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Longevity Trivia

Frayed Knot
Jan 22 2011 07:35 AM

Vernon Wells getting dealt to the Angels will take him off the list of active players who have been with just one franchise and have surpassed 1,000 games played.
Wells is currently in 10th place in terms of games played with one team on the list which, as of the end of the 2010 season, contained 16 such players with at least 1K appearances.

Your mission - should you decide to accept it - is to come up with the other 15.
The chart below gives the league, number of games played, and the season each first appeared as clues. All, not surprisingly, are non-pitchers.
At least one other player (**) in addition to Wells looks to be a non-returner to his life-long team for 2011.

Good luck Mr. Phelps.

LG Games Since PLAYER
AL 2,295 1995
NL 2,261 1993
NL 1,930 1997
AL 1,714 1995
AL 1,588 2001
NL 1,558 2001
AL 1,508 2000
NL 1,494 2000
AL 1,478 1997
AL 1,393 1999 Vernon Wells
AL 1,320 1998 **
AL 1,297 2001
AL 1,194 2001
NL 1,006 2003
NL 1,004 2004
AL 1,000 2001

Ceetar
Jan 22 2011 07:41 AM
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David Wright

Ceetar
Jan 22 2011 07:41 AM
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Jose Reyes

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2011 07:42 AM
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Intangibles.

TheOldMole
Jan 22 2011 07:43 AM
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Albert Pujols

TheOldMole
Jan 22 2011 07:43 AM
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He who must not be named, with the MFYs.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2011 07:43 AM
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Posada.

batmagadanleadoff
Jan 22 2011 07:44 AM
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Mariano

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2011 07:44 AM
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Helton.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2011 07:46 AM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 22 2011 07:51 AM

Crawford.

OE: As the "**" guy.

batmagadanleadoff
Jan 22 2011 07:46 AM
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Mariano's got 978 games played. I posted this a few days ago in the Trevor Hoffman thread.

D'oh.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2011 07:46 AM
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Ichiro.

Valadius
Jan 22 2011 07:47 AM
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Eric Chavez.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2011 07:48 AM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 22 2011 07:49 AM

Good one. Michael Young.

(I'm finding my longtime fantasy-BB involvement helpful in this endeavor.)

batmagadanleadoff
Jan 22 2011 07:48 AM
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Larry Jones

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2011 07:50 AM
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Rollins.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2011 07:56 AM
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Varitek.

Frayed Knot
Jan 22 2011 08:22 AM
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Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Jan 22 2011 08:28 AM

LG Games Since PLAYER
AL 2,295 1995 Derek Jeter
NL 2,261 1993 Larry Jones
NL 1,930 1997 Todd Helton
AL 1,714 1995 Jorge Posada
AL 1,588 2001 Ichiro Suzuki
NL 1,558 2001 Albert Pujols
AL 1,508 2000 Michael Young
NL 1,494 2000 Jimmy Rollins
AL 1,478 1997 Jason Varitek
AL 1,393 1999 Vernon Wells
AL 1,320 1998 Eric Chavez**
AL 1,297 2001
AL 1,194 2001
NL 1,006 2003
NL 1,004 2004 David Wright
AL 1,000 2001

Incorrect answers so far:
Jose Reyes
Carl Crawford
Mariano Rivera

Chavez has declared for FA although I don't think he's signed anywhere yet and may not at all.

Rockin' Doc
Jan 22 2011 08:24 AM
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Brandon Inge has been manning the hot corner for the Detroit Tigers for a long time.

Frayed Knot
Jan 22 2011 08:26 AM
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Brandon Inge is also correct

LG Games Since PLAYER
AL 2,295 1995 Derek Jeter
NL 2,261 1993 Larry Jones
NL 1,930 1997 Todd Helton
AL 1,714 1995 Jorge Posada
AL 1,588 2001 Ichiro Suzuki
NL 1,558 2001 Albert Pujols
AL 1,508 2000 Michael Young
NL 1,494 2000 Jimmy Rollins
AL 1,478 1997 Jason Varitek
AL 1,393 1999 Vernon Wells
AL 1,320 1998 Eric Chavez**
AL 1,297 2001 Brandon Inge
AL 1,194 2001
NL 1,006 2003
NL 1,004 2004 David Wright
AL 1,000 2001

Two infielders and one OF/IF remain

Valadius
Jan 22 2011 08:34 AM
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Chase Utley.

Frayed Knot
Jan 22 2011 08:35 AM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 22 2011 08:40 AM

**MISTAKE ALERT** -- the list should have included Carl Crawford who was well over the limit with Tampa Bay.
I suspect the source I took this from must have pre-exed him from the list on account of his FA contract with Boston whereas the Wells trade just happened and the Chavez destination is up in the air.

Frayed Knot
Jan 22 2011 08:39 AM
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C'mon down Chase Utley - a full four years older than Wright he's just ahead of him in games played.

LG Games Since PLAYER
AL 2,295 1995 Derek Jeter
NL 2,261 1993 Larry Jones
NL 1,930 1997 Todd Helton
AL 1,714 1995 Jorge Posada
AL 1,588 2001 Ichiro Suzuki
NL 1,558 2001 Albert Pujols
AL 1,508 2000 Michael Young
NL 1,494 2000 Jimmy Rollins
AL 1,478 1997 Jason Varitek
AL 1,393 1999 Vernon Wells*
AL 1,320 1998 Eric Chavez*
AL 1,234 2002 Carl Crawford*
AL 1,297 2001 Brandon Inge
AL 1,194 2001
NL 1,006 2003 Chase Utley
NL 1,004 2004 David Wright
AL 1,000 2001

* Streak will break with the beginning of 2011

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2011 09:33 AM
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Brian Roberts.

metsmarathon
Jan 22 2011 09:39 AM
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i cheated. no way i'd get mr. 1,000 games.

Gwreck
Jan 22 2011 09:50 AM
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Travis Hafner?

Frayed Knot
Jan 22 2011 10:24 AM
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Brian Roberts is correct.
Travis Hafner = 941

"Mr. 1,000" is an AL Central player who has played a variety of positions.

LG Games Since PLAYER
AL 2,295 1995 Derek Jeter
NL 2,261 1993 Larry Jones
NL 1,930 1997 Todd Helton
AL 1,714 1995 Jorge Posada
AL 1,588 2001 Ichiro Suzuki
NL 1,558 2001 Albert Pujols
AL 1,508 2000 Michael Young
NL 1,494 2000 Jimmy Rollins
AL 1,478 1997 Jason Varitek
AL 1,393 1999 Vernon Wells*
AL 1,320 1998 Eric Chavez*
AL 1,234 2002 Carl Crawford*
AL 1,297 2001 Brandon Inge
AL 1,194 2001 Brian Roberts
NL 1,006 2003 Chase Utley
NL 1,004 2004 David Wright
AL 1,000 2001

TheOldMole
Jan 22 2011 10:58 AM
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Justin Morneau?

Frayed Knot
Jan 22 2011 11:17 AM
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Nope

Final clue: He part of that large pack of players that came out of eastern Virginia in a relatively short span of time.

Ceetar
Jan 22 2011 11:47 AM
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Magglio Ordonez?

Nope, I'd forgotten he switched within the AL Central. did have 1001 with CHW before he got his stripes

Gwreck
Jan 22 2011 12:12 PM
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Michael Cuddyer

Frayed Knot
Jan 22 2011 12:30 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
Michael Cuddyer

DING DING DING!!!

Magglio Ordonez spent the first half of his career with the ChiSox.

LG Games Since PLAYER
AL 2,295 1995 Derek Jeter
NL 2,261 1993 Larry Jones
NL 1,930 1997 Todd Helton
AL 1,714 1995 Jorge Posada
AL 1,588 2001 Ichiro Suzuki
NL 1,558 2001 Albert Pujols
AL 1,508 2000 Michael Young
NL 1,494 2000 Jimmy Rollins
AL 1,478 1997 Jason Varitek
AL 1,393 1999 Vernon Wells*
AL 1,320 1998 Eric Chavez*
AL 1,234 2002 Carl Crawford*
AL 1,297 2001 Brandon Inge
AL 1,194 2001 Brian Roberts
NL 1,006 2003 Chase Utley
NL 1,004 2004 David Wright
AL 1,000 2001 Michael Cuddyer

seawolf17
Jan 22 2011 02:28 PM
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Morneau would have been my guess too; 948 games to date.

Benjamin Grimm
Jan 22 2011 02:34 PM
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Jeez, I would have done horribly at this quiz. Stuff like this serves as a reminder of how narrow my baseball focus has been since the 1994 strike.