Harrah? Egad! A base tone denotes a bad age. Har! Rah!

Dave Otto
Mark Salas
Robb and Dick Nen
Eddie Kazak
Johnny Reder
Dewayne Staats

Cool list of the day from SABR-L and Clem Conley:
From: "Comly, Clem"
Subject: Re: most games at fielding position

All one has to do is load the season stats for fielders into a database:

OF career G records for players active after 1900
Name Career Range G Years holding record at end of season
Cobb 1905 1928 OF 2934 1923-2008
Crawford 1899 1917 OF 2299 1915-1922
Clarke 1894 1915 OF 2189 1910-1914
Burkett 1890 1905 OF 2053 1905-1909
Ryan 1885 1903 OF 1943 1902-1904
Van Haltren 1887 1903 OF 1827 1901

1B career G records for players active after 1900
Name Career Range G Years holding record at end of season
Murray 1977 1996 1B 2413 1994-2008
Beckley 1888 1907 1B 2377 1901-1993

2B career G records for players active after 1900
Name Career Range G Years holding record at end of season
Collins 1906 1928 2B 2650 1922-2008
Lajoie 1898 1916 2B 2035 1912-1921
Gleason 1889 1912 2B 1583 1906-1911
Childs 1888 1901 2B 1454 1901-1905

3B career G records for players active after 1900
Name Career Range G Years holding record at end of season
Robinson 1955 1977 3B 2870 1971-2008
Mathews 1952 1968 3B 2181 1966-1970
Yost 1944 1962 3B 2008 1960-1965
Traynor 1921 1937 3B 1863 1934-1959
Cross,Lave 1891 1907 3B 1721 1901-1933

C career G records for players active after 1900
Name Career Range G Years holding record at end of season
IRod 1991 2009 C 2227+ 2009
Fisk 1969 1993 C 2226 1993-2008
Boone 1972 1990 C 2225 1987-1992
Lopez 1928 1947 C 1918 1945-1986
Hartnet 1922 1941 C 1793 1939-1944
Schalk 1912 1929 C 1727 1925-1938
McGuire 1884 1912 C 1611 1901-1924

SS career G records for players active after 1900
Name Career Range G Years holding record at end of season
Vizquel 1989 2009 SS 2670+ 2008-2009
Aparicio 1956 1973 SS 2583 1970-2007
Appling 1930 1950 SS 2218 1949-1969
Maranville 1912 1931 SS 2153 1931-1948
Dahlen 1891 1911 SS 2132 1908-1930
Corcoran 1890 1906 SS 2073 1904-1907
Long,Herman 1889 1903 SS 1794 1901-1903

As to innings, except for the last 20 or 30 years, defensive innings for position players are estimates.

Clem Comly

Why did I laugh at that, RMc? :)

I saw that Mike. I'm curious who the leaders are for games caught in a single season.

I saw that Mike. I'm curious who the leaders are for games caught in a single season.

Randy Hundley caught in 160 games in 1968, starting 156. After which it was decreed that anyone named Hundley in the major leagues would have to be a catcher.

I recall that, ee, but who are the other top guys?

I don't have a list, but Sundberg played 140 or more six times, peaking at 155 (148 starts) in '75. He had 10 seasons of 130 or more. Ray Mueller of the '44 Reds holds the distinction of catching 155 games in a 154-game season.

GAMES YEAR G
1 Randy Hundley 1968 160
T2 Jim Sundberg 1975 155
T2 Ray Mueller 1944 155
T2 Frankie Hayes 1944 155
T5 Carlton Fisk 1978 154
T5 Ted Simmons 1975 154
T5 Johnny Bench 1968 154
T8 Gary Carter 1982 153
T8 Ted Simmons 1973 153
T10 Jim Hegan 1949 152
T10 Randy Hundley 1967 152
T10 Gary Carter 1978 152
T13 Manny Sanguillen 1974 151
T13 Randy Hundley 1969 151
T13 Carlton Fisk 1977 151
T13 Benito Santiago 1991 151
T13 Ray Schalk 1920 151
T13 Jim Sundberg 1980 151
T13 Johnny Edwards 1969 151
T13 Frankie Hayes 1945 151

From the complete baseball encyclopedia. I don't remember how to turn the formatting off anymore to make the columns line up.

Ray Mueller of the '44 Reds holds the distinction of catching 155 games in a 154-game season.

And by "holds the distinction" I meant shares the distinction. Tnx, Mike W.

Mike. it seems like the iron catcher era was roughly 1968-78. Thanx!