Before January 1, 1970, Stan Musial had the most games, with 3,026 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games by a player through December 31, 1969

	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
1	Stan Musial S. Musial	3,026	10,971	1,949	3,630	726	177	475	1,950	1,605	53	698	78	31	12,718	6,135	1,378	36	53	127	249	.331	.417	.559	.976
2	Eddie Collins E. Collins	2,804	9,914	1,820	3,302	438	186	47		1,532	77		740		12,035	4,253	671	512				.333	.426	.429	.855
3	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	2,785	10,179	1,881	3,512	794	221	117		1,393	105		437		11,991	5,099	1,132	314				.345	.429	.501	.930
4	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	2,745	10,329	2,083	3,828	674	276	110		1,216	86		820		11,900	5,384	1,060	269				.371	.441	.521	.962
5	Mel Ott M. Ott	2,730	9,455	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,865	1,720	64	895	89		11,348	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.415	.533	.948
6	Rabbit Maranville R. Maranville	2,670	10,075	1,256	2,605	380	177	28		840	37	760	291		11,254	3,423	585	302				.259	.318	.340	.658
7	Willie Mays W. Mays	2,563	9,533	1,825	2,926	463	132	600	1,712	1,189	36	1,219	305	94	10,845	5,453	1,195	7	80	173	222	.307	.383	.572	.955
8	Paul Waner P. Waner	2,550	9,460	1,627	3,152	605	191	113	1,316	1,093	38	376	104		10,766	4,478	909	175			45	.333	.404	.473	.878
9	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2,504	8,400	2,173	2,873	506	136	714	2,213	2,062	44	1,331	123		10,622	5,793	1,356	116				.342	.474	.690	1.164
10	Max Carey M. Carey	2,466	9,365	1,545	2,665	419	159	70		1,038	77	694	740		10,765	3,612	648	285				.285	.361	.386	.746
11	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	2,426	9,436	1,704	2,956	514	91	554	1,724	953	25	1,036	224	69	10,527	5,314	1,159	19	94	219	255	.313	.374	.563	.938
12	Luke Appling L. Appling	2,422	8,856	1,320	2,749	440	102	45	1,115	1,313	11	530	179		10,254	3,528	587	74			129	.310	.400	.398	.798
13	Ernie Banks E. Banks	2,417	9,115	1,277	2,512	399	88	497	1,586	737	69	1,187	49	54	10,055	4,578	984	41	93	193	225	.276	.331	.502	.834
14	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	2,410	9,107	1,289	2,884	476	172	132		656	78		204		10,000	4,100	780	159				.317	.368	.450	.818
15	Mickey Vernon M. Vernon	2,409	8,732	1,196	2,496	491	120	172	1,312	958	49	870	137	33	9,838	3,743	783	80	19	21	184	.286	.359	.429	.788
16	Sam Rice S. Rice	2,405	9,275	1,514	2,986	498	184	34		709	57	274	352		10,252	3,954	716	211				.322	.374	.426	.800
17	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	2,401	8,101	1,675	2,415	344	72	536	1,509	1,733	12	1,718	152	42	9,907	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.420	.557	.977
18	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	2,391	8,537	1,509	2,315	354	72	512	1,454	1,443	26	1,490	69	41	10,100	4,349	938	36	58	107	127	.271	.376	.509	.885
19	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	2,380	7,947	1,247	2,383	413	148	169	1,305	1,018	37	538	71	17	9,086	3,599	730	74	10	11	128	.300	.381	.453	.834
20	Nellie Fox N. Fox	2,367	9,232	1,279	2,663	355	112	35	790	720	142	217	77	78	10,350	3,347	502	208	48	24	177	.288	.348	.363	.710
21	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	2,323	8,860	1,775	2,839	574	146	184	1,434	1,193	51	372	182		10,244	4,257	904	140			27	.320	.404	.480	.885
22	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,645	458	125	534	1,924	1,457	13	1,311	87		9,676	4,955	1,117	72			70	.325	.428	.609	1.038
23	Frankie Frisch F. Frisch	2,311	9,113	1,532	2,879	466	139	105	1,243	729	31	272	419		10,099	3,938	710	226				.316	.369	.432	.801
24	Harry Hooper H. Hooper	2,311	8,783	1,432	2,463	390	161	75		1,146	76		375		10,255	3,400	626	250				.280	.368	.387	.755
25	Ted Williams T. Williams	2,292	7,706	1,799	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,018	39	709	24	5	9,788	4,884	1,117	5	20	89	201	.344	.482	.634	1.115

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