Given that professional baseball plays the most games per season of any major American sport, it would be an understatement to suggest that the MLB season is a grind. Teams must travel for 81 of the 162 games (excluding the postseason) throughout the regular season.
The contentious Pete Rose has played in the most games of any athlete. He has played 3,562 games overall, 254 more than Carl Yastrzemski, who is second with 3308 in the MLB records. He holds the record for most games played in Major League Baseball ever.
Pete Rose is regarded as one of the most divisive baseball players in history, but he also holds the records for the most hits, at-bats, and plate appearances in addition to the most games played. But by illegally betting on baseball games, Rose wrecked his own illustrious career.
A permanent ban from baseball was imposed on Rose in August 1989 as a result of allegations that he had bet on baseball games while managing and playing for the Cincinnati Reds. He was accused of impropriety in part because it was implied that he placed bets on his own side.
Rose has never and may never be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a result of his lifetime suspension from baseball. Some baseball fans contend that it is difficult to chronicle the game’s history without Rose being in the Hall of Fame, while others continue to applaud the MLB for continuing to punish him for his transgressions.
Rose’s record for the most games played in history seems to be unbreakable, despite the fact that it seems unlikely that he will ever be inducted into the Cooperstown Hall of Fame.
When it comes to MLB games played, Miguel Cabrera currently holds the record
Miguel Cabrera now holds the record for the most games played by an active player with 2,699 after it was announced that Albert Pujols would retire after the 2022 season. Nelson Cruz, Joey Votto, and Robinson Cano are standing behind him.
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