Jim Fregosi (1961-1971) with 1367 games at shortstop.
The baseball player played shortstop in the game.
As of July 27, 2007: Luis Aparicio, Hall of Famer whose career spanned 1956-1973 with the Orioles, White Sox, and Red Sox, played in 2583 games at shortstop to hold the record. Omar Vizquel (1989-present) of the Giants is second with 2517 and Ozzie Smith (1978-1996), who played with the Padres and Cardinals, is third with 2511. Should Vizquel stay healthy he should overtake Aparicio early next season.
No, Alan Trammell of the Detroit Tigers had never played first base. He started at Shortstop in 1977 and continued Shortstop as his primary position throghout 1992. In 1993, he played Shortstop, third base, Left Field and Center Field. In 1994 and 1995, he played only Shortstop however in 1996 which was his last season as a player in the Major Leagues, he played second base, Shortop, third base and Left Field.
Bobby Bonds is a retired baseball player for the MLB. He played for the Angels and the Giants and earned 275,000 over his career.
Andre Rodgers was a cricket player who also played shortstop for the San Francisco Giants.
Its called short-stop
Tony Fernandez started 103 games at shortstop in 1995 for the Yankees. Kevin Elster and Derek Jeter also played shortstop for the Yankees in 1995. Jeter started 157 games for the Yankees at shortstop in 1996.
Actually, it was 'players' and they were Mark Belanger and Doug DeCinces. The Orioles' long time shortstop, Mark Belanger, had left the team following the 1981 season after being platooned with Lenn Sakata, Wayne Krenchicki, and Bobby Bonner. The Orioles' third baseman in 1981, Doug DeCinces, was traded to the California Angels prior to the 1982 season. Cal's streak began on May 30, 1982 against the Toronto Blue Jays and was the 66th career game he'd played. He spent the 1982 season playing both shortstop (94 starts) and third base (68 starts) before playing only shortstop in the 1983 season.
No, the pitcher would bat in the shortstop's spot and the shortstop would bat in the pitcher's/designated hitter's spot. According to MLB rule (6.10b), once a player bats for any player in the batting order and then enters the game as the pitcher, the designated hitter is no longer in effect.
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That was shortstop Ivan DeJesus who played in 158 games. Mike Schmidt was second at 154 games and Pete Rose was third at 151 games.
No player did that solely for the Twins.Rod Carew, who played with the Twins and Angels, played 1184 games at first base and 1130 games at second base during his career. 1128 of the games at second base were with the Twins but he played only 412 games at first base for the team. The other 718 games he played at first base was with the Angels.