Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Ozzie Smith had the most games by a shortstop, with 1,468 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games as a shortstop in the 1980s

	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	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	1,468	5,330	703	1,392	241	39	17	477	662	23	341	364	86	6,159	1,762	297	110	34	60	93	.261	.343	.331	.674	648	-46	.308	94	-42.9
2	Alfredo Griffin A. Griffin	1,419	5,051	571	1,263	194	63	21	418	230	17	451	155	107	5,434	1,646	278	100	36	21	58	.250	.283	.326	.609	423	-189.9	.273	66	-211.5
3	Alan Trammell A. Trammell	1,389	5,192	815	1,504	267	39	130	637	547	27	534	167	71	5,905	2,239	436	86	53	33	87	.290	.357	.431	.788	819	153.2	.351	118	131.6
4	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	1,315	5,055	793	1,402	266	24	204	744	553	16	635	19	22	5,680	2,328	494	2	54	22	162	.277	.347	.461	.808	817	173.1	.357	123	153.6
5	Garry Templeton G. Templeton	1,308	4,787	510	1,256	204	49	38	438	279	5	714	139	71	5,134	1,672	291	37	26	124	115	.262	.302	.349	.651	441	-138.4	.284	78	-133.8
6	Rafael Ramirez R. Ramirez	1,233	4,640	484	1,217	189	28	49	414	220	19	511	99	67	4,973	1,609	266	62	32	26	96	.262	.296	.347	.643	446	-111.1	.288	76	-135.5
7	Dave Concepcion D. Concepcion	951	3,545	378	930	164	17	30	380	303	5	492	94	42	3,918	1,218	211	24	41	25	119	.262	.318	.344	.662	379	-59.1	.299	83	-76.1
8	Tony Fernandez T. Fernandez	867	3,317	426	967	165	44	36	338	214	19	274	112	49	3,600	1,328	245	24	26	9	56	.292	.336	.400	.736	440	30.3	.328	101	4.1
9	Spike Owen S. Owen	867	2,847	353	682	111	36	25	253	311	13	299	55	34	3,236	940	172	47	18	28	52	.240	.315	.330	.646	303	-65	.293	78	-86.6
10	Scott Fletcher S. Fletcher	859	2,921	392	788	135	23	15	270	313	34	292	51	34	3,351	1,014	173	64	19	7	62	.270	.345	.347	.692	378	-2.7	.317	93	-26.9
11	Craig Reynolds C. Reynolds	858	2,576	284	654	85	46	29	241	127	1	260	30	12	2,788	918	160	59	25	25	32	.254	.287	.356	.643	239	-76.6	.284	80	-65
12	Dickie Thon D. Thon	828	2,687	326	720	121	30	49	262	230	6	395	120	45	2,961	1,048	200	19	19	30	43	.268	.325	.390	.715	334	1	.318	103	9.3
13	Dick Schofield D. Schofield	827	2,658	315	613	87	23	47	229	227	34	379	87	22	3,005	887	157	67	19	2	38	.231	.297	.334	.631	270	-71.8	.287	77	-82.8
14	Ozzie Guillen O. Guillen	769	2,761	314	726	98	35	6	224	86	5	228	101	46	2,926	912	139	54	20	10	51	.263	.284	.330	.615	232	-101.2	.273	65	-122.1
15	Bill Russell B. Russell	766	2,323	234	599	94	9	7	182	191	15	181	53	18	2,600	732	110	56	15	22	53	.258	.316	.315	.632	230	-61.4	.288	81	-55.3
16	Julio Franco J. Franco	762	2,977	416	873	134	25	35	378	215	15	318	106	49	3,247	1,162	194	5	35	8	122	.293	.340	.390	.731	391	18	.326	99	-3.8
17	Larry Bowa L. Bowa	758	2,503	262	639	86	25	4	174	165	4	159	67	24	2,718	787	115	35	11	22	37	.255	.301	.314	.616	220	-83	.279	67	-100.1
18	Ivan De Jesus I. De Jesus	749	2,520	282	609	85	22	10	186	258	8	372	102	39	2,843	768	117	44	13	38	34	.242	.313	.305	.617	236	-80.2	.281	70	-94.7
19	Greg Gagne G. Gagne	715	2,150	309	537	115	29	47	216	119	22	445	54	31	2,351	851	191	44	16	2	35	.250	.294	.396	.690	246	-21.4	.306	84	-44
20	Johnnie LeMaster J. LeMaster	707	2,268	229	503	68	11	16	160	178	3	401	73	38	2,499	641	95	34	16	32	40	.222	.277	.283	.560	154	-124.9	.253	57	-120.4
21	Robin Yount R. Yount	704	2,825	507	856	179	44	95	410	241	8	292	64	18	3,126	1,408	318	16	36	17	64	.303	.355	.498	.854	486	138	.375	137	136
22	Jose Uribe J. Uribe	699	2,203	221	532	73	23	15	167	185	3	313	63	31	2,422	696	111	24	7	58	19	.241	.300	.316	.616	189	-85.7	.271	72	-77.2
23	Chris Speier C. Speier	677	1,932	175	471	84	13	19	175	201	4	248	5	15	2,174	638	116	27	10	45	51	.244	.315	.330	.645	193	-48.8	.289	79	-51.9
24	Glenn Hoffman G. Hoffman	652	1,851	210	435	91	5	19	168	117	18	268	3	12	2,037	593	115	41	10	7	44	.235	.286	.320	.606	161	-68.5	.275	64	-85.8
25	U L Washington	649	2,177	291	546	79	25	24	203	209	1	305	103	37	2,433	747	128	33	13	3	28	.251	.315	.343	.658	238	-33.1	.301	84	-45.4