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Most fans and Minor League players dream of getting any opportunity to play in the big leagues. Each of these men probably had that same dream, combined it with their sheer desire to play and stuck through it regardless of the pain. They are the consecutive games played record holding "Iron Men" of Major League Baseball.
"The streak has become my identity; it's who I've become." - Cal Ripken, Jr. in The Hall: A Celebration of Baseball's Greats (Little, Brown and Company. May 6, 2014. Page 214)
Consecutive MLB Games Played Record
Official Score Card Without Cal Ripken, Jr. / The End of the Streak Most Games Played Listed First | Bold = Hall of Fame |
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| Name | # | First Game | Last Game | Rank |
| Cal Ripken, Jr. | 2,632 | 05-30-1982 | 09-19-1998 | 1. |
| Lou Gehrig | 2,130 | 06-01-1925 | 04-30-1939 | 2. |
| Everett Scott | 1,307 | 06-20-1916 | 05-05-1925 | 3. |
| Steve Garvey | 1,207 | 09-03-1975 | 07-29-1983 | 4. |
| Miguel Tejada | 1,152 | 06-01-2000 | 06-21-2007 | 5. |
| Billy Williams | 1,117 | 09-22-1963 | 09-02-1970 | 6. |
| Joe Sewell | 1,103 | 09-13-1922 | 04-30-1930 | 7. |
| Stan Musial | 895 | 04-15-1952 | 08-23-1957 | 8. |
| Eddie Yost | 829 | 04-30-1949 | 05-11-1955 | 9. |
| Gus Suhr | 822 | 09-11-1931 | 06-04-1937 | 10. |
| Nellie Fox | 798 | 08-08-1955 | 09-03-1960 | 11. |
| Pete Rose | 745 | 09-02-1978 | 08-23-1983 | 12. |
| Dale Murphy | 740 | 09-26-1981 | 07-08-1986 | 13. |
| Richie Ashburn | 730 | 06-07-1950 | 04-13-1955 | 14. |
| Ernie Banks | 717 | 08-28-1956 | 06-22-1961 | 15. |
| Names | # | First Game | Last Game | Rank |
| Consecutive MLB Games Played | Baseball Almanac | ||||
Did you know that in 1983, Cal Ripken, Jr. became the first player in Major League history to appear in every regular season game, LCS game and World Series game?
Pete Rose appeared on the list twice until Miguel Tejada bumped his second entry. Rose was the only player to accomplish that goal, but even if you combined both streaks (his second entry was 678 consecutive games played) he was still short of Cal Ripken, Jr.'s record by over one-thousand games.
Tickets to Cal Ripken Jr.'s first game of the streak sold for more than five-hundred dollars each when this page was created in 2000. Tickets to the last game were more than two-hundred dollars each in 2000. Tickets in late 2019 have soared to three-thousand to four-thousand dollars each depending on condition and if you are able to actually find one!
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