List of Major League Baseball career games played as a first baseman leaders
Rank Player ( 2019 Gs ) G as 1B
51 Dan Brouthers * 1,636
52 Don Mattingly 1,634
53 Harry Davis 1,628
54 Kent Hrbek 1,609
55 Bill Terry * 1,579
56 Lu Blue 1,571
57 Bill Buckner 1,555
58 Fred Merkle 1,547
59 George McQuinn 1,529
60 Lee May 1,507
61 Joe Adcock 1,501
62 Ted Kluszewski 1,481
63 Boog Powell 1,479
64 John Mayberry 1,478
65 Ryan Howard 1,477
Bill White 1,477
67 Dolph Camilli 1,476
68 Cecil Cooper 1,475
69 Adam LaRoche 1,468
70 Bill Skowron 1,463
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Albert Pujols , the active leader in games played as a first baseman and 29th all-time Stats updated as of the 2019 season . Rank Player ( 2019 Gs ) G as 1B 1 Eddie Murray * 2,413 2 Jake Beckley * 2,383 3 Fred McGriff 2,239 4 Mickey Vernon 2,237 5 Todd Helton 2,178 6 Mark Grace 2,162 7 Cap Anson * 2,152 8 Rafael Palmeiro 2,139 9 Lou Gehrig * 2,137 10 Charlie Grimm 2,131 11 Jeff Bagwell * 2,111 12 Andrés Galarraga 2,106 13 Joe Judge 2,084 14 Ed Konetchy 2,073 15 Steve Garvey 2,059 16 Joe Kuhel 2,057 17 John Olerud 2,053 18 Willie McCovey * 2,045 19 Keith Hernandez 2,014 20 Jake Daubert 2,002 21 Stuffy McInnis 1,995 22 George Sisler * 1,971 23 Chris Chambliss 1,962 24 Norm Cash 1,943 25 Jimmie Foxx * 1,919 26 Wally Joyner 1,913 27 Gil Hodges 1,908 28 Paul Konerko 1,904 29 Albert Pujols ( 98 ) 1,902 30 Derrek Lee 1,901 31 Will Clark 1,889 32 Jim Bottomley * 1,885 33 Tino Martinez 1,869 34 Adrián González 1,836 35 Wally Pipp 1,819 36 Hal Chase 1,815 37 Fred Tenney 1,810 38 Tony Pérez * 1,778 39 George Scott 1,773 40 Mark Teixeira 1,769 41 Carlos Delgado 1,767 42 Mark McGwire 1,763 43 Roger Connor * 1,759 44 Eric Karros 1,698 45 Orlando Cepeda * 1,683 46 Joey Votto ( 133 ) 1,674 47 George Burns 1,671 48 Tommy Tucker 1,670 49 Johnny Mize * 1,667 50 J. T. Snow 1,656
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, prior to a game, are included on a starting lineup card or are announced as ex ante substitutes, whether or not they play, although, 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 as he is not credited with a game started or an inning pitched. First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team. A first baseman is the player on the team playing defense who fields the area nearest first base, and is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base. Eddie Murray is all-time leader in career games as a first baseman, playing 2,413 games at the position in his career. Only twenty different first baseman played over 2,000 games at first base during their careers.