Grounding into Double Plays All Time Leaders by 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
Ted Simmons	287	11
Joe Torre	284	12
George Scott	277	13
Roberto Clemente	275	14
Ivan Rodriguez	272	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
Ernie Banks	229	39
Mike Piazza	229
Dwight Evans	227	41
Fred McGriff	226	42
Vinny Castilla	224	43
Joe Adcock	223	44
Bernie Williams	223
Todd Zeile	223
Jeff Bagwell	221	47
Paul O'Neill	221
Dick Groat	220	49
Tommy Davis	219	50
Frank Howard	219
Lee May	219
Orlando Cepeda	218	53
Royce Clayton	218
Willie Randolph	218
Andre Dawson	217	56
Robin Yount	217
Rod Carew	216	58
Frank Thomas	216
Manny Ramirez	213	60
Del Ennis	212	61
George Hendrick	211	62
Jeff Kent	211
Paul Molitor	209	64
Dale Murphy	209
Dave Parker	209
Lou Piniella	209
Carl Furillo	207	68
Roberto Alomar	206	69
Rico Carty	206
Gary Sheffield	206
Benito Santiago	205	72
Carlton Fisk	204	73
Joe Medwick	203	74
Luis Gonzalez	202	75
Sammy Sosa	202
Johnny Bench	201	77
Billy Williams	200	78
Brian Downing	197	79
Graig Nettles	197
Lance Parrish	197
Ted Williams	197
Don Baylor	196	83
George Foster	196
Bob Bailey	195	85
Willie Horton	195
Billy Jurges	195
Moises Alou	194	88
Bill Mazeroski	194
Brad Ausmus	193	90
Albert Belle	193
Ruben Sierra	193
Vladimir Guerrero	192	93
Paul Konerko	192
Bill Skowron	192
Tim Wallach	192
Bob Boone	191	97
Mark Grace	191
Billy Herman	191
Chipper Jones	191	100
Tino Martinez	191
Don Mattingly	191
Frank Thomas	191
Name	GIDP	Rank
Current Through 2007 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.

If grounding into double play records interest you, please click the link and visit our page dedicated to grounding into double plays and read about most in a season, most by a rookie in a season, most by a right-handed hitter, left-handed hitter, switch-hitter and many other unique and hard to find variations.

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