# List of Major League Baseball career games played as an outfielder 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, before 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. An outfielder (OF) is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter, who are identified as the left fielder (LF), the center fielder (CF), and the right fielder (RF). An outfielder's 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. Outfielders normally play behind the six other members of the defense who play in or near the infield; unlike catchers and most infielders (excepting first basemen), who are virtually exclusively right-handed, outfielders can be either right- or left-handed. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the outfielders are assigned the numbers 7 (left field), 8 (center field), and 9 (right field).
The outfield positions are routinely regarded as being among the less physically demanding positions in baseball, largely due to the rarity of contact with opposing players and the longer reaction time possible after a ball is hit; long careers in the outfield have been common throughout major league history. Because game accounts and box scores often did not distinguish between the outfield positions, there has been some difficulty in determining precise defensive statistics before 1901; because of this, and because of the similarity in their roles, defensive statistics for the three positions are frequently combined. Ty Cobb is the all-time leader in major league games played as an outfielder with 2,934. Barry Bonds (2,874), Willie Mays (2,842), Rickey Henderson (2,826), Hank Aaron (2,760), Tris Speaker (2,698), and Lou Brock (2,507) are the only other outfielders to play in over 2,500 games in their careers; 55 players have appeared in more than 2,000 career games as outfielders.
As of September 2024, no active players are in the top 100 of career games played as an outfielder. The active leader is Andrew McCutchen in 106th with 1,768.

## 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 |
| Main pos. | Primary outfield position played during career (LF, CF, or RF) |
| MLB | Total career games played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Bold | Denotes active player |

## List

* Stats updated at the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 Gs) | Main Pos. | Games as outfielder | Games as outfielder | Games as outfielder | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 Gs) | Main Pos. | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Ty Cobb* | CF | 2,934 | 2,934 | 0 | |
| 2 | Barry Bonds | LF | 2,874 | 0 | 2,874 | |
| 3 | Willie Mays* | CF | 2,842 | 0 | 2,842 | Held National League record, 1969–2007; Negro League totals unavailable |
| 4 | Rickey Henderson* | LF | 2,826 | 2,347 | 479 | |
| 5 | Hank Aaron* | RF | 2,760 | 4 | 2,756 | |
| 6 | Tris Speaker* | CF | 2,698 | 2,698 | 0 | |
| 7 | Lou Brock* | LF | 2,507 | 0 | 2,507 | |
| 8 | Al Kaline* | RF | 2,488 | 2,488 | 0 | |
| 9 | Steve Finley | CF | 2,487 | 313 | 2,174 | |
| 10 | Dave Winfield* | RF | 2,469 | 1,404 | 1,065 | |
| 11 | Luis Gonzalez | LF | 2,441 | 132 | 2,309 | |
| 12 | Max Carey* | CF | 2,421 | 0 | 2,421 | Held National League record, 1927-1969 |
| 13 | Vada Pinson | CF | 2,403 | 728 | 1,675 | |
| 14 | Ken Griffey Jr.* | CF | 2,382 | 1,529 | 853 | |
| 15 | Roberto Clemente* | RF | 2,370 | 0 | 2,370 | |
| 16 | Ichiro Suzuki* | RF | 2,365 | 2,145 | 220 | |
| 17 | Zack Wheat* | LF | 2,337 | 62 | 2,275 | Held National League record, 1926-1927 |
| 18 | Tony Gwynn* | RF | 2,326 | 0 | 2,326 | |
| 19 | Willie Davis | CF | 2,323 | 49 | 2,274 | |
| | Andre Dawson* | RF | 2,323 | 20 | 2,303 | |
| 21 | Mel Ott* | RF | 2,313 | 0 | 2,313 | |
| 22 | Sam Crawford* | RF | 2,299 | 1,906 | 393 | Held major league record, 1915–1923; held American League record, 1911-1920 |
| 23 | Paul Waner* | RF | 2,288 | 0 | 2,288 | |
| 24 | Harry Hooper* | RF | 2,284 | 2,284 | 0 | |
| 25 | Sam Rice* | RF | 2,270 | 2,270 | 0 | |
| 26 | Torii Hunter | CF | 2,256 | 2,256 | 0 | |
| 27 | Babe Ruth* | RF | 2,241 | 2,215 | 26 | |
| 28 | Carlos Beltrán | CF | 2,210 | 994 | 1,216 | |
| 29 | Sammy Sosa | RF | 2,203 | 397 | 1,806 | |
| 30 | Fred Clarke* | LF | 2,193 | 0 | 2,193 | Held major league record, 1910–1915; held National League record, 1908-1926 |
| 31 | Goose Goslin* | LF | 2,187 | 2,187 | 0 | |
| 32 | Brett Butler | CF | 2,159 | 601 | 1,558 | |
| 33 | José Cruz | LF | 2,156 | 8 | 2,148 | |
| 34 | Ted Williams* | LF | 2,151 | 2,151 | 0 | |
| 35 | Dwight Evans | RF | 2,146 | 2,146 | 0 | |
| 36 | Doc Cramer | CF | 2,142 | 2,142 | 0 | |
| | Al Simmons* | LF | 2,142 | 2,055 | 87 | |
| 38 | Bobby Abreu | RF | 2,138 | 669 | 1,469 | |
| 39 | Frank Robinson* | RF | 2,132 | 759 | 1,373 | |
| 40 | Tim Raines* | LF | 2,123 | 771 | 1,352 | |
| 41 | Nick Markakis | RF | 2,107 | 1,343 | 764 | |
| 42 | Richie Ashburn* | CF | 2,104 | 0 | 2,104 | |
| 43 | Reggie Jackson* | RF | 2,102 | 2,102 | 0 | |
| 44 | Marquis Grissom | CF | 2,088 | 144 | 1,944 | |
| | Billy Williams* | LF | 2,088 | 1 | 2,087 | |
| 46 | Carl Yastrzemski* | LF | 2,076 | 2,076 | 0 | |
| 47 | Jimmy Sheckard | LF | 2,071 | 4 | 2,067 | |
| 48 | Johnny Damon | CF | 2,067 | 2,067 | 0 | |
| 49 | Enos Slaughter* | RF | 2,064 | 308 | 1,756 | |
| 50 | Jesse Burkett* | LF | 2,054 | 564 | 1,490 | Held major league record, 1905-1910 |
| 51 | Andruw Jones | CF | 2,043 | 229 | 1,814 | |
| 52 | Kenny Lofton | CF | 2,041 | 1,502 | 539 | |
| 53 | Willie Keeler* | RF | 2,039 | 849 | 1,190 | |
| 54 | Willie Wilson | CF | 2,031 | 1,939 | 92 | |
| 55 | Mickey Mantle* | CF | 2,019 | 2,019 | 0 | |
| 56 | Willie McGee | CF | 1,979 | 92 | 1,887 | |
| 57 | Jimmy Ryan | CF | 1,945 | 234 | 1,593 | Includes 118 in Players' League; held major league record, 1902–1905; held National League record, 1898-1902 |
| 58 | Manny Ramirez | LF | 1,939 | 1,739 | 200 | |
| 59 | Paul O'Neill | RF | 1,932 | 1,221 | 711 | |
| 60 | Amos Otis | CF | 1,928 | 1,845 | 83 | |
| 61 | Chet Lemon | CF | 1,925 | 1,925 | 0 | |
| 62 | Bernie Williams | CF | 1,924 | 1,924 | 0 | |
| 63 | Mike Cameron | CF | 1,921 | 967 | 954 | |
| 64 | Duke Snider* | CF | 1,918 | 0 | 1,918 | |
| 65 | Garret Anderson | LF | 1,913 | 1,755 | 158 | |
| 66 | Clyde Milan | CF | 1,903 | 1,903 | 0 | |
| 67 | Curtis Granderson | CF | 1,897 | 1,230 | 667 | |
| 68 | Stan Musial* | LF | 1,890 | 0 | 1,890 | |
| 69 | George Foster | LF | 1,880 | 11 | 1,869 | |
| 70 | Paul Blair | CF | 1,878 | 1,811 | 67 | |
| 71 | Gary Matthews | LF | 1,876 | 0 | 1,876 | |
| 72 | Jim Edmonds | CF | 1,867 | 654 | 1,213 | |
| | Dave Parker* | RF | 1,867 | 35 | 1,832 | |
| | Devon White | CF | 1,867 | 1,245 | 622 | |
| 75 | Moisés Alou | LF | 1,864 | 0 | 1,864 | |
| 76 | Sherry Magee | LF | 1,861 | 0 | 1,861 | |
| 77 | Dale Murphy | CF | 1,853 | 0 | 1,853 | |
| 78 | Joe Medwick* | LF | 1,851 | 0 | 1,851 | |
| 79 | Edd Roush* | CF | 1,848 | 2 | 1,659 | Includes 187 in Federal League |
| 80 | Heinie Manush* | LF | 1,845 | 1,709 | 136 | |
| 81 | George Burns | LF | 1,844 | 0 | 1,844 | |
| 82 | Dusty Baker | LF | 1,842 | 90 | 1,752 | |
| 83 | Del Ennis | LF | 1,840 | 25 | 1,815 | |
| 84 | George Van Haltren | CF | 1,833 | 0 | 1,685 | Includes 81 in American Association, 67 in Players' League; held National League record, 1902-1908 |
| 85 | Juan Pierre | CF | 1,831 | 304 | 1,527 | |
| 86 | Fred Lynn | CF | 1,825 | 1,770 | 55 | |
| 87 | Lloyd Waner* | CF | 1,818 | 0 | 1,818 | |
| | Cy Williams | CF | 1,818 | 0 | 1,818 | |
| 89 | Patsy Donovan | RF | 1,816 | 122 | 1,572 | Includes 122 in American Association |
| 90 | George Hendrick | RF | 1,813 | 783 | 1,030 | |
| 91 | Jimmy Wynn | CF | 1,810 | 25 | 1,785 | |
| 92 | Kiki Cuyler* | RF | 1,807 | 0 | 1,807 | |
| 93 | Larry Walker* | RF | 1,804 | 0 | 1,804 | |
| 94 | Dummy Hoy | CF | 1,796 | 132 | 1,403 | Includes 139 in American Association, 122 in Players' League |
| 95 | Wally Moses | RF | 1,792 | 1,792 | 0 | |
| 96 | Tom Brown | CF | 1,788 | 0 | 1,049 | Includes 608 in American Association, 131 in Players' League; held major league record, 1895-1902 |
| 97 | Justin Upton | LF | 1,787 | 629 | 1,158 | |
| 98 | Melky Cabrera | LF | 1,784 | 1,439 | 345 | |
| 99 | Adam Jones | CF | 1,783 | 1,653 | 130 | |
| 100 | José Cardenal | CF | 1,778 | 746 | 1,032 | |

## Other Hall of Famers

| Player | Main Pos. | Games as outfielder | Games as outfielder | Games as outfielder | Other leagues, notes |
| Player | Main Pos. | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| Joe DiMaggio* | CF | 1,721 | 1,721 | 0 | |
| Kirby Puckett* | CF | 1,696 | 1,696 | 0 | |
| Hugh Duffy* | CF | 1,682 | 77 | 1,344 | Includes 137 in Players' League, 124 in American Association |
| Minnie Miñoso* | LF | 1,665 | 1,638 | 27 | Negro League totals unavailable |
| Vladimir Guerrero* | RF | 1,608 | 616 | 992 | |
| Chuck Klein* | RF | 1,600 | 0 | 1,600 | |
| Harry Heilmann* | RF | 1,594 | 1,488 | 106 | |
| Earl Averill* | CF | 1,590 | 1,586 | 4 | |
| Billy Hamilton* | CF | 1,587 | 0 | 1,415 | Includes 172 in American Association |
| Jim Rice* | LF | 1,543 | 1,543 | 0 | |
| Joe Kelley* | LF | 1,465 | 48 | 1,417 | |
| Elmer Flick* | RF | 1,456 | 922 | 534 | |
| Jim O'Rourke* | LF | 1,443 | 0 | 1,266 | Includes 111 in Players' League, 66 in National Association |
| Larry Doby* | CF | 1,440 | 1,440 | 0 | Negro League totals unavailable |
| Sam Thompson* | RF | 1,410 | 8 | 1,402 | |
| Earle Combs* | CF | 1,387 | 1,387 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kiner* | LF | 1,382 | 87 | 1,295 | |
| Ed Delahanty* | LF | 1,346 | 151 | 1,177 | Includes 18 in Players' League |
| Willie Stargell* | LF | 1,296 | 0 | 1,296 | |
| Hack Wilson* | CF | 1,257 | 0 | 1,257 | |
| Ned Hanlon* | CF | 1,254 | 0 | 1,133 | Includes 121 in Players' League |
| Robin Yount* | CF | 1,218 | 1,218 | 0 | |
| Ross Youngs* | RF | 1,199 | 0 | 1,199 | |
| Tommy McCarthy* | RF | 1,188 | 0 | 655 | Includes 485 in American Association, 48 in Union Association |
| Chick Hafey* | LF | 1,185 | 0 | 1,185 | |
| Casey Stengel* | RF | 1,183 | 0 | 1,183 | |
| Tony Oliva* | RF | 1,178 | 1,178 | 0 | |
| Billy Southworth* | RF | 1,115 | 45 | 1,070 | |
| Harold Baines* | RF | 1,061 | 1,061 | 0 | |
| King Kelly* | RF | 750 | 0 | 737 | Includes 7 in American Association, 6 in Players' League |
| Monte Irvin* | LF | 585 | 0 | 585 | Negro League totals unavailable |
| Freddie Lindstrom* | CF | 551 | 0 | 551 | |
| Honus Wagner* | RF | 374 | 0 | 374 | |
| Craig Biggio* | CF | 363 | 0 | 363 | |
| George Davis* | CF | 303 | 0 | 303 | |
| Roger Bresnahan* | CF | 286 | 23 | 263 | |
| Willie McCovey* | LF | 275 | 0 | 275 | |
| Hank Greenberg* | LF | 239 | 239 | 0 | |
| Orlando Cepeda* | LF | 231 | 0 | 231 | |
| John Montgomery Ward* | CF | 214 | 0 | 214 | |
| Harry Wright* | CF | 179 | 0 | 2 | Includes 177 in National Association |
| Deacon White* | RF | 165 | 0 | 112 | Includes 53 in National Association |
| Cap Anson* | LF | 86 | 0 | 49 | Includes 37 in National Association |
| Paul Molitor* | CF | 50 | 50 | 0 | |
| Willard Brown* | CF | 18 | 18 | 0 | Negro League totals unavailable |
| Todd Helton* | LF | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| Joe Mauer* | RF | 2 | 2 | 0 | |