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10/27: 162 Games Played

Posted by: Patrick

Steve Lombardi mentions the only Yankees to play in 162 games in a season. They were:

Righties:
Bobby Richardson in 1961
Roberto Kelly in 1990
Alex Rodriguez in 2005

Lefties:
Chris Chambliss in 1978
Don Mattingly in 1986
Hideki Matsui in 2003 (163), 2004 and 2005.

Only 6 guys (8 times). Considering how long the Yankees have been around, that seems like a low number to me.

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Seamus wrote:

I'm surprised that Jeter is not on that list. Didn't he have a consecutive games streak going at one time?

10/27 11:14:27

Patrick wrote:

I'm not sure. He's very durable, though. He's played 149 games or more in all but 1 (119 in 2003) of his 10 full seasons. 157+ 5 times. The most he has played in a year is 159 and he's done it twice - this year and 1997.

10/27 11:20:39

Steve wrote:

Patrick - don't forget that they've only been using the 162 season since 1961.

10/27 13:50:56

Patrick wrote:

Yeah, that sentence isn't particularly brilliant. ;) Maybe it is a decent number (8 times in 45 seasons). Anyone know where we can find the number of 162+ game seasons played by franchise? :)

10/27 13:57:43

Brian wrote:

Roy White played in 162 games for the Yankees in 1970 and 1973.

10/27 16:31:59

Patrick wrote:

Good catch, Brian.

10/27 16:35:30

Brian wrote:

The Yankees played 163 games in 5 seasons (1961, 1967, 1970, 1978, 2003).

10/27 16:38:02

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