CONSECUTIVE MLB GAMES PLAYED RECORD

The Top 15 Consecutive Games Played Streaks in MLB History

Most fans and Minor League players dream of getting any opportunity to play in the big leagues. Each of these men probably had that same dream, combined it with their sheer desire to play and stuck through it regardless of the pain. They are the consecutive games played record holding "Iron Men" of Major League Baseball.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"The streak has become my identity; it's who I've become." - Cal Ripken, Jr. in The Hall: A Celebration of Baseball's Greats (Little, Brown and Company. May 6, 2014. Page 214)

Consecutive MLB Games Played Record

09-20-1998 Cal Ripken, Jr. Lineup Card

Official Score Card Without Cal Ripken, Jr. / The End of the Streak

Most Games Played Listed First | Bold = Hall of Fame

Cal Ripken, Jr. 2,632 05-30-1982 09-19-1998 1.
Lou Gehrig 2,130 06-01-1925 04-30-1939 2.
Everett Scott 1,307 06-20-1916 05-05-1925 3.
Steve Garvey 1,207 09-03-1975 07-29-1983 4.
Miguel Tejada 1,152 06-01-2000 06-21-2007 5.
Billy Williams 1,117 09-22-1963 09-02-1970 6.
Joe Sewell 1,103 09-13-1922 04-30-1930 7.
Stan Musial 895 04-15-1952 08-23-1957 8.
Eddie Yost 829 04-30-1949 05-11-1955 9.
Gus Suhr 822 09-11-1931 06-04-1937 10.
Nellie Fox 798 08-08-1955 09-03-1960 11.
Pete Rose 745 09-02-1978 08-23-1983 12.
Dale Murphy 740 09-26-1981 07-08-1986 13.
Richie Ashburn 730 06-07-1950 04-13-1955 14.
Ernie Banks 717 08-28-1956 06-22-1961 15.
Consecutive MLB Games Played | Baseball Almanac
baseball almanac flat baseball

baseball almanac fast facts

Did you know that in 1983, Cal Ripken, Jr. became the first player in Major League history to appear in every regular season game, LCS game and World Series game?

Pete Rose appeared on the list twice until Miguel Tejada bumped his second entry. Rose was the only player to accomplish that goal, but even if you combined both streaks (his second entry was 678 consecutive games played) he was still short of Cal Ripken, Jr.'s record by over one-thousand games.

Tickets to Cal Ripken Jr.'s first game of the streak sold for more than five-hundred dollars each when this page was created in 2000. Tickets to the last game were more than two-hundred dollars each in 2000. Tickets in late 2019 have soared to three-thousand to four-thousand dollars each depending on condition and if you are able to actually find one!