Center Field Leaders
Top 100 Center Field in MLB history by games played at the position
| Rank | Player Name | Games at CF | Years Active | Career G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie Mays | 2829 | 1951-1973 | 2992 | 10881 | 3283 | 660 | 0.302 |
| 2 | Tris Speaker | 2691 | 1907-1928 | 2789 | 10195 | 3514 | 117 | 0.345 |
| 3 | Steve Finley | 2314 | 1989-2007 | 2583 | 9397 | 2548 | 304 | 0.271 |
| 4 | Willie Davis | 2239 | 1960-1979 | 2429 | 9174 | 2561 | 182 | 0.279 |
| 5 | Ty Cobb | 2194 | 1905-1928 | 3035 | 11436 | 4189 | 117 | 0.366 |
| 6 | Ken Griffey | 2145 | 1989-2010 | 2671 | 9801 | 2781 | 630 | 0.284 |
| 7 | Doc Cramer | 2027 | 1929-1948 | 2239 | 9140 | 2705 | 37 | 0.296 |
| 8 | Brett Butler | 1987 | 1981-1997 | 2213 | 8180 | 2375 | 54 | 0.290 |
| 9 | Kenny Lofton | 1984 | 1991-2007 | 2103 | 8120 | 2428 | 130 | 0.299 |
| 10 | Richie Ashburn | 1980 | 1948-1962 | 2189 | 8365 | 2574 | 29 | 0.308 |
| 11 | Marquis Grissom | 1967 | 1989-2005 | 2165 | 8275 | 2251 | 227 | 0.272 |
| 12 | Bernie Williams | 1856 | 1991-2006 | 2076 | 7869 | 2336 | 287 | 0.297 |
| 13 | Amos Otis | 1825 | 1967-1984 | 1998 | 7299 | 2020 | 193 | 0.277 |
| 14 | Paul Blair | 1802 | 1964-1980 | 1947 | 6042 | 1513 | 134 | 0.250 |
| 15 | Mike Cameron | 1787 | 1995-2011 | 1955 | 6839 | 1700 | 278 | 0.249 |
| 16 | Jim Edmonds | 1768 | 1993-2010 | 2011 | 6858 | 1949 | 393 | 0.284 |
| 17 | Edd Roush | 1755 | 1913-1931 | 1967 | 7363 | 2376 | 68 | 0.323 |
| 18 | Mickey Mantle | 1742 | 1951-1968 | 2401 | 8102 | 2415 | 536 | 0.298 |
| 19 | Billy Hoy | 1727 | 1888-1902 | 1797 | 7115 | 2048 | 40 | 0.288 |
| 20 | Andruw Jones | 1724 | 1996-2012 | 2196 | 7599 | 1933 | 434 | 0.254 |
| 21 | Devon White | 1722 | 1985-2001 | 1941 | 7344 | 1934 | 208 | 0.263 |
| 22 | Curt Flood | 1692 | 1956-1971 | 1759 | 6357 | 1861 | 85 | 0.293 |
| 23 | Vada Pinson | 1680 | 1958-1975 | 2469 | 9645 | 2757 | 256 | 0.286 |
| 24 | Lloyd Waner | 1660 | 1927-1945 | 1993 | 7772 | 2459 | 27 | 0.316 |
| 25 | Garry Maddox | 1658 | 1972-1986 | 1749 | 6331 | 1802 | 117 | 0.285 |
| 26 | Joe DiMaggio | 1634 | 1936-1951 | 1736 | 6821 | 2214 | 361 | 0.325 |
| 27 | Clyde Milan | 1631 | 1907-1922 | 1982 | 7359 | 2100 | 17 | 0.285 |
| 28 | Max Carey | 1624 | 1910-1929 | 2476 | 9363 | 2665 | 70 | 0.285 |
| 29 | Adam Jones | 1590 | 2006-2019 | 1823 | 7009 | 1939 | 282 | 0.277 |
| 30 | Duke Snider | 1589 | 1947-1964 | 2143 | 7161 | 2116 | 407 | 0.295 |
| 31 | Fred Lynn | 1584 | 1974-1990 | 1969 | 6925 | 1960 | 306 | 0.283 |
| 32 | Carlos Beltran | 1572 | 1998-2017 | 2586 | 9768 | 2725 | 435 | 0.279 |
| 33 | Bill Bruton | 1548 | 1953-1964 | 1610 | 6056 | 1651 | 94 | 0.273 |
| 34 | Torii Hunter | 1523 | 1997-2015 | 2372 | 8857 | 2452 | 353 | 0.277 |
| 35 | Bill Virdon | 1506 | 1955-1968 | 1583 | 5980 | 1596 | 91 | 0.267 |
| 36 | Rick Monday | 1489 | 1966-1984 | 1986 | 6136 | 1619 | 241 | 0.264 |
| 37 | Earl Averill | 1476 | 1929-1941 | 1668 | 6353 | 2019 | 238 | 0.318 |
| 38 | Chet Lemon | 1470 | 1975-1990 | 1988 | 6868 | 1875 | 215 | 0.273 |
| 39 | Mike Griffin | 1461 | 1887-1898 | 1513 | 5923 | 1755 | 42 | 0.296 |
| 40 | Dode Paskert | 1458 | 1907-1921 | 1716 | 6017 | 1613 | 42 | 0.268 |
| 41 | Cesar Cedeno | 1457 | 1970-1986 | 2006 | 7310 | 2087 | 199 | 0.285 |
| 42 | Sam West | 1446 | 1927-1942 | 1753 | 6148 | 1838 | 75 | 0.299 |
| 43 | Kirby Puckett | 1432 | 1984-1995 | 1783 | 7244 | 2304 | 207 | 0.318 |
| 44 | Ginger Beaumont | 1384 | 1899-1910 | 1463 | 5660 | 1759 | 39 | 0.311 |
| 45 | George Van Haltren | 1376 | 1887-1903 | 1990 | 8043 | 2544 | 69 | 0.316 |
| 46 | Cy Williams | 1373 | 1912-1930 | 2002 | 6780 | 1981 | 251 | 0.292 |
| 47 | Vernon Wells | 1369 | 1999-2013 | 1731 | 6642 | 1794 | 270 | 0.270 |
| 48 | Willie Wilson | 1357 | 1976-1994 | 2154 | 7731 | 2207 | 41 | 0.285 |
| 49 | Roy Thomas | 1356 | 1899-1911 | 1470 | 5296 | 1537 | 7 | 0.290 |
| 50 | Willie McGee | 1351 | 1982-1999 | 2201 | 7649 | 2254 | 79 | 0.295 |
| 51 | Mike Trout | 1344 | - | 1648 | 5967 | 1754 | 404 | 0.294 |
| 52 | Dom DiMaggio | 1337 | 1940-1953 | 1399 | 5640 | 1680 | 87 | 0.298 |
| 53 | Andrew McCutchen | 1332 | - | 2127 | 7873 | 2152 | 319 | 0.273 |
| 54 | Larry Doby | 1330 | 1947-1959 | 1533 | 5348 | 1515 | 253 | 0.283 |
| 55 | Lance Johnson | 1327 | 1987-2000 | 1447 | 5379 | 1565 | 34 | 0.291 |
| 56 | Lloyd Moseby | 1325 | 1980-1991 | 1588 | 5815 | 1494 | 169 | 0.257 |
| 57 | Rick Manning | 1317 | 1975-1987 | 1555 | 5248 | 1349 | 56 | 0.257 |
| 58 | Brian McRae | 1307 | 1990-1999 | 1354 | 5114 | 1336 | 103 | 0.261 |
| 59 | Paul Hines | 1303 | 1872-1891 | 1658 | 7062 | 2133 | 57 | 0.302 |
| 60 | Johnny Damon | 1298 | 1995-2012 | 2490 | 9736 | 2769 | 235 | 0.284 |
| 61 | Jim Busby | 1265 | 1950-1962 | 1352 | 4250 | 1113 | 48 | 0.262 |
| 62 | Fielder Jones | 1255 | 1896-1915 | 1788 | 6747 | 1920 | 21 | 0.285 |
| 63 | Curtis Granderson | 1254 | 2004-2019 | 2057 | 7236 | 1800 | 344 | 0.249 |
| 64 | Steve Brodie | 1243 | 1890-1902 | 1438 | 5703 | 1728 | 25 | 0.303 |
| 65 | Omar Moreno | 1221 | 1975-1986 | 1382 | 4992 | 1257 | 37 | 0.252 |
| 66 | Jim Piersall | 1212 | 1950-1967 | 1734 | 5890 | 1604 | 104 | 0.272 |
| 67 | Lenny Dykstra | 1211 | 1985-1996 | 1278 | 4559 | 1298 | 81 | 0.285 |
| 68 | Juan Pierre | 1193 | 2000-2013 | 1994 | 7525 | 2217 | 18 | 0.295 |
| 69 | Carlos Gomez | 1191 | 2007-2019 | 1461 | 4724 | 1189 | 145 | 0.252 |
| 70 | Terry Moore | 1185 | 1935-1948 | 1298 | 4700 | 1318 | 80 | 0.280 |
| 71 | Jim Wynn | 1182 | 1963-1977 | 1920 | 6653 | 1665 | 291 | 0.250 |
| 72 | Dwayne Murphy | 1179 | 1978-1989 | 1360 | 4347 | 1069 | 166 | 0.246 |
| 73 | George Gore | 1175 | 1879-1892 | 1310 | 5357 | 1612 | 46 | 0.301 |
| 74 | Mickey Stanley | 1175 | 1964-1978 | 1516 | 5022 | 1243 | 117 | 0.248 |
| 75 | Dexter Fowler | 1170 | 2008-2021 | 1460 | 5040 | 1306 | 127 | 0.259 |
| 76 | Michael Bourn | 1159 | 2006-2016 | 1361 | 4784 | 1272 | 36 | 0.266 |
| 77 | B. J. Upton | 1159 | 2004-2016 | 1469 | 5175 | 1260 | 164 | 0.243 |
| 78 | Coco Crisp | 1158 | 2002-2016 | 1586 | 5930 | 1572 | 130 | 0.265 |
| 79 | Earle Combs | 1157 | 1924-1935 | 1455 | 5746 | 1866 | 58 | 0.325 |
| 80 | Dave Henderson | 1157 | 1981-1994 | 1538 | 5130 | 1324 | 197 | 0.258 |
| 81 | Aaron Rowand | 1155 | 2001-2011 | 1358 | 4374 | 1193 | 136 | 0.273 |
| 82 | Hi Myers | 1150 | 1909-1925 | 1310 | 4910 | 1380 | 32 | 0.281 |
| 83 | Robin Yount | 1150 | 1974-1993 | 2856 | 11008 | 3142 | 251 | 0.285 |
| 84 | Bill Tuttle | 1146 | 1952-1963 | 1270 | 4268 | 1105 | 67 | 0.259 |
| 85 | Mickey Rivers | 1144 | 1970-1984 | 1468 | 5629 | 1660 | 61 | 0.295 |
| 86 | Ray Lankford | 1138 | 1990-2004 | 1701 | 5747 | 1561 | 238 | 0.272 |
| 87 | Otis Nixon | 1137 | 1983-1999 | 1709 | 5115 | 1379 | 11 | 0.270 |
| 88 | Ned Hanlon | 1133 | 1880-1892 | 1270 | 5087 | 1318 | 30 | 0.259 |
| 89 | Jim Landis | 1128 | 1957-1967 | 1346 | 4288 | 1061 | 93 | 0.247 |
| 90 | Gary Pettis | 1125 | 1982-1992 | 1183 | 3629 | 855 | 21 | 0.236 |
| 91 | Andy Van Slyke | 1119 | 1983-1995 | 1658 | 5711 | 1562 | 164 | 0.274 |
| 92 | Del Unser | 1117 | 1968-1982 | 1799 | 5215 | 1344 | 87 | 0.258 |
| 93 | Jacoby Ellsbury | 1105 | 2007-2017 | 1235 | 4846 | 1376 | 104 | 0.284 |
| 94 | Tom Brown | 1101 | 1882-1898 | 1791 | 7387 | 1958 | 64 | 0.265 |
| 95 | Mike Kreevich | 1096 | 1931-1945 | 1241 | 4676 | 1321 | 45 | 0.283 |
| 96 | Cy Seymour | 1096 | 1896-1913 | 1529 | 5686 | 1724 | 52 | 0.303 |
| 97 | Baby Doll Jacobson | 1095 | 1915-1927 | 1472 | 5507 | 1714 | 83 | 0.311 |
| 98 | Cesar Geronimo | 1079 | 1969-1983 | 1522 | 3780 | 977 | 51 | 0.258 |
| 99 | Sam Chapman | 1076 | 1938-1951 | 1368 | 4988 | 1329 | 180 | 0.266 |
| 100 | Vince DiMaggio | 1070 | 1937-1946 | 1110 | 3849 | 959 | 125 | 0.249 |