Most consecutive games started baseball

Frank Viola 15 David Cone 17 Felix Hernandez 15 Jeff Suppan 17 Bob Knepper 15 Dave Stieb 16 Mike Morgan 22 Tom Candiotti 16 Tommy Bond 10 Scott Sanderson 19 Wilbur Cooper 15 James Shields 13 Mike Flanagan 18 Kevin Appier 16 Max Scherzer 14, 36 Bobby Witt 16 Charlie Buffinton 11 Al Orth 15 Steve Rogers 13 Paul Splittorff 15 Bill Gullickson 14 Jimmy Key 15 Hooks Dauss 15 Andy Benes 14 Ervin Santana 16, 38 Bronson Arroyo 16 Al Leiter 19 Jim Clancy 15 Dan Haren 13 Mike Cuellar 15 Burt Hooton 15 Clayton Kershaw 14, 33 Dutch Leonard 20 Tim Belcher 14 Red Ames 17 Bullet Joe Bush 17 Bob Buhl 15 Kevin Gross 15 Dolf Luque 20 Steve Renko 15 Ron Darling 13 Floyd Bannister 15 Tommy Bridges 16 Eddie Cicotte 14 Rudy May 16 Bruce Hurst 15 Adam Wainwright 16, 39 Freddy Garcia 15 John Candelaria 19 Bump Hadley 16 Babe Adams 19 Bill Dinneen 12 Ryan Dempster 16 Dave Stewart 16 Bill Hutchison 9 Pink Hawley 10 Pedro Astacio 15 Theodore Breitenstein 11 Roy Oswalt 13 Joe Coleman 15 Todd Stottlemyre 14 Murry Dickson 18 Kirk Rueter 13 Esteban Loaiza 14 Josh Beckett 14 Matt Cain 13 Ned Garver 14 Johnny Cueto 14, 35 Mark Baldwin 7 Happ 15, 38 Stan Bahnsen 16 Earl Moore 14 George Bradley 11 Danny Jackson 15 Wes Ferrell 15 John Denny 13 Madison Bumgarner 13, 31 Brad Penny 14 Frank Dwyer 12 Al Downing 17 Ken Hill 14 Tom Hughes 13 Jesse Barnes 13 Rube Benton 15 Bob Caruthers 10 Mike Boddicker 14 Guy Bush 17 Mike Caldwell 14 Pat Hentgen 14 Joaquin Andujar 13 Ray Burris 15 Don Cardwell 14 Tom Browning 12 Dickey 15 Sam Leever 13 Jason Hammel 13 Ramon Martinez 14 Bud Black 15 The next day he started at first base in place of slumping Wally Pipp contrary to legend, Pipp did not have a headache , and stayed there for fourteen years.

On July 14 , , Gehrig, suffering from an attack of lumbago , was listed in the Yankee lineup at shortstop. He batted in the top of the first inning to preserve the streak, singled, and was promptly removed from the game.

Gehrig's streak was ended by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , the disease that would take his life. His physical abilities rapidly declining, Gehrig told manager Joe McCarthy to take him out of the lineup on May 2 , He never played again, dying in Garvey's all-time National League record is less than half the length of Ripken's.

His streak was ended when he broke his thumb in a home plate collision against the Atlanta Braves. Tejada's streak is active. It had reached 1, games as of the end of the season. The streak ended at consecutive games on June 21, broke wrist day before when he had 1 plate appearance.

Despite the shortstop position carrying a relatively higher risk of injury, there is a disproportionate number of shortstops on the list: Ripken, Scott, Sewell, Tejada, and Banks.

MLB 's rule A pinch running appearance only shall not extend the streak. If a player is ejected from a game by an umpire before he can comply with the requirements of this rule, his streak shall continue.

Categories Lists Records Lore. Hugh Duffy. Tip O'Neill. Henry Moore. Steve Garvey. Hideki Matsui. Ernie Banks. Errors made at other positions would not disrupt the streak listed. Consecutive seasons played with different or multiple teams includes off-season and mid-season changes. Consecutive Hank Aaron Awards award first attributed in ; fan voting first included in Template:Refbegin Template:Refend. Baseball Wiki Explore.