Longevity Trivia

[Frayed Knot]

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]

David Wright

[Ceetar]

Jose Reyes

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Intangibles.

[Theoldmole]

Albert Pujols

[Theoldmole]

He who must not be named, with the MFYs.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Posada.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mariano

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Helton.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Crawford.

OE: As the "**" guy.

Edited January 22, 2011 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mariano's got 978 games played. I posted this a few days ago in the Trevor Hoffman thread.

D'oh.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ichiro.

[Valadius]

Eric Chavez.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Good one. Michael Young.

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

Edited January 22, 2011 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

Larry Jones

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Rollins.

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Varitek.

[Frayed Knot]

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.

Edited January 22, 2011 by Guest

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Brandon Inge has been manning the hot corner for the Detroit Tigers for a long time.

[Frayed Knot]

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]

Chase Utley.

[Frayed Knot]

**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.

Edited January 22, 2011 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

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

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Brian Roberts.

[metsmarathon]

i cheated. no way i'd get mr. 1,000 games.

[Gwreck]

Travis Hafner?

[Frayed Knot]

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]

Justin Morneau?

[Frayed Knot]

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]

Magglio Ordonez?

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