# List of Major League Baseball career games played as a left fielder leaders

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; however, 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 if he is not credited with a game started or an inning pitched. The left fielder (LF) is one of the three outfielders, the defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing toward the pitcher's mound. The outfielders' duty is to try to catch long fly balls before they hit the ground or to quickly catch or retrieve and return to the infield any other balls entering the outfield. The left fielder must also be adept at navigating the area of left field where the foul line approaches the corner of the playing field and the walls of the seating areas. Being the outfielder closest to third base, the left fielder generally does not have to throw as far as the other outfielders to throw out runners advancing around the bases, so they often do not have the strongest throwing arm, but their throws need to be accurate. The left fielder normally plays behind the third baseman and shortstop, who play in or near the infield; unlike catchers and most infielders (excepting first basemen), who are virtually exclusively right-handed, left fielders can be either right- or left-handed. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the left fielder is assigned the number 7.
Because game accounts and box scores often did not distinguish between the outfield positions, there has been some difficulty in determining precise defensive statistics prior to 1901; because of this, and because of the similarity in their roles, defensive statistics for the three positions are frequently combined. However, efforts to distinguish between the three positions regarding games played during this period and reconstruct the separate totals have been largely successful; players whose totals include pre-1901 games are notated in the table below. Barry Bonds is the all-time leader in career games played as a left fielder with 2,715. Rickey Henderson (2,421), Luis Gonzalez (2,418), Zack Wheat (2,328), Fred Clarke (2,186), and Lou Brock (2,161) are the only other players to appear in over 2,000 games in left field in their careers.

## Key

| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career games played. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2025 Gs) | Number of games played during the 2025 Major League Baseball season |
| MLB | Total career games played as a left fielder in Major League Baseball |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame |
| † | Denotes total including pre-1901 games |
| Bold | Denotes active player |

## List

* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 Gs) | Games as a left fielder | Games as a left fielder | Games as a left fielder | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 Gs) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Barry Bonds | 2,715 | 0 | 2,715 | |
| 2 | Rickey Henderson* | 2,421 | 1,985 | 436 | Held major league record, 2001-2004 |
| 3 | Luis Gonzalez | 2,418 | 132 | 2,286 | |
| 4 | Zack Wheat* | 2,328 | 57 | 2,271 | Held major league record, 1926-2001; held National League record, 1926-2003 |
| 5 | Lou Brock* | 2,161 | 0 | 2,161 | |
| 6 | Ted Williams* | 1,982 | 1,982 | 0 | Held American League record, 1960-2002 |
| 7 | Tim Raines* | 1,961 | 771 | 1,190 | |
| 8 | Goose Goslin* | 1,946 | 1,946 | 0 | Held American League record, 1935-1960 |
| 9 | Carl Yastrzemski* | 1,912 | 1,912 | 0 | |
| 10 | Joe Medwick* | 1,790 | 0 | 1,790 | |
| 11 | Carlos Lee | 1,770 | 876 | 894 | |
| 12 | Billy Williams* | 1,738 | 1 | 1,737 | |
| 13 | Matt Holliday | 1,711 | 93 | 1,618 | |
| 14 | Bobby Veach | 1,677 | 1,677 | 0 | Held American League record, 1922-1935 |
| 15 | Jimmy Sheckard † | 1,669 | 0 | 1,669 | |
| 16 | Sherry Magee | 1,603 | 0 | 1,603 | |
| 17 | Carl Crawford | 1,595 | 1,322 | 273 | |
| 18 | Bob Johnson | 1,586 | 1,586 | 0 | |
| 19 | George Foster | 1,549 | 11 | 1,538 | |
| 20 | Roy White | 1,521 | 1,521 | 0 | |
| 21 | Minnie Miñoso* | 1,509 | 1,482 | 27 | Negro League totals unavailable |
| 22 | Jim Rice* | 1,503 | 1,503 | 0 | |
| 23 | Raúl Ibañez | 1,467 | 1,059 | 408 | |
| 24 | Gary Matthews | 1,446 | 0 | 1,446 | |
| 25 | Duffy Lewis | 1,414 | 1,414 | 0 | Held American League record, 1919-1922 |
| 26 | José Cruz | 1,407 | 4 | 1,403 | |
| 27 | Charlie Jamieson | 1,393 | 1,393 | 0 | |
| 28 | Garret Anderson | 1,387 | 1,236 | 151 | |
| 29 | Heinie Manush* | 1,381 | 1,381 | 0 | |
| 30 | Al Simmons* | 1,372 | 1,285 | 87 | |
| 31 | Alex Gordon | 1,361 | 1,361 | 0 | |
| 32 | Pat Burrell | 1,327 | 1 | 1,326 | |
| 33 | Fred Clarke* † | 1,322 | 0 | 1,322 | Held major league record, 1909-1926; held National League record, 1905-1926 |
| 34 | Ralph Kiner* | 1,307 | 87 | 1,220 | |
| 35 | Del Ennis | 1,290 | 25 | 1,265 | |
| 36 | Joe Vosmik | 1,278 | 1,239 | 39 | |
| 37 | Greg Vaughn | 1,262 | 828 | 434 | |
| 38 | Lonnie Smith | 1,258 | 273 | 985 | |
| 39 | Jo-Jo Moore | 1,248 | 0 | 1,248 | |
| 40 | Moisés Alou | 1,242 | 0 | 1,242 | |
| | Ryan Braun | 1,242 | 0 | 1,242 | |
| 42 | Willie Stargell* | 1,229 | 0 | 1,229 | |
| 43 | Greg Luzinski | 1,221 | 0 | 1,221 | |
| 44 | George Burns | 1,215 | 0 | 1,215 | |
| 45 | Jason Bay | 1,208 | 237 | 971 | |
| | Gene Woodling | 1,208 | 1,180 | 28 | |
| 47 | Topsy Hartsel † | 1,202 | 1,071 | 131 | Held American League record, 1906-1909 |
| 48 | Ron Gant | 1,184 | 40 | 1,144 | |
| 49 | Patsy Dougherty | 1,180 | 1,180 | 0 | Held American League record, 1909-1919 |
| 50 | Jack Graney | 1,172 | 1,172 | 0 | |
| 51 | Joe Rudi | 1,158 | 1,158 | 0 | |
| 52 | Vince Coleman | 1,153 | 196 | 957 | |
| | Shannon Stewart | 1,153 | 1,153 | 0 | |
| 54 | Ken Williams | 1,133 | 1,071 | 62 | |
| 55 | Jeff Heath | 1,127 | 1,001 | 126 | |
| | Lou Piniella | 1,127 | 1,127 | 0 | |
| 57 | Mike Greenwell | 1,124 | 1,124 | 0 | |
| 58 | George Bell | 1,123 | 977 | 146 | |
| 59 | Willie Horton | 1,112 | 1,112 | 0 | |
| 60 | Bibb Falk | 1,110 | 1,110 | 0 | |
| 61 | Tommy Davis | 1,103 | 303 | 800 | |
| 66 | Ben Oglivie | 1,100 | 1,100 | 0 | |
| 63 | Dusty Baker | 1,091 | 68 | 1,023 | |
| 64 | Cliff Floyd | 1,084 | 21 | 1,063 | |
| 65 | Kevin McReynolds | 1,069 | 198 | 871 | |
| 66 | Alfonso Soriano | 1,056 | 59 | 997 | |
| 67 | Bob Bescher | 1,053 | 0 | 1,053 | |
| 68 | Babe Ruth* | 1,047 | 1,025 | 22 | |
| 69 | Brett Gardner | 1,044 | 1,044 | 0 | |
| 70 | Manny Ramirez | 1,037 | 837 | 200 | |
| 71 | Hank Sauer | 1,029 | 0 | 1,029 | |
| 72 | Leon Wagner | 1,027 | 912 | 115 | |
| 73 | Justin Upton | 1,025 | 621 | 404 | |
| 74 | Melky Cabrera | 1,023 | 809 | 214 | |
| | Adam Dunn | 1,023 | 12 | 1,011 | |
| 76 | Albert Belle | 1,017 | 1,017 | 0 | |
| 77 | Irish Meusel | 1,016 | 1 | 1,015 | |
| 78 | Gus Zernial | 1,005 | 1,005 | 0 | |
| 79 | Augie Galan | 1,000 | 7 | 993 | |
| 80 | Bernard Gilkey | 996 | 7 | 989 | |
| 81 | Christian Yelich (0) | 959 | 0 | 959 | |
| 82 | Andrew Benintendi (0) | 949 | 949 | 0 | |
| 83 | Al Martin | 938 | 100 | 838 | |
| 84 | Alex Johnson | 935 | 526 | 409 | |
| 85 | Michael Brantley | 934 | 934 | 0 | |
| 86 | Stan Musial* | 929 | 0 | 929 | |
| 87 | Luis Polonia | 927 | 909 | 18 | |
| 88 | Steve Kemp | 925 | 858 | 67 | |
| 89 | Frank Howard | 923 | 860 | 63 | |
| 90 | Eddie Rosario (0) | 913 | 653 | 260 | |
| 91 | Geoff Jenkins | 910 | 0 | 910 | |
| 92 | Josh Willingham | 906 | 340 | 566 | |
| 93 | B.J. Surhoff | 904 | 743 | 161 | |
| 94 | Jeffrey Leonard | 896 | 190 | 706 | |
| 95 | Bob Skinner | 893 | 0 | 893 | |
| 96 | Carson Bigbee | 890 | 0 | 890 | |
| 97 | Riggs Stephenson | 885 | 2 | 883 | |
| 98 | Dale Mitchell | 880 | 878 | 2 | |
| 99 | Charlie Keller | 874 | 874 | 0 | |
| 100 | David Peralta (0) | 865 | 38 | 827 | |

## Other Hall of Famers

| Player | Games as a left fielder | Games as a left fielder | Games as a left fielder | Other leagues, notes |
| Player | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| Frank Robinson* | 834 | 130 | 704 | |
| Chick Hafey* | 788 | 0 | 788 | |
| Jim O'Rourke* † | 770 | 0 | 760 | Includes 10 in Players' League |
| Max Carey* | 660 | 0 | 660 | |
| Hugh Duffy* † | 571 | 9 | 555 | Includes 7 in American Association |
| Monte Irvin* | 546 | 0 | 490 | Includes 56 in Negro National League (second) (incomplete) |
| Tommy McCarthy* † | 514 | 0 | 463 | Includes 41 in Union Association, 10 in American Association |
| Enos Slaughter* | 509 | 119 | 390 | |
| Harmon Killebrew* | 471 | 471 | 0 | |
| Dave Winfield* | 465 | 351 | 114 | |
| Billy Hamilton* † | 434 | 0 | 424 | Includes 10 in American Association |
| Chipper Jones* | 356 | 0 | 356 | |
| Kiki Cuyler* | 332 | 0 | 332 | |
| Hank Aaron* | 315 | 4 | 311 | |
| Mule Suttles* | 271 | 0 | 0 | Includes 179 in Negro National League (first), 91 in Negro National League (second), 1 in East–West League (incomplete) |
| Chuck Klein* | 258 | 0 | 258 | |
| Willie McCovey* | 256 | 0 | 256 | |
| Hank Greenberg* | 238 | 238 | 0 | |
| Earle Combs* | 214 | 214 | 0 | |
| Orlando Cepeda* | 213 | 0 | 213 | |
| Hack Wilson* | 201 | 0 | 201 | |
| Freddie Lindstrom* | 183 | 0 | 183 | |
| Cool Papa Bell* | 175 | 0 | 0 | Includes 173 in Negro National League (second), 2 in Negro National League (first) (incomplete) |
| Sam Crawford* † | 138 | 51 | 87 | |
| Mickey Mantle* | 129 | 129 | 0 | |
| Cristóbal Torriente* | 128 | 0 | 0 | Includes 128 in Negro National League (first) (incomplete) |
| Lloyd Waner* | 128 | 0 | 128 | |
| Ned Hanlon* † | 119 | 0 | 119 | |
| Ichiro Suzuki* | 117 | 53 | 64 |
| Craig Biggio* | 109 | 0 | 109 | |
| Willard Brown* | 107 | 0 | 0 | Includes 107 in Negro American League (incomplete) |
| Billy Southworth* | 95 | 11 | 84 | |
| Earl Averill* | 84 | 83 | 1 | |
| Harry Hooper* | 81 | 81 | 0 | |
| Edd Roush* | 80 | 0 | 43 | Includes 37 in Federal League |
| Robin Yount* | 69 | 69 | 0 | |
| Joe DiMaggio* | 67 | 67 | 0 | |
| Cap Anson* † | 46 | 0 | 45 | Includes 1 in National Association |
| Mel Ott* | 30 | 0 | 30 | |
| Martín Dihigo* | 29 | 0 | 0 | Includes 16 in Negro National League (second), 8 in Eastern Colored League, 5 in American Negro League (incomplete) |
| Pete Hill* | 26 | 0 | 0 | Includes 15 in Eastern Colored League, 11 in Negro National League (first) (incomplete) |
| Todd Helton* | 13 | 0 | 13 | |