Willie Mays has the most career games by a center fielder, with 2,992 games.

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most regular-season games as a center fielder

	NAME	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Willie Mays W. Mays	2,992	10,881	2,062	3,283	523	140	660	1,903	1,464	44	1,526	338	103	12,493	6,066	1,323	13	91	192	251	.302	.384	.557	.941	2266	894.8	.409	154	802.7
2	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	2,782	10,176	1,882	3,511	792	222	117	1,530	1,380	103	390	436		11,968	5,098	1,131	309				.345	.428	.501	.929	2263	922.6	.436	157	814
3	Steve Finley S. Finley	2,360	8,716	1,362	2,375	428	118	299	1,105	797	50	1,216	281	106	9,706	3,936	845	75	68	65	141	.272	.335	.452	.786	1278	86.8	.340	106	68.1
4	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	2,350	8,832	1,785	3,284	568	240	93	1,466	1,042	68	511	701		10,173	4,611	901	231				.372	.442	.522	.964	2030	893.1	.452	167	801.4
5	Willie Davis W. Davis	2,246	8,599	1,151	2,403	366	129	171	984	396	46	918	374	125	9,211	3,540	666	82	88	74	119	.279	.312	.412	.723	1051	75.5	.321	105	57.5
6	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	2,234	8,298	1,467	2,412	449	36	563	1,608	1,077	76	1,494	178	67	9,544	4,622	1,048	8	85	216	163	.291	.374	.557	.931	1666	508.5	.393	137	452.4
7	Doc Cramer D. Cramer	2,207	9,052	1,345	2,686	395	108	37	836	570	41	335	62		9,842	3,408	540	179			99	.297	.341	.376	.718	1165	0.6	.336	88	-163.3
8	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	2,189	8,365	1,322	2,574	317	109	29	586	1,198	43	571	234	92	9,736	3,196	455	112	18	25	83	.308	.396	.382	.778	1374	247.3	.362	115	179.4
9	Kenny Lofton K. Lofton	2,103	8,120	1,528	2,428	383	116	130	781	945	32	1,016	622	160	9,234	3,433	629	72	65	43	111	.299	.372	.423	.794	1303	163.2	.352	109	111.9
10	Marquis Grissom M. Grissom	2,067	7,987	1,145	2,177	372	54	224	938	526	31	1,200	407	114	8,639	3,329	650	34	61	42	168	.273	.318	.417	.735	994	-65.6	.321	93	-84.5
11	Brett Butler B. Butler	2,022	7,505	1,258	2,189	254	115	49	537	1,056	36	834	510	233	8,787	2,820	418	144	46	20	57	.292	.380	.376	.755	1180	165.2	.345	116	164.4
12	Amos Otis A. Otis	1,958	7,202	1,086	2,004	370	66	193	997	750	33	993	341	93	8,137	3,085	629	53	99	53	154	.278	.345	.428	.773	1071	182.5	.347	116	143.4
13	Bernie Williams B. Williams	1,945	7,449	1,301	2,218	420	55	275	1,196	1,036	37	1,159	145	87	8,591	3,573	750	11	58	92	209	.298	.384	.480	.863	1384	322.6	.375	127	304.4
14	Paul Blair P. Blair	1,935	6,040	774	1,513	282	55	134	620	449	23	877	171	93	6,671	2,307	471	108	51	23	126	.250	.302	.382	.684	694	-9.9	.309	97	-21.5
15	Jim Edmonds J. Edmonds	1,899	6,508	1,211	1,855	420	23	388	1,158	966	48	1,641	63	46	7,595	3,485	831	9	64	87	118	.285	.378	.535	.914	1310	369	.389	134	335.4
16	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	1,895	6,525	1,451	2,021	290	65	464	1,289	1,404	11	1,350	134	27	7,988	3,833	819	11	37	105	81	.310	.431	.587	1.018	1660	755.6	.443	177	742.4
17	Edd Roush E. Roush	1,893	7,197	1,073	2,322	331	178	67	951	478	52	240	256		7,967	3,210	576	240				.323	.369	.446	.815	1182	259.8	.380	128	255.3
18	Mike Cameron M. Cameron	1,840	6,482	1,012	1,608	358	57	265	927	834	83	1,798	284	81	7,485	2,875	680	27	59	19	109	.248	.339	.444	.782	992	67.2	.341	107	67.3
19	Lloyd Waner L. Waner	1,772	7,034	1,111	2,252	262	112	27	560	385	26	162	63		7,546	2,819	401	101			10	.320	.358	.401	.758	995	50.1	.351	101	14.1
20	Curt Flood C. Flood	1,751	6,353	849	1,860	271	44	84	635	444	52	608	88	73	6,954	2,471	399	72	33	22	117	.293	.342	.389	.731	846	101.9	.329	102	13.9
21	Garry Maddox G. Maddox	1,749	6,331	777	1,802	337	62	117	754	323	36	781	248	92	6,775	2,614	516	25	60	60	99	.285	.320	.413	.733	786	41.2	.326	100	-1.5
22	Devon White D. White	1,732	6,647	1,007	1,753	344	65	183	756	495	84	1,380	305	86	7,318	2,776	592	47	45	30	90	.264	.321	.418	.738	874	3.5	.326	98	-18.1
23	Max Carey M. Carey	1,711	6,432	1,106	1,876	292	108	55	570	739	61	414	526		7,436	2,549	455	204				.292	.370	.396	.766	1013	154.9	.364	113	116.4
24	Clyde Milan C. Milan	1,701	6,373	871	1,803	194	89	13	531	618	73	377	481		7,217	2,214	296	153				.283	.353	.347	.700	871	121.5	.343	112	94.6
25	Johnny Damon J. Damon	1,700	6,720	1,180	1,923	349	78	152	766	664	35	818	297	82	7,524	2,884	579	46	59	29	57	.286	.351	.429	.780	999	64	.341	102	17.5