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;^[1] 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).

Ty Cobb, the all-time leader in games played as an outfielder

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.^[2][3][4] Barry Bonds^[5] (2,874), Willie Mays^[6] (2,842), Rickey Henderson^[7] (2,826), Hank Aaron^[8] (2,760), Tris Speaker^[9] (2,698), and Lou Brock^[10] (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 April 4, 2025, no active players are in the top 100 of career games played as an outfielder. The active leader is Andrew McCutchen in tied for 102nd with 1,774.

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[a]

List

Andrew McCutchen, the active leader and 100th all-time in games played as an outfielder.

Barry Bonds holds the National League record.

Willie Mays held the National League record for 38 years.

Max Carey held the National League record for 42 years.

Fred Clarke, who held the National League record for 18 years, was the first player to appear in 2,000 games in the outfield.

Billy Williams played a record 164 games in the outfield in 1965.

• Stats updated as of May 13, 2025.

Rank	Player (2025 Gs)	Main Pos.	Games as outfielder			Other leagues, notes
			MLB	American League	National League
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	Andrew McCutchen (7)	CF	1,780	24	1,756

Other Hall of Famers

Player	Main Pos.	Games as outfielder			Other leagues, notes
		MLB	American League	National League
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

Notes

1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.