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Who's the current active position player who has played the longest for his MLB team?
displacedvermoter
(2,889 posts)his retirement? Just a guess.
True Dough
(19,899 posts)Blackmon narrowly misses out.
displacedvermoter
(2,889 posts)True Dough
(19,899 posts)You are correct, sir!
WestMichRad
(1,722 posts)but I think for less time than Blackmon has been a Rockies player.
True Dough
(19,899 posts)Perez is up there. He debuted on August 10, 2011.
twodogsbarking
(12,151 posts)True Dough
(19,899 posts)twodogsbarking
(12,151 posts)True Dough
(19,899 posts)I got this piece of trivia from a Twitter account called "Talkin' Baseball".
Here is their info:
Mike Trout debuted July 8, 2011. The next closest players are:
Jose Altuve - July 20, 2011
Salvador Perez - August 10, 2011
Jose Ramirez - September 1, 2013
However, if you look in the replies, someone points out that Charlie Blackmon debuted on June 7, 2011, making him the longest tenured player on the same team. Another person suggested that Talkin' baseball may have excluded Blackmon because he announced his retirement but that would be a mistake, IMO. He is not retired yet, just planning to retire.
Therefore displacedvermoter nailed it on the first guess in this thread. Congrats!
Link to tweet
displacedvermoter
(2,889 posts)ProfessorGAC
(69,462 posts)Displacevermoter is a serious baseball fan!
I never would have gotten it.
WestMichRad
(1,722 posts)I never wouldve guessed he was one of our longest tenured position players with a single team.
Nice to see that there are several longtime players who have been with just one team their entire careers. That phenomenon has become a rarity.