Has any MLB player played in all 162 games?

Answer 1

There are 162 regular season games. If a player is on a team that qualifies for the postseason, then he will have played in those additional games as well. If a player played in every single regular-season game, and played in every postseason game, assuming all the series went the maximum games, a player could conceivably play 181 games in a season. One could even count the All-Star game, to say technically he played in 182 games. This answer is incorrect. MLB does not count postseason records toward a players yearly or career stats. They are separate. If you check this link, you'll see the career leaders for games played. A couple have hit 164 or 165, and a few have hit 163. http://www.Baseball-reference.com/leaders/G_season.shtml The correct answer to this question is a little complicated. If a game is tied after 5 innings and is then stopped (rained out, etc.) the stats count for the players. However, the game still needs to be made up. This is only in a tie after 5 innings. If one team leads, the game is official and counts toward the standings. But if the game is tied, after 5 innings, and the game is stopped, the players' stats count (including games played), but the game is still made-up at a later date. Thus, is a player plays in all the other games, he can get credit for 163 games played. Also, if the top two teams in a division are tied after the 162nd game, a 1 game playoff is needed to determine the final standings in the division. All stats are counted. This most recently happened in 2008 with the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins.

Answer 2

In 1961 and 1962, when first the A and then the NL expanded from 8 to 10 teams, the schedule was increased from 154 geams (equal to 22 games, 11 home and 11 away, against each of the other teams in the league) to 162 games (equal to 18 games, 9 home and 9 away). At the time, maintaining a balanced schedule was important since only the league champion advanced from the regular season to the World Series. When the leagues further expanded, broke the leagues into divisions, and adopted regular season inter-league games, the potential unfairness of imbalanced schedules was mitigated by allowing a "wild card" team to join into an expanded playoff schedule at the end of the regular season.

Answer 3

Yes, that has happened many, many times. In the 2010 season, both Matt Kemp of the Dodgers and Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners played in all 162 regular season games. In 2009, Prince Fielder of the Brewers played in all 162 games and, in 2008, Adrian Gonzalez of the Padres and Ryan Howard of the Phillies played in all 162. Each season, there is usually one or more players that plays in every regular season game.

Also in 2008, Justin Morneau of the Twins played in 163 games, the 163rd being the American League wild card tiebreaker between the Twins and White Sox.

Answer 4

Roughly half of a year while utilizing the months with the best weather.