Consecutive games started baseball

Seattle wasted no time breaking the record as Dee Gordon led off Thursday's game in Kansas City by going deep:. The Mariners lead the majors in home runs with.

Yes, they've played 15 games, but the Athletics have played 16 and several teams have played Plus, the Mariners also entered Thursday with a league-leading. The Mariners' 7. It has been a group effort. Jay Bruce has seven homers, but Dan Vogelbach has five in just 26 at-bats, compared to Bruce's Ryon Healy and Haniger have three, while Omar Narvaez has two. Gordon's homer was his first of his season and just his 16th in career MLB games and gave the Mariners a new spot in the record books:.

By Matt Snyder. Apr 11, at pm ET 1 min read. Richie Ashburn June 7 , September 26 , Ernie Banks August 26 , June 22 , Notes Hideki Matsui , although not in one league, assembled a consecutive games streak of 1, games combined between the Japanese league Yomiuri Giants and the Major league New York Yankees , playing games consecutively in the majors. The entire streak stretched from August 22, - May 11, Ripken says that the closest he ever came to not playing during his streak was the day after he twisted his knee during a bench-clearing brawl against the Seattle Mariners in June From June 5, to September 14, , Ripken played 8, consecutive innings, which is believed to be a record, although not one that is officially kept by MLB.

Ripken himself made the decision not to play on September 20 , , the Orioles' last home game of the season. Rookie Ryan Minor played third base for Ripken in a loss to the Yankees.

Lou Gehrig 's streak started as a pinch-hitter. The next day he started at first base in place of slumping Wally Pipp contrary to legend, Pipp did not have a headache , and stayed there for fourteen years. On July 14 , , Gehrig, suffering from an attack of lumbago , was listed in the Yankee lineup at shortstop. He batted in the top of the first inning to preserve the streak, singled, and was promptly removed from the game.

Gehrig's streak was ended by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , the disease that would take his life. His physical abilities rapidly declining, Gehrig told manager Joe McCarthy to take him out of the lineup on May 2 , He never played again, dying in Garvey's all-time National League record is less than half the length of Ripken's.

His streak was ended when he broke his thumb in a home plate collision against the Atlanta Braves. Tejada's streak is active. It had reached 1, games as of the end of the season. The streak ended at consecutive games on June 21, broke wrist day before when he had 1 plate appearance.

Despite the shortstop position carrying a relatively higher risk of injury, there is a disproportionate number of shortstops on the list: Ripken, Scott, Sewell, Tejada, and Banks.

MLB 's rule A pinch running appearance only shall not extend the streak. He even managed to play 83 games in the season, after being traded from Phoenix to the Dallas Mavericks. Green won two back-to-back championships with the Lakers and went to the All-Star game once, in He finished his career with averages of 9.

He played additional games, ending the streak at by voluntarily removing his name from the starting lineup, ending the 16 year old streak. He retired in at the age of 40 after 21 seasons of baseball, 19 All-Star appearances, one world series title , 2 MVP awards , and 2 Gold Glove awards , Doug Jarvis is mostly remembered for his Montreal Canadiens days, playing Center for Habs, winning four consecutive Stanley Cups , forming one of the best tandems in the NHL back then along with Bob Gainey, who was the head coach of the Dallas Star while Jarvis was an assistant there Jarvis was an assistant with the Stars for 14 seasons.

Besides the Habs, Jarvis played for the Washington Capitals and the Hartford Whalers till , where he retired. Sign in.