As a complement to Andy’s Mount Rushmore series, this post looks at the most durable teammates for each club. This idea was inspired by a discussion in the Royals’ Rushmore thread. That discussion aroused my curiosity and, I’m guessing (or hoping), the curiosity of other readers as well.
As a preview to future Mount Rushmore posts that Andy will soon be directing his attention towards, the longest tenured teammates for the original 16 major league clubs are after the jump.
So, here are the sets of 2, 3 or 4 teammates who have played together for the same club for the most seasons. If the longest span was not a contiguous period, I’ve also indicated the longest span of consecutive seasons that players have stayed together. This was all done by eyeball reckoning from lists generated from B-R’s PI, so if you see any errors or omissions, please let me and the other readers know.
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A couple of surprises to me are how some of the longest tenured players with one club don’t show up in the lists. I’m thinking of players like Ty Cobb, Zack Wheat and Hank Aaron, and I’m sure you can think of a few more.