Merrifield's consecutive game streak broken at 553 due to toe injury.

[cockn'fyr]

The next closest player is Matt Olson at two hundred something!

 

[Neanderthal]

And he was only 2079 away from catching Ripken. The “most consecutive games played” streaks in all sports may be the most unbreakable records. The players nowadays miss games for minor stuff, and in the NBA they give them rest days. Seems to me like the more money you make the more you ought to play. Ripken’s highest salary was $6.85 mill.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

And he was only 2079 away from catching Ripken. The “most consecutive games played” streaks in all sports may be the most unbreakable records. The players nowadays miss games for minor stuff, and in the NBA they give them rest days. Seems to me like the more money you make the more you ought to play. Ripken’s highest salary was $6.85 mill.

That was a lot of $ back then. I remember when the avg salary in baseball first crossed the million dollar level. That was in the late 70's. Major leaguers used to live a very upward but still middle class life and lived amongst their fans.

 

[section907]

One of the best stories ever in making it to the show. Could make a movie.

 

[Neanderthal]

That was a lot of $ back then. I remember when the avg salary in baseball first crossed the million dollar level. That was in the late 70's. Major leaguers used to live a very upward but still middle class life and lived amongst their fans.

Those were the days! I really enjoyed the way they played baseball back then.

 

[Conway Gamecock]

Whatever happened to the days where you just cut it off, and kept on playing?!?!?

 

[TAV31]

Cal's streak should of never gotten close the number it did. Research the game where he was going to miss due to illness or injury, but the stadium had a power outage or something that same night. It was all set up according to the story.

 

[cockn'fyr]

I know about Cal's streak, just showing that's a pretty good streak now days!

 

[Neanderthal]

Nowadays, a player is an “iron man” if he plays in every game. Wonder how many players played every game last season?

 

[Conway Gamecock]

Nowadays, a player is an “iron man” if he plays in every game. Wonder how many players played every game last season?

Every game last season, they had players playing in them. Every game.......

 

[Neanderthal]

Every game. How many played 162 games?

 

[Neanderthal]

Freddie Freeman played in all 162 regular season games in 2018. Swanson and Riley played in 160 last year. Trivia.