Player stats

Batting Games Played 2021

Games in the player's batting record. A game with several plate appearances counts once.

Season

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2021. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Games Played / 2021

Whit Merrifield

162

Season leader

Batting Games Played2021 season
#	Player	Team	G
1	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	162
2	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TOR	162
3	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	161
4	S. PerezSalvador Perez	KC	161
5	A. RileyAustin Riley	ATL	160
6	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	160
7	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	160
8	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	159
9	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	159
10	B. BichetteBo Bichette	TOR	159
11	C. MullinsCedric Mullins	BAL	159
12	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	159
13	K. SeagerKyle Seager	SEA	159
14	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	158
15	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	158
16	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	158
17	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAA	158
18	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	KC	158
19	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	157
20	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	157
21	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	157
22	M. HanigerMitch Haniger	SEA	157
23	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	156
24	J. SchoopJonathan Schoop	DET	156
25	M. OlsonMatt Olson	OAK	156
26	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	156
27	R. GrossmanRobbie Grossman	DET	156
28	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	SD	155
29	T. PhamTommy Pham	SD	155
30	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	153
31	J. GalloJoey Gallo	NYY	153
32	T. FranceTy France	SEA	152
33	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	152
34	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	152
35	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	152
36	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	152
37	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	152
38	J. SotoJuan Soto	WSH	151
39	N. LopezNicky Lopez	KC	151
40	J. TurnerJustin Turner	LAD	151
41	E. HosmerEric Hosmer	SD	151
42	R. McMahonRyan McMahon	COL	151
43	M. ChapmanMatt Chapman	OAK	151
44	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	150
45	J. IndiaJonathan India	CIN	150
46	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	150
47	D. PeraltaDavid Peralta	AZ	150
48	L. UríasLuis Urías	MIL	150
49	J. CandelarioJeimer Candelario	DET	149
50	D. CarlsonDylan Carlson	STL	149

G: Games in the player's batting record. A game with several plate appearances counts once.

Understanding Batting Games Played

Games in the player's batting record. A game with several plate appearances counts once.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC.