Major League All-Time Incumbency List
Pitchers
SP-Clsr.
John Smoltz Braves
mid 1988 – 2008
SP Walter Johnson
Senators mid
1907 – mid 1927
SP Warren Spahn
Braves 1946
- 1964
SP Bob Feller
Cleveland late 1936 – 1954/56
SP Ted Lyons
White Sox mid
1924 – 1942
or e.46?
SP Jim Palmer Baltimore 65-)mid 1965 – mid 1983/e84
SP Red Faber
White Sox 1914 – mid 1931/33
P Mel Harder Cleveland late 1929 – 1947
P Tim Wakefield
Red Sox 5/27/1995 - 2011
SP Phil Niekro
Braves l.64/1967 - 1983
SP Whitey Ford
Yankees mid
1950 – 1965/m.67
SP Tom Glavine Braves late
1987 - 2002
SP Bob Friend
Pittsburgh 1951 - 1965
SP Red Ruffing Yankees early 1930
- 1942/1946
P
Tommy
Bridges Detroit
late 1930 - 1943/e.46
RP
- P Mariano Rivera Yankees 5.23.95 -
Closer Trevor Hoffman San Diego6.24.93-)1994
– 2008
RP Roy Face
Pittsburgh 1955 – 8.30.1968
RP John Hiller
Detroit ’65,’66,7.1.67 –(5.27)1980
Position players
C Gabby Harnett
Chicago (NL) 1924 - 1939
SS Pee Wee Reese
Dodgers mid 1940 - 1957
SS-IF Luke Appling White
Sox 1931 - 1950
SS-3B Cal Ripken Baltimore 1982 - 2001
SS-CF Robin Yount
Milwaukee
1974 - 1993
2B Bid McPhee
Cincinnati
1882 - 1899
2B-OF-C Chris Biggio Houston late 1988 - 2007
3B Brooks Robinson
Baltimore 1958 - 1975
1B(3B-OF
Cap Anson Chicago (NL) 1876/1879 - 1897
OF-1B-DH
Carl Yastrzemski Red Sox 1961
- 1983
OF-1B Stan Musial
Cardinals 1942 - 1963
OF/LF Ted Williams Red
Sox 1939/1940 - 1960
OF/DH Al Kaline
Detroit
mid 1953 - 1973/74
CF Willie Mays
Giants 1951
- 1971
OF-1B Hank Aaron
Braves 1954
- 1974
OF Ty Cobb
Detroit
1906 - 1925
RF Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh 1955 - 1972
DH(OF-B)
Hal McRae Royals 1973/1976 - 1985-m87
DH
(3B/) Edgar Martinez Mariners
e.89/1995 - 2004
Team-mates
any
two Lou Whitaker & Alan Trammell Det.
l.77 - 1995
as
a DP combo, too: late
’77 - 1991, 95
Infield
1-2-S-3B
Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey Dodgers 1974 -
1981
Anson-Pfeffer-Williamson-Burns
Chicago (NL) 1883 - 1889
2B-SS-3B
D.Lopes-B.Russell-R.Cey Dodgers 1973
- 1981
2B-SS Lou Whitaker – Alan Trammell
Det. l. 77 - 1991 +95
1B-2B Lou Gehrig – Tony Lazzeri
Yankees 1926 - 1937
SS-3B Lou Boudreau – Ken Keltner Cle.
?. 39 - 1949
Outfield
any
3 Kaline-Brown-Horton
Detroit late
'64 - 1974
Henrich-DiMaggio-Keller Yankees 1939-(-'43-'45)-
1949
any
4 Kaline-Northrup-Horton-Brown Det.
late ‘64 – late ‘74
5 Kaline-Northrup-Stanley-Horton-Brown
Det. l. ‘65 – late ‘74
RF-CF-LF
Clemente-Virdon-Skinner Pittsburgh 1957 - 1962/63
RF-CF-LF
Evans-Lynn-Rice Red Sox 1975 - 1980
RF-CF-LF
Hooper-Speaker-Lewis Red Sox
1910 - 1915
RF-CF-LF
Kaline-Stanley-Horton Detroit 1967/68 - 1972
Battery-mates
SP
& C Warren Spahn – Del Crandall Braves 1949 - 1963
SP
& C Red Farber – Ray Schalk White Sox 1914 - e.27
Pitching Mates
any
2 P John Smoltz & Tom Glavine Braves
mid 1988 - 2002
SP-RP Bob Friend & Roy Face
Pittsburgh 1955 - 1965
3 SP Christy
Mathewson, Hooks Wiltse, Red Ames Giants
1904 – 1912/13
4 SP Bob
Feller, Bob Lemon, Early Wynn, Mike Garcia Cle. m.1949 -m.1955