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| 2 | Major League Baseball consecutive games played streaks - List |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Rank | Player | Streak | Start | End |
| 4 | 1 | Cal Ripken, Jr. | 2,632 | May 30, 1982 | September 19, 1998 |
| 5 | 2 | Lou Gehrig | 2,130 | June 1, 1925 | April 30, 1939 |
| 6 | 3 | Everett Scott | 1,307 | June 20, 1916 | May 5, 1925 |
| 7 | 4 | Steve Garvey | 1,207 | September 3, 1975 | July 29, 1983 |
| 8 | 5 | Miguel Tejada | 1,152 | June 2, 2000 | June 21, 2007 |
| 9 | 6 | Billy Williams | 1,117 | September 22, 1963 | September 2, 1970 |
| 10 | 7 | Joe Sewell | 1,103 | September 13, 1922 | April 30, 1930 |
| 11 | 8 | Stan Musial | 895 | April 15, 1952 | August 22, 1957 |
| 12 | 9 | Eddie Yost | 829 | August 30, 1949 | May 11, 1955 |
| 13 | 10 | Gus Suhr | 822 | September 11, 1931 | June 4, 1937 |
| 14 | 11 | Nellie Fox | 798 | August 7, 1955 | September 3, 1960 |
| 15 | 12 | Pete Rose | 745 | September 1, 1978 | August 23, 1983 |
| 16 | 13 | Dale Murphy | 740 | September 26, 1981 | July 8, 1986 |
| 17 | 14 | Richie Ashburn | 730 | June 7, 1950 | September 26, 1954 |
| 18 | 15 | Ernie Banks | 717 | August 26, 1956 | June 22, 1961 |
| 19 | 16 | Pete Rose | 678 | September 28, 1973 | May 7, 1978 |
| 20 | 17 | Earl Averill | 673 | April 14, 1931 | June 28, 1935 |
| 21 | 18 | Frank McCormick | 668 | September 19, 1937 | May 24, 1942 |
| 22 | 19 | Sandy Alomar, Sr. | 661 | April 23, 1969 | May 20, 1973 |
| 23 | 20 | Eddie Brown | 618 | June 5, 1924 | June 7, 1928 |
| 24 | 21 | Roy McMillan | 584 | September 16, 1951 | August 7, 1955 |
| 25 | 22 | George Pinkney | 577 | September 21, 1885 | April 30, 1890 |
| 26 | 23 | Steve Brodie | 574 | - | - |
| 27 | 24 | Aaron Ward | 565 | July 10, 1920 | May 25, 1924 |
| 28 | 25 | Prince Fielder | 547 | September 14, 2010 | May 16, 2014 |
| 29 | 26 | Alex Rodriguez | 546 | July 25, 2000 | September 23, 2003 |
| 30 | 27 | Candy LaChance | 540 | - | - |
| 31 | 28 | Buck Freeman | 535 | - | - |
| 32 | 29 | Fred Luderus | 533 | June 2, 1916 | September 28, 1919 |
| 33 | 30 | Hideki Matsui | 519 | March 31, 2003 | May 11, 2006 |

Question: Whose record did Cal Ripken surpass to play the most consecutive games in Major League Baseball history?
Answer: Ripken surpassed Lou Gehrig, whose record was 2,130.