Dykes	2282	Dolph Camilli	157
1940	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Al Simmons+	2162	Arky Vaughan+	156
1941	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Charlie Gehringer+	2278	Joe Gordon+	156
1942	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Paul Waner+	2374	Les Fleming	156
1943	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Paul Waner+	2456	Vince DiMaggio Stan Musial+	157
1944	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Mel Ott+	2560	Babe Dahlgren	158
1945	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Mel Ott+	2695	Emil Verban Rudy York	155
1946	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Mel Ott+	2726	Stan Musial+ Enos Slaughter+	156
1947	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Mel Ott+	2730	Eddie Lake	158
1948	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Doc Cramer	2239	Stan Rojek Ralph Kiner+	156
1949	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Luke Appling+	2372	Stan Musial+	157
1950	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Luke Appling+	2422	Jerry Priddy George Kell+ Granny Hamner Johnny Groth Willie Jones	157
1951	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Wally Moses	2012	Gil Hodges Carl Furillo	158
1952	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Phil Cavarretta	1926	Eddie Yost	157
1953	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Bob Elliott	1978	Ralph Kiner+	158
1954	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Phil Cavarretta	2024	Nellie Fox+ Chico Carrasquel Eddie Yost Jim Busby Harvey Kuenn	155
1955	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Phil Cavarretta	2030	Gene Baker Bill Tuttle Wally Post Al Smith Gus Bell Johnny Logan Ernie Banks+ Stan Musial+ Nellie Fox+	154
1956	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Stan Musial+	2144	Bill Virdon Frank Thomas	157
1957	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Stan Musial+	2278	Ernie Banks+ Richie Ashburn+	156
1958	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Stan Musial+	2413	Nellie Fox+ Frank Malzone	155
1959	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Stan Musial+	2528	Nellie Fox+	156
1960	Ty Cobb+	3034	Jimmy Barrett	162	Stan Musial+	2644	Ernie Banks+	156
1961	Ty Cobb+	3034	Brooks Robinson+ Rocky Colavito	163	Stan Musial+	2767	Rocky Colavito Brooks Robinson+	163
1962	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Stan Musial+	2902	Maury Wills	165
1963	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Stan Musial+	3026	Ron Santo+ Vada Pinson Bill White	162
1964	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Nellie Fox+	2346	Leo Cardenas Brooks Robinson+ Leon Wagner	163
1965	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Nellie Fox+	2367	Ron Santo+ Billy Williams+	164
1966	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Eddie Mathews+	2223	Don Buford	163
1967	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Eddie Mathews+	2360	Cesar Tovar	164
1968	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Willie Mays+	2446	Billy Williams+	163
1969	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Willie Mays+	2563	Billy Williams+	163
1970	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Willie Mays+	2702	Sandy Alomar Roy White	162
1971	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Willie Mays+	2838	Rusty Staub Sandy Alomar	162
1972	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Willie Mays+	2926	Ed Brinkman	156
1973	Ty Cobb+	3034	Maury Wills	165	Willie Mays+	2992	Sal Bando Bill Russell Roy White Ed Brinkman Ken Singleton Bobby Grich	162
1974	Hank Aaron+	3076	Maury Wills	165	Hank Aaron+	3076	Pete Rose	163
1975	Hank Aaron+	3213	Maury Wills	165	Hank Aaron+	3213	Dave Cash Pete Rose Felix Millan	162
1976	Hank Aaron+	3298	Maury Wills	165	Hank Aaron+	3298	Willie Montanez	163
1977	Hank Aaron+	3298	Maury Wills	165	Brooks Robinson+	2896	Pete Rose Hal McRae Al Cowens Steve Garvey	162
1978	Hank Aaron+	3298	Maury Wills	165	Carl Yastrzemski+	2715	Jim Rice+	163
1979	Hank Aaron+	3298	Maury Wills	165	Carl Yastrzemski+	2862	Frank Taveras	164
1980	Hank Aaron+	3298	Maury Wills	165	Carl Yastrzemski+	2967	Steve Garvey Al Oliver	163
1981	Hank Aaron+	3298	Maury Wills	165	Carl Yastrzemski+	3058	Ozzie Smith+ Steve Garvey	110
1982	Hank Aaron+	3298	Maury Wills	165	Carl Yastrzemski+	3189	Johnny Ray Steve Garvey Dwight Evans Gary Matthews Alfredo Griffin Dale Murphy Toby Harrah Pete Rose	162
1983	Carl Yastrzemski+	3308	Maury Wills	165	Carl Yastrzemski+	3308	Dale Murphy Alfredo Griffin Cal Ripken+ George Wright	162
1984	Pete Rose	3371	Maury Wills	165	Pete Rose	3371	Dwight Evans Gary Gaetti Dale Murphy Eddie Murray+ Cal Ripken+	162
1985	Pete Rose	3490	Maury Wills	165	Pete Rose	3490	Greg Walker	163
1986	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Pete Rose	3562	Tony Fernandez	163
1987	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Reggie Jackson+	2820	Bill Doran Cal Ripken+	162
1988	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Graig Nettles	2700	Robin Yount+ Will Clark	162
1989	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Darrell Evans	2687	Jose Oquendo Bobby Bonilla	163
1990	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Bill Buckner	2517	Joe Carter Roberto Kelly	162
1991	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Dwight Evans	2606	Cal Ripken+ Joe Carter Cecil Fielder	162
1992	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Robin Yount+	2729	Cal Ripken+ Steve Finley Craig Biggio Jeff Bagwell	162
1993	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Robin Yount+	2856	Jeff Conine Cal Ripken+	162
1994	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Dave Winfield+	2927	Dante Bichette	116
1995	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Dave Winfield+	2973	Frank Thomas Edgar Martinez	145
1996	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Eddie Murray+	2971	Cal Ripken+ Todd Zeile	163
1997	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Eddie Murray+	3026	Cal Ripken+ Jeff Bagwell Craig Biggio Brian Hunter Eric Karros Sammy Sosa	162
1998	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Cal Ripken+	2704	Albert Belle	163
1999	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Cal Ripken+	2790	John Olerud Sammy Sosa Jeff Bagwell Andruw Jones B.J. Surhoff	162
2000	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Cal Ripken+	2873	Neifi Perez Jose Cruz Carlos Delgado Shawn Green Luis Gonzalez	162
2001	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Cal Ripken+	3001	Orlando Cabrera Terrence Long Carlos Delgado Alex Rodriguez Bobby Abreu Luis Gonzalez Miguel Tejada	162
2002	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Rickey Henderson+	3051	Derrek Lee Aaron Boone Alex Rodriguez Terrence Long Carlos Beltran Miguel Tejada	162
2003	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Rickey Henderson+	3081	Hideki Matsui	163
2004	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Rafael Palmeiro	2721	Steve Finley Hideki Matsui Miguel Tejada Juan Pierre	162
2005	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Rafael Palmeiro	2831	Hideki Matsui Raul Ibanez Mark Teixeira Jason Bay Juan Pierre Carlos Lee Miguel Tejada Ichiro Suzuki Alex Rodriguez Bobby Abreu	162
2006	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Barry Bonds	2860	Grady Sizemore Jeff Francoeur Mark Teixeira Juan Pierre Michael Young Miguel Tejada	162
2007	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Barry Bonds	2986	Juan Pierre Jeff Francoeur Grady Sizemore Ryan Zimmerman Jimmy Rollins Carlos Lee Delmon Young	162
2008	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Omar Vizquel	2680	Justin Morneau	163
2009	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Omar Vizquel	2742	Prince Fielder	162
2010	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Omar Vizquel	2850	Matt Kemp Ichiro Suzuki	162
2011	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Omar Vizquel	2908	Prince Fielder	162
2012	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Omar Vizquel	2968	Starlin Castro Adam Jones Prince Fielder Ichiro Suzuki	162
2013	Pete Rose	3562	Maury Wills	165	Jason Giambi	2176	Edwin Encarnacion Josh Donaldson Melky Cabrera Jimmy Rollins Paul Goldschmidt	40

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