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Progressive Leaders & Records for Def. Games as 1B

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

+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

Statistic Description: Defensive Games PlayedGames played at this position.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA, 500 games (fielding), 200 stolen base attempts (catchers) or 80 stolen base attempts (baserunners only since 1951) or 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.

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	33	Joe Start	33	Joe Start	33	Joe Start	33
1872	Joe Start Everett Mills	87	Everett Mills	55	Joe Start Everett Mills	87	Everett Mills	55
1873	Everett Mills Joe Start	140	Everett Mills	55	Everett Mills Joe Start	140	Herman Dehlman	54
1874	Joe Start	203	Jim O'Rourke+	70	Joe Start	203	Jim O'Rourke+	70
1875	Everett Mills	273	Everett Mills	80	Everett Mills	273	Everett Mills	80

1876	Everett Mills	336	Tim Murnane	65	Everett Mills	336	Tim Murnane	65
1877	Joe Start	388	Tim Murnane	65	Joe Start	388	Joe Start	60
1878	Joe Start	449	Tim Murnane	65	Joe Start	449	Joe Start Chub Sullivan	61
1879	Joe Start	514	Bill Phillips	75	Joe Start	514	Bill Phillips	75
1880	Joe Start	596	Bill Phillips	85	Joe Start	596	Bill Phillips	85
1881	Joe Start	675	Roger Connor+ Bill Phillips	85	Joe Start	675	Roger Connor+ Bill Phillips	85
1882	Joe Start	757	Roger Connor+ Bill Phillips	85	Joe Start	757	Dan Brouthers+	84
1883	Joe Start	844	Martin Powell	101	Joe Start	844	Martin Powell	101
1884	Joe Start	937	Alex McKinnon	116	Joe Start	937	Alex McKinnon	116
1885	Joe Start	1038	Alex McKinnon	116	Joe Start	1038	Cap Anson+	112
1886	Joe Start	1069	Bill Phillips	141	Joe Start	1069	Bill Phillips	141
1887	Joe Start	1069	Bill Phillips	141	Cap Anson+	960	Tommy Tucker	136
1888	Cap Anson+	1094	Bill Phillips	141	Cap Anson+	1094	Cap Anson+	134
1889	Cap Anson+	1228	Bill Phillips	141	Cap Anson+	1228	Dan Stearns	135
1890	Cap Anson+	1363	Bill Phillips	141	Cap Anson+	1363	Mike Lehane	140
1891	Cap Anson+	1499	Bill Phillips	141	Cap Anson+	1499	Tommy Tucker	140
1892	Cap Anson+	1645	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	1645	Roger Connor+	155
1893	Cap Anson+	1746	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	1746	Roger Connor+	135
1894	Cap Anson+	1829	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	1829	Jake Beckley+ Ed Cartwright	132
1895	Cap Anson+	1951	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	1951	Jack Boyle	133
1896	Cap Anson+	2049	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	2049	Ed Cartwright	133
1897	Cap Anson+	2152	Roger Connor+	155	Cap Anson+	2152	Perry Werden	133
1898	Cap Anson+	2152	Roger Connor+	155	Tommy Tucker	1543	Bill Everitt	149
1899	Cap Anson+	2152	Roger Connor+	155	Tommy Tucker	1670	Fred Tenney	150
1900	Cap Anson+	2152	Roger Connor+	155	Jake Beckley+	1599	Jake Beckley+	140
1901	Cap Anson+	2152	Roger Connor+	155	Jake Beckley+	1739	Jake Beckley+	140
1902	Cap Anson+	2152	Roger Connor+	155	Jake Beckley+	1868	Candy LaChance	138
1903	Cap Anson+	2152	Roger Connor+	155	Jake Beckley+	1987	Candy LaChance	141
1904	Cap Anson+	2152	Candy LaChance	157	Jake Beckley+	2129	Candy LaChance	157
1905	Jake Beckley+	2263	Candy LaChance	157	Jake Beckley+	2263	Kitty Bransfield	151
1906	Jake Beckley+	2348	Candy LaChance	157	Jake Beckley+	2348	Jiggs Donahue Joe Nealon	154
1907	Jake Beckley+	2380	Jiggs Donahue Candy LaChance	157	Jake Beckley+	2380	Jiggs Donahue	157
1908	Jake Beckley+	2380	Jiggs Donahue Candy LaChance	157	Fred Tenney	1616	Fred Tenney	156
1909	Jake Beckley+	2380	Jiggs Donahue Candy LaChance	157	Fred Tenney	1714	Ed Konetchy	152
1910	Jake Beckley+	2380	Candy LaChance Jiggs Donahue	157	Harry Davis	1565	Dick Hoblitzell	148
1911	Jake Beckley+	2380	Dick Hoblitzell Ed Konetchy	158	Fred Tenney	1810	Dick Hoblitzell Ed Konetchy	158
1912	Jake Beckley+	2380	Dick Hoblitzell Ed Konetchy	158	Harry Davis	1620	Stuffy McInnis	153
1913	Jake Beckley+	2380	Dick Hoblitzell Ed Konetchy	158	Harry Davis	1626	Fred Luderus	155
1914	Jake Beckley+	2380	Dick Hoblitzell Harry Swacina Ed Konetchy	158	Harry Davis	1627	Harry Swacina	158
1915	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Harry Davis	1628	Babe Borton	159
1916	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Hal Chase	1490	Ed Konetchy	158
1917	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Hal Chase	1641	Wally Pipp	155
1918	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Hal Chase	1708	Joe Judge	130
1919	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Ed Konetchy	1818	Jake Daubert Harry Heilmann+	140
1920	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Ed Konetchy	1948	High Pockets Kelly+	155
1921	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Ed Konetchy	2073	Earl Sheely	154
1922	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Jake Daubert	1779	Jake Daubert	156
1923	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Jake Daubert	1900	Earl Sheely	156
1924	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Jake Daubert	2002	Jack Fournier Wally Pipp	153
1925	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Stuffy McInnis	1954	Jim Bottomley+ Earl Sheely	153
1926	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Stuffy McInnis	1994	Lou Gehrig+ Wally Pipp	155
1927	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Stuffy McInnis	1995	Lou Gehrig+	155
1928	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Wally Pipp	1819	Del Bissonette	155
1929	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	George Sisler+	1864	Dale Alexander	155
1930	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	George Sisler+	1971	Dale Alexander Bill Terry+	154
1931	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Joe Judge	1947	Lu Blue	155
1932	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Joe Judge	2025	Lou Gehrig+	156
1933	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Joe Judge	2082	Gus Suhr	154
1934	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Charlie Grimm	2094	Jack Burns Ripper Collins Hal Trosky	154
1935	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Charlie Grimm	2096	Dolph Camilli	156
1936	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Charlie Grimm	2131	Buddy Hassett Gus Suhr	156
1937	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Lou Gehrig+	1972	Lou Gehrig+	157
1938	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Lou Gehrig+	2129	Lou Gehrig+	157
1939	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Lou Gehrig+	2137	Dolph Camilli	157
1940	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Jimmie Foxx+	1676	Babe Dahlgren Joe Kuhel Frank McCormick Rudy York	155
1941	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Jimmie Foxx+	1800	Rudy York	155
1942	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Jimmie Foxx+	1879	Les Fleming	156
1943	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Joe Kuhel	1710	Rudy York	155
1944	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Joe Kuhel	1848	Babe Dahlgren	158
1945	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Joe Kuhel	1989	Rudy York	155
1946	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Joe Kuhel	2057	Rudy York	154
1947	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	George McQuinn	1439	Johnny Mize+ Mickey Vernon	154
1948	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	George McQuinn	1529	Tony Lupien	154
1949	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Johnny Mize+	1460	Gil Hodges	156
1950	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Johnny Mize+	1532	Earl Torgeson	156
1951	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Johnny Mize+	1625	Gil Hodges	158
1952	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Johnny Mize+	1652	Eddie Robinson	155
1953	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Johnny Mize+	1667	Joe Adcock	157
1954	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Mickey Vernon	1809	Gil Hodges	154
1955	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Mickey Vernon	1953	Ted Kluszewski	153
1956	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Mickey Vernon	2061	Gil Hodges Dale Long Bill White	138
1957	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Mickey Vernon	2131	Ed Bouchee	154
1958	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Mickey Vernon	2227	Orlando Cepeda+	147
1959	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Mickey Vernon	2237	Ed Bouchee	134
1960	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Gil Hodges	1751	Vic Power	147
1961	Jake Beckley+	2380	Babe Borton	159	Gil Hodges	1851	Norm Cash	157
1962	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern	162	Gil Hodges	1898	Norm Siebern	162
1963	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Bill White	162	Gil Hodges	1908	Bill White	162
1964	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Bill White	162	Joe Adcock	1333	Bill White	160
1965	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill White Ernie Banks+ Norm Siebern	162	Joe Adcock	1430	Ernie Banks+	162
1966	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill White Norm Siebern Ernie Banks+	162	Joe Adcock	1501	Norm Cash George Scott Bill White	158
1967	Jake Beckley+	2380	Ernie Banks+ Norm Siebern Bill White	162	Bill Skowron	1463	Harmon Killebrew+	160
1968	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Ernie Banks+ Bill White	162	Bill White	1462	Donn Clendenon	155
1969	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill White Ernie Banks+ Norm Siebern	162	Bill White	1477	Tony Horton	157
1970	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Bill White Ernie Banks+	162	Orlando Cepeda+	1598	Wes Parker	161
1971	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Bill White Ernie Banks+	162	Orlando Cepeda+	1661	Nate Colbert	153
1972	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill White Ernie Banks+ Norm Siebern	162	Norm Cash	1785	Nate Colbert	150
1973	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Bill White Ernie Banks+	162	Norm Cash	1899	George Scott	157
1974	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Bill White Ernie Banks+	162	Norm Cash	1943	Tony Perez+	157
1975	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Ernie Banks+ Bill White	162	Willie McCovey+	1645	Steve Garvey	160
1976	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Ernie Banks+ Steve Garvey Bill White	162	Willie McCovey+	1696	Steve Garvey	162
1977	Jake Beckley+	2380	Ernie Banks+ Bill White Norm Siebern Steve Garvey	162	Willie McCovey+	1832	Steve Garvey	160
1978	Jake Beckley+	2380	Steve Garvey Ernie Banks+ Norm Siebern Bill White	162	Willie McCovey+	1929	Steve Garvey	161
1979	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill White Norm Siebern Steve Garvey Ernie Banks+	162	Willie McCovey+	2018	Steve Garvey	162
1980	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Steve Garvey Pete Rose Ernie Banks+ Bill White	162	Willie McCovey+	2045	Pete Rose Steve Garvey	162
1981	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill White Pete Rose Norm Siebern Steve Garvey Ernie Banks+	162	Tony Perez+	1571	Steve Garvey	110
1982	Jake Beckley+	2380	Steve Garvey Norm Siebern Bill White Pete Rose Ernie Banks+	162	Chris Chambliss	1668	Pete Rose	162
1983	Jake Beckley+	2380	Pete Rose Norm Siebern Bill White Ernie Banks+ Steve Garvey	162	Chris Chambliss	1794	Willie Upshaw	159
1984	Jake Beckley+	2380	Steve Garvey Norm Siebern Bill White Ernie Banks+ Pete Rose	162	Chris Chambliss	1903	Steve Garvey Eddie Murray+	159
1985	Jake Beckley+	2380	Norm Siebern Ernie Banks+ Bill Buckner Pete Rose Steve Garvey Bill White	162	Chris Chambliss	1942	Bill Buckner Steve Garvey	162
1986	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill Buckner Ernie Banks+ Pete Rose Steve Garvey Norm Siebern Bill White	162	Steve Garvey	2039	Don Mattingly	160
1987	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill Buckner Norm Siebern Bill White Pete Rose Ernie Banks+ Steve Garvey	162	Steve Garvey	2059	Pete O'Brien	158
1988	Jake Beckley+	2380	Ernie Banks+ Pete Rose Norm Siebern Bill White Bill Buckner Steve Garvey	162	Keith Hernandez	1914	Will Clark	158
1989	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill Buckner Bill White Norm Siebern Steve Garvey Pete Rose Ernie Banks+	162	Keith Hernandez	1972	Pedro Guerrero	160
1990	Jake Beckley+	2380	Ernie Banks+ Bill Buckner Norm Siebern Pete Rose Bill White Steve Garvey	162	Keith Hernandez	2014	Andres Galarraga Mark McGwire	154
1991	Jake Beckley+	2380	Ernie Banks+ Norm Siebern Bill White Bill Buckner Pete Rose Steve Garvey	162	Eddie Murray+	2060	Mark Grace	160
1992	Jake Beckley+	2380	Steve Garvey Pete Rose Ernie Banks+ Bill Buckner Bill White Norm Siebern	162	Eddie Murray+	2214	Jeff Bagwell	159
1993	Jake Beckley+	2380	Bill White Pete Rose Norm Siebern Steve Garvey Ernie Banks+ Bill Buckner	162	Eddie Murray+	2368	Rafael Palmeiro	160
1994	Eddie Murray+	2394	Bill White Norm Siebern Pete Rose Steve Garvey Bill Buckner Ernie Banks+	162	Eddie Murray+	2394	Fred McGriff Hal Morris	112
1995	Eddie Murray+	2412	Pete Rose Norm Siebern Bill White Bill Buckner Steve Garvey Ernie Banks+	162	Eddie Murray+	2412	Fred McGriff	144
1996	Eddie Murray+	2413	Bill Buckner Jeff Bagwell Pete Rose Steve Garvey Ernie Banks+ Norm Siebern	162	Eddie Murray+	2413	Jeff Bagwell	162
1997	Eddie Murray+	2413	Steve Garvey Jeff Bagwell Ernie Banks+ Bill Buckner Eric Karros Pete Rose	162	Andres Galarraga	1600	Eric Karros	162
1998	Eddie Murray+	2413	Pete Rose Ernie Banks+ Jeff Bagwell Eric Karros Steve Garvey Bill Buckner	162	Andres Galarraga	1749	Rafael Palmeiro	159
1999	Eddie Murray+	2413	Bill Buckner Steve Garvey Jeff Bagwell Pete Rose Eric Karros Ernie Banks+	162	Wally Joyner	1819	Jeff Bagwell	161
2000	Eddie Murray+	2413	Bill Buckner Jeff Bagwell Carlos Delgado Eric Karros Steve Garvey Pete Rose Ernie Banks+	162	Fred McGriff	1894	Carlos Delgado	162
2001	Eddie Murray+	2413	Ernie Banks+ Bill Buckner Carlos Delgado Steve Garvey Pete Rose Jeff Bagwell Eric Karros	162	Mark Grace	2025	Carlos Delgado	161
2002	Eddie Murray+	2413	Bill Buckner Derrek Lee Jeff Bagwell Eric Karros Ernie Banks+ Carlos Delgado Steve Garvey	162	Fred McGriff	2154	Derrek Lee	162
2003	Eddie Murray+	2413	Bill Buckner Eric Karros Carlos Delgado Jeff Bagwell Ernie Banks+ Derrek Lee Steve Garvey	162	Fred McGriff	2233	Richie Sexson	162
2004	Eddie Murray+	2413	Bill Buckner Carlos Delgado Eric Karros Derrek Lee Jeff Bagwell Ernie Banks+ Steve Garvey	162	Fred McGriff	2239	Derrek Lee	161
2005	Eddie Murray+	2413	Jeff Bagwell Eric Karros Steve Garvey Carlos Delgado Ernie Banks+ Derrek Lee Bill Buckner	162	Rafael Palmeiro	2139	Derrek Lee	158
2006	Eddie Murray+	2413	Jeff Bagwell Steve Garvey Bill Buckner Eric Karros Derrek Lee Ernie Banks+ Carlos Delgado	162	J.T. Snow	1656	Ryan Howard Mark Teixeira	159
2007	Eddie Murray+	2413	Carlos Delgado Steve Garvey Jeff Bagwell Bill Buckner Eric Karros Derrek Lee Ernie Banks+	162	Carlos Delgado	1588	Adrian Gonzalez	161
2008	Eddie Murray+	2413	Ernie Banks+ Bill Buckner Jeff Bagwell Derrek Lee Carlos Delgado Steve Garvey Eric Karros	162	Carlos Delgado	1742	Adrian Gonzalez	161
2009	Eddie Murray+	2413	Bill Buckner Prince Fielder Jeff Bagwell Ernie Banks+ Steve Garvey Eric Karros Carlos Delgado	162	Carlos Delgado Todd Helton	1767	Prince Fielder	162
2010	Eddie Murray+	2413	Jeff Bagwell Prince Fielder Ernie Banks+ Steve Garvey Carlos Delgado Eric Karros Bill Buckner	162	Todd Helton	1882	Prince Fielder James Loney	160
2011	Eddie Murray+	2413	Jeff Bagwell Steve Garvey Bill Buckner Eric Karros Prince Fielder Ernie Banks+ Carlos Delgado	162	Todd Helton	2001	Joey Votto	160
2012	Eddie Murray+	2413	Steve Garvey Ernie Banks+ Carlos Delgado Bill Buckner Jeff Bagwell Prince Fielder Eric Karros	162	Todd Helton	2068	Prince Fielder	159

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