Streak Miscellany

News and notes from Cal Ripken Jr.’s pursuit of Lou Gehrig’s mark for consecutive games played:

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IRON MEN

Baseball’s 10 longest playing streaks:

Player/Games

1. Cal Ripken: 2,130

2. Lou Gehrig: 2,130

3. Everett Scott: 1,307

4. Steve Garvey: 1,207

5. Billy Williams: 1,117

6. Joe Sewell: 1,103

7. Stan Musial: 895

8. Eddie Yost: 829

9. Gus Suhr: 822

10. Nellie Fox: 798

Note: On the list of 30 longest playing streaks, Pete Rose is one of two players who appears twice. Rose had streaks of 745 and 678 games. The second is Charlie Gehringer, 511 and 504.

STAT WATCH

How Gehrig and Ripken performed during the streak:

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Player AB R H HR RBI Avg Gehrig 7,948 1,877 2,700 492 1,976 .340 Ripken 8,288 1,243 2,310 316 1,212 .279

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THE WAY THEY WERE

Starting shortstops the day Ripken started his streak: NATIONAL LEAGUE

Dodgers: Mark Belanger

Atlanta: Rafael Ramirez

Chicago: Larry Bowa

Cincinnati: Dave Concepcion

Houston: Craig Reynolds

Montreal: Chris Speier

New York: Tom Veryzer

Philadelphia: Ivan DeJesus

Pittsburgh: Dale Berra

St. Louis: Ozzie Smith

San Diego: Garry Templeton

San Francisco: Johnnie LeMaster

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Angels: Tim Foli

Boston: Glenn Hoffman

Chicago: Bill Almon

Cleveland: Jerry Dybzinski

Detroit: Allan Trammell

Kansas City: Onix Concepcion

Milwaukee: Robin Yount

Minnesota: Lenny Faedo

New York: Roy Smalley

Oakland: Mickey Stanley

Seattle: Todd Cruz

Texas: Mark Waner

Toronto: Alfredo Griffin