List of Major League Baseball Players Who Spent Their Entire Career With One Franchise
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List of Major League Baseball Players Who Spent Their Entire Career With One Franchise
The following is a list of former Major League Baseball (MLB) players who played in at least 10 MLB seasons and spent their entire MLB playing careers exclusively with one franchise. In most cases, this means the player only appeared with one team; there are also players whose team was relocated (e.g. the Athletics) or had a name change (e.g. the Angels) during their career. Some listed players subsequently went on to coach or manage with other teams, or may have had minor league appearances with other franchises.
As of February 2021, 180 players have accomplished this feat, of which the New York Yankees have had the most, with 25. Bid McPhee and Mike Tiernan, both of whom played exclusively in the 19th century, were the first two players to complete the feat. Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski share the distinction of the longest tenure with a single team, 23 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox, respectively. Dustin Pedroia, who spent 14 seasons with the Red Sox, is the most recent player to complete a career of at least 10 seasons with one team.[1]
Players
Only players who are no longer active are listed here. This list does not include active players, or free agents who have not yet retired (such players are listed below). A player is considered "inactive" if he has not played baseball for one year or has announced his retirement.
| Seasons | Total seasons played |
|---|---|
| Years | Years played |
 |
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame |
Honorable mention
- Bug Holliday played 10 seasons for the Cincinnati Reds franchise, from 1889 to 1898, appearing in 930 games.[146] During the 1885 World Series, one of several pre-modern World Series held from 1884 to 1890, Holliday had played in one game for the Chicago White Stockings of the National League (today's Chicago Cubs). This was Holliday's only major league appearance for a franchise other than Cincinnati. As MLB considers the first World Series to have been the 1903 edition, some baseball sites list Holliday as having only played for a single franchise.[147]
Counts by franchise
Table last updated February 1, 2021.
Active players
The following active players have played at least 10 seasons with only a single MLB franchise, making them potential future additions to the main list above.
Players are removed from this list only when they retire or make a regular season appearance with a different MLB team.
Denotes a player who is currently a free agent.
Denotes a player who is under contract with a different team.
See also
- List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise
- List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise
- List of NFL players who spent their entire career with one franchise
- List of one-club men in association football
- List of one-club men in rugby league
References
Researched through the Baseball-Reference.com website.
- ^ Adler, David (February 1, 2021). "'True Red Sox': Pedroia retires after 14 years". MLB.com. Retrieved 2021.
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Further reading
- Leitch, Will (August 12, 2015). "Chase Utley and One-Team Wonders". sportsonearth.com. Retrieved 2018.
- Mearns, Andrew (February 22, 2018). "Who were the best players to spend their careers with one team?". MLB.com. Retrieved 2018.
- Newman, Mark (December 23, 2017). "10 active players with longest tenure with 1 club". MLB.com. Retrieved 2018.
- Simon, Andrew (March 11, 2019). "The longest-tenured player on each MLB team". MLB.com. Retrieved 2019.
- Smiley, Brett (October 20, 2016). "For Life: The greatest MLB players who spent their entire careers with one team". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2018.
- "Current MLB Lifers". ESPN. Retrieved 2019.
A lifer is a player who has played with only one team for at least ten years.
(Note: ESPN's list is missing several players)
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