List of Major League Baseball career games played as a shortstop leaders

Omar Vizquel, the all-time leader in games played as a shortstop

Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested. In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game, are included on a starting lineup card or are announced as ex ante substitutes, whether or not they play, although, in Major League Baseball, the application of this statistic does not extend to consecutive games played streaks. A starting pitcher, then, may be credited with a game played even as he is not credited with a game started or an inning pitched.

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions. The position is mostly filled by defensive specialists, so shortstops are generally relatively poor batters who bat later in the batting order, with some exceptions. In the numbering system used by scorers to record defensive plays, the shortstop is assigned the number 6.

Omar Vizquel is the all-time leader in games played as a shortshop, having played 2,709 games at the position in his career. Only 19 total players have played over 2,000 career games at shortshop.

Key

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career games played. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2021 Gs) Number of games played during the 2021 Major League Baseball season.
G as SS Total career games played as a shortstop.
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold Denotes active player.

List

Elvis Andrus, the active leader and 38th all-time in games played as a shortstop.
  • Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.
Rank Player (2021 Gs) G as SS
1 Omar Vizquel 2,709
2 Derek Jeter * 2,674
3 Luis Aparicio * 2,581
4 Ozzie Smith * 2,511
5 Cal Ripken Jr. * 2,302
6 Jimmy Rollins 2,227
7 Larry Bowa 2,222
8 Luke Appling * 2,218
9 Dave Concepción 2,178
10 Rabbit Maranville * 2,153
11 Alan Trammell * 2,139
12 Bill Dahlen 2,133
13 Édgar Rentería 2,114
14 Bert Campaneris 2,097
15 Barry Larkin * 2,085
16 Tommy Corcoran 2,078
17 Royce Clayton 2,053
18 Roy McMillan 2,028
19 Pee Wee Reese * 2,014
20 Roger Peckinpaugh 1,982
21 Garry Templeton 1,964
22 Don Kessinger 1,955
23 Miguel Tejada 1,946
24 Mark Belanger 1,942
25 Chris Speier 1,900
26 Ozzie Guillén 1,896
27 Honus Wagner * 1,887
28 Dick Groat 1,877
29 Dave Bancroft * 1,873
30 Donie Bush 1,866
31 Alfredo Griffin 1,861
32 Orlando Cabrera 1,843
Leo Cárdenas 1,843
Joe Cronin * 1,843
35 Bobby Wallace * 1,826
36 Ed Brinkman 1,795
Herman Long 1,795
38 Elvis Andrus (143) 1,771
39 Greg Gagne 1,765
40 Bill Russell 1,746
41 Joe Tinker * 1,745
42 Dick Bartell 1,679
43 Monte Cross 1,678
44 Germany Smith 1,667
45 Phil Rizzuto * 1,647
46 Everett Scott 1,643
47 Jack Glasscock 1,629
48 George McBride 1,627
José Reyes 1,627
50 Mickey Doolin 1,625
Rank Player (2021 Gs) G as SS
51 Freddie Patek 1,588
52 Mike Bordick 1,577
53 Tony Fernández 1,573
54 Ed McKean 1,565
55 Maury Wills 1,555
56 Rafael Furcal 1,554
57 Alex González 1,548
58 Marty Marion 1,547
59 J.J. Hardy 1,544
60 Billy Jurges 1,540
61 Lou Boudreau * 1,539
62 Tim Foli 1,524
63 Frankie Crosetti 1,516
64 Jay Bell 1,515
65 Leo Durocher * 1,509
66 Arky Vaughan * 1,485
67 Robin Yount * 1,479
68 Walt Weiss 1,462
69 Jhonny Peralta 1,459
70 Art Fletcher 1,448
71 Alcides Escobar (61) 1,447
Wally Gerber 1,447
73 Brandon Crawford (135) 1,409
74 Alvin Dark 1,404
75 Bud Harrelson 1,400
76 Jim Fregosi 1,396
77 Eddie Miller 1,395
78 Rafael Ramírez 1,386
79 Bucky Dent 1,382
80 Johnny Logan 1,380
81 George Davis * 1,374
82 Spike Owen 1,373
83 Shawon Dunston 1,363
84 Dick Schofield 1,348
85 Erick Aybar 1,337
86 Vern Stephens 1,330
87 Travis Jackson * 1,326
88 Iván DeJesús 1,303
89 Eddie Joost 1,299
90 Cristian Guzmán 1,295
91 Jack Wilson 1,274
92 Alex Rodriguez 1,272
93 Troy Tulowitzki 1,268
94 Zoilo Versalles 1,265
95 Alex Gonzalez 1,262
96 Chico Carrasquel 1,241
97 Craig Reynolds 1,240
98 Bones Ely 1,238
99 Billy Rogell 1,235
100 Alexei Ramírez 1,228

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