Grounding into Double Plays All Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for Grounding Into Double Plays

Each of the following players holds a dubious mark in baseball history and each of them could easily be the hero of their team with one swing or the brunt of the fan's boos with another type of swing.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time Major League career leaders for grounding into double plays. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance to think about it, it's almost like a storybook career. You feel so blessed to have been able to compete this long." - Cal Ripken, Jr. (1st Overall Grounding into Double Plays Leader)

Grounding into Double Plays All Time Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	GIDP	Rank
Cal Ripken, Jr.	350	1
Hank Aaron	328	2
Carl Yastrzemski	323	3
Dave Winfield	319	4
Eddie Murray	316	5
Jim Rice	315	6
Julio Franco	312	7
Harold Baines	298	8
Brooks Robinson	297	9
Rusty Staub	297
Ivan Rodriguez	287	11
Ted Simmons	287
Joe Torre	284	13
George Scott	277	14
Roberto Clemente	275	15
Al Kaline	271	16
Frank Robinson	269	17
Tony Perez	268	18
Dave Concepcion	266	19
Ernie Lombardi	261	20
Tony Gwynn	260	21
Ron Santo	256	22
Buddy Bell	255	23
Al Oliver	254	24
Steve Garvey	251	25
Willie Mays	251
Ken Singleton	248	27
Bill Buckner	247	28
Pete Rose	247
Harmon Killebrew	243	30
Stan Musial	243
Wade Boggs	236	32
Gary Gaetti	236
George Brett	235	34
Tony Pena	234	35
Chili Davis	232	36
John Olerud	232
Rafael Palmeiro	231	38
Manny Ramirez	230	39
Ernie Banks	229	40
Mike Piazza	229
Dwight Evans	227	42
Fred McGriff	226	43
Gary Sheffield	225	44
Frank Thomas	225
Vinny Castilla	224	46
Jeff Kent	224
Joe Adcock	223	48
Bernie Williams	223
Todd Zeile	223
Jeff Bagwell	221	51
Paul O'Neill	221
Dick Groat	220	53
Tommy Davis	219	54
Vladimir Guerrero	219
Frank Howard	219
Lee May	219
Orlando Cepeda	218	58
Royce Clayton	218
Willie Randolph	218
Andre Dawson	217	61
Robin Yount	217
Rod Carew	216	63
Miguel Tejada	216
Del Ennis	212	65
Luis Gonzalez	212
George Hendrick	211	67
Paul Konerko	209	68
Paul Molitor	209
Dale Murphy	209
Dave Parker	209
Lou Piniella	209
Edgar Renteria	209
Carl Furillo	207	74
Roberto Alomar	206	75
Rico Carty	206
Benito Santiago	205	77
Carlton Fisk	204	78
Chipper Jones	204
Joe Medwick	203	80
Sammy Sosa	202	81
Johnny Bench	201	82
Billy Williams	200	83
Magglio Ordonez	199	84
Brad Ausmus	197	85
Brian Downing	197
Graig Nettles	197
Lance Parrish	197
Ted Williams	197
Don Baylor	196	90
George Foster	196
Moises Alou	195	92
Bob Bailey	195
Willie Horton	195
Derek Jeter	195
Billy Jurges	195
Bill Mazeroski	194	97
Albert Belle	193	98
Ruben Sierra	193
Bill Skowron	192	100
Omar Vizquel	192
Tim Wallach	192
Name	GIDP	Rank
Current Through 2008 Season

Did you know that only Augie Galan (1935), Dick McAuliffe (1968) & Craig Biggio (1997) are the only three major league ballplayers to appear in 150+ games and ground into a double play zero times?

On May 4, 1969, the San Francisco Giants grounded into a Major League record seven (7) double plays during the same nine-inning game — losing 3-1 to the Houston Astros in the Astrodome.

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