GROUNDING INTO DOUBLE PLAYS RECORDS

MLB Records for Grounding Into Double Plays | Baseball Almanac

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for grounding into double plays — including career grounding into double play marks, single season grounding into double play plateaus and game related grounding into double play records.

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Grounding Into Double Plays

Career Grounding Into Double Play Records

Most GIDP
In A Career | Top 1,000
AL Cal Ripken, Jr. Baltimore 350 350
NL Hank Aaron Milwaukee 193 305
Atlanta 112
ML Albert Pujols St. Louis [NL] 232 426
Los Angeles [AL] 171
Los Angeles [NL] 10
St. Louis [NL] 13

Grounding Into Double Plays

Single Season Grounding Into Double Play Records

Fewest GIDP
In A Season
(150+ Games Played)
AL Dick McAuliffe Detroit 0 1968
NL Craig Biggio Houston 0 1997
Matt Carpenter St. Louis 2018
Augie Galan Chicago 1935
Fewest GIDP
By A Rookie
(150+ Games Played)
AL Ichiro Suzuki Seattle 3 2001
NL Vince Coleman St. Louis 3 1985
Most GIDP
In A Season | Top 500
AL Jim Rice Boston 36 1984
NL Miguel Tejada Houston 32 2008
Most GIDP
In A Season | Lefthander
AL Ben Grieve Oakland 32 2000
NL Sean Casey Cincinnati 27 2005
A.J. Pierzynski San Francisco 2004
Most GIDP
In A Season | Righthander
AL Jim Rice Boston 36 1984
NL Miguel Tejada Houston 32 2008
Most GIDP
In A Season | Rookie
AL Billy Johnson New York 27 1943
Al Rosen Cleveland 1950
NL Albert Pujols St. Louis 21 2001
Most GIDP
In A Season | Switch-Hitter
AL Dave Philley Philadelphia 29 1952
NL Ted Simmons St. Louis 29 1973

Most Seasons
Leading The League

(In Fewest GIDP)

AL Ichiro Suzuki Seattle 4 2001
Seattle 2003
Seattle 2005
Seattle 2006
NL Richie Ashburn Philadelphia 6 1951
Philadelphia 1952
Philadelphia 1953
Philadelphia 1954
Philadelphia 1958
Chicago 1960

Most Seasons
Leading The League

(In Most GIDP)

AL Jim Rice Boston 4 1982
Boston 1983
Boston 1984
Boston 1985
NL Ernie Lombardi Cincinnati 4 1933
Cincinnati 1934
Cincinnati 1938
New York 1944
ML Miguel Tejada Baltimore [AL] 5 2004
Baltimore [AL] 2005
Baltimore [AL] 2006
Houston [NL] 2008
Houston [NL] 2009

Grounding Into Double Plays

Game Specific Grounding Into Double Play Records

Most GIDP
In A Game
AL Goose Goslin Detroit 4 04-28-1934
NL Joe Torre New York 4 07-21-1975
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The only right handed hitter in Major League history to play in more than one-hundred fifty games without grounding into a single double play during a season is Craig Biggio.

The only left handed hitter in Major League history to play in more than one-hundred fifty games without grounding into a single double play is Dick McAuliffe.

Did you know that the only switch hitter to play in more than one-hundred fifty games without grounding into a double play is Augie Galan?