most games as a third baseman in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Carney Lansford had the most games by a third baseman, with 1,310 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games as a third baseman 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	Carney Lansford C. Lansford	1,310	5,032	707	1,486	234	31	114	617	395	44	446	161	71	5,552	2,124	379	27	54	37	122	.295	.348	.422	.771	732	106.7	.343	115	98.1
2	Tim Wallach T. Wallach	1,229	4,566	535	1,207	263	23	156	660	356	43	697	40	45	5,014	1,984	442	5	44	56	115	.264	.321	.435	.755	621	52.5	.331	109	52.2
3	Buddy Bell B. Bell	1,222	4,531	596	1,283	224	26	119	616	502	19	389	26	27	5,110	1,916	369	11	47	54	142	.283	.354	.423	.777	684	105.1	.345	114	85
4	Tom Brookens T. Brookens	1,212	3,521	436	859	163	36	66	390	256	12	540	76	57	3,878	1,292	265	54	35	11	61	.244	.295	.367	.662	371	-67.6	.296	82	-82.4
5	Gary Gaetti G. Gaetti	1,207	4,412	585	1,144	225	20	185	673	322	35	776	68	43	4,834	1,964	430	14	51	29	124	.259	.311	.445	.757	601	52.2	.332	101	3.4
6	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	1,162	4,090	743	1,135	194	23	280	836	731	31	808	56	35	4,911	2,215	497	0	59	130	93	.278	.386	.542	.928	861	306.1	.399	152	290
7	Ken Oberkfell K. Oberkfell	1,147	3,713	417	1,037	179	32	24	328	398	17	264	53	40	4,191	1,352	235	31	32	44	87	.279	.349	.364	.713	483	9.5	.321	98	-11.9
8	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	1,079	4,196	772	1,479	300	35	59	479	719	17	318	13	22	4,990	2,026	394	19	39	83	114	.352	.446	.483	.928	928	362.6	.411	153	316.6
9	Douglas DeCinces D. DeCinces	1,036	3,728	518	980	197	19	159	601	410	11	564	30	25	4,217	1,692	375	19	49	41	125	.263	.334	.454	.788	565	86.8	.346	115	72.2
10	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	1,022	2,999	380	716	104	9	126	449	393	13	425	2	9	3,436	1,216	239	2	29	38	71	.239	.327	.405	.732	408	21.3	.327	105	20.2
11	Ron Cey R. Cey	939	3,261	435	838	162	6	149	492	391	30	611	9	9	3,724	1,459	317	9	33	45	84	.257	.339	.447	.786	502	84.3	.348	116	68.7
12	Brook Jacoby B. Jacoby	914	3,257	400	888	152	19	98	390	321	10	598	13	17	3,623	1,372	269	5	30	15	92	.273	.337	.421	.758	468	56.1	.337	106	30.6
13	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	879	3,557	588	1,053	176	33	77	343	359	10	457	192	50	3,992	1,526	286	35	31	23	63	.296	.359	.429	.788	555	108.1	.352	120	92.6
14	Howard Johnson H. Johnson	869	2,805	427	724	135	10	136	422	374	13	592	127	40	3,224	1,287	281	9	23	71	36	.258	.346	.459	.804	447	81.2	.350	124	88.3
15	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	861	3,109	402	915	159	9	73	421	281	27	238	71	34	3,463	1,311	241	7	39	56	81	.294	.354	.422	.776	454	65.3	.343	115	57.1
16	George Brett G. Brett	856	3,180	540	1,013	217	39	135	590	434	11	266	45	19	3,664	1,713	391	0	39	105	68	.319	.398	.539	.937	654	242.5	.404	151	220.7
17	Terry Pendleton T. Pendleton	806	2,986	358	785	135	22	38	384	222	5	372	92	43	3,260	1,078	195	18	29	30	80	.263	.312	.361	.673	324	-48.1	.299	87	-48.5
18	Jim Presley J. Presley	799	2,946	351	736	147	13	115	418	177	15	713	8	12	3,175	1,254	275	11	26	17	92	.250	.293	.426	.719	355	-7	.315	91	-34.8
19	Ray Knight R. Knight	760	2,695	261	699	136	10	54	324	182	21	341	6	11	2,934	1,017	200	11	25	20	99	.259	.309	.377	.686	302	-32.8	.306	90	-33.6
20	Mike Pagliarulo M. Pagliarulo	753	2,422	303	550	118	12	108	351	241	15	549	9	5	2,703	1,016	238	8	17	36	40	.227	.299	.419	.719	300	-8.4	.314	94	-17.5
21	Rance Mulliniks R. Mulliniks	736	2,064	269	588	156	10	49	272	259	4	305	9	9	2,353	911	215	11	15	13	60	.285	.363	.441	.805	340	70	.357	117	49.6
22	Jim Morrison J. Morrison	736	2,258	236	571	108	13	74	307	142	10	352	27	21	2,455	927	195	16	29	11	51	.253	.296	.411	.707	265	-15	.311	93	-21.1
23	Luis Salazar L. Salazar	730	2,317	239	624	78	24	41	238	100	7	382	93	42	2,467	873	143	31	12	27	38	.269	.300	.377	.677	240	-35.2	.300	89	-30.6
24	Steve Buechele S. Buechele	668	2,032	249	486	88	11	69	242	178	18	388	13	19	2,258	803	168	21	9	12	57	.239	.305	.395	.700	246	-9.6	.312	90	-26.4
25	Phil Garner P. Garner	652	1,968	273	497	87	21	38	240	199	12	311	43	26	2,215	740	146	14	22	23	44	.253	.322	.376	.698	237	-16.8	.310	98	-7.1