List of most experienced baseball players never to play in a World Series

List of most experienced baseball players never to play in a World Series

The following players have played or pitched in the most regular season Major League Baseball games without appearing in the World Series.

Games played (through September 18, 2008)
# Rafael Palmeiro, 2831 games played
# Andre Dawson, 2627
# Ernie Banks, 2528
# Julio Franco, 2527
# Ken Griffey, Jr., 2514 (currently with the White Sox)
# Billy Williams, 2488
# Rod Carew, 2469
# Luke Appling, 2422
# Mickey Vernon, 2409
# Buddy Bell, 2405
# Sammy Sosa, 2354
# José Cruz, 2353
# Brian Downing, 2344
# Frank Thomas, 2322 (currently with A's, was injured during the 2005 postseason and was unable to play in the World Series with the Chicago White Sox)
# B.J. Surhoff, 2313
# Chris Speier, 2260
# Andrés Galarraga, 2257
# Ron Santo, 2243
# Tim Wallach, 2212
# Joe Torre, 2209

Note: Although Nap Lajoie, Jake Beckley and Bobby Wallace each played more than 2300 MLB games and never reached a World Series, a number of their games played occurred in seasons that did not have a World Series.

Games pitched
# Dan Plesac, 1064 games pitched
# Lee Smith, 1022
# Roberto Hernández, 1010
#Lindy McDaniel, 987
# Gene Garber, 931
# Tom Gordon, 887 (currently with the Phillies)
# Mike Myers, 883
# Phil Niekro, 864
# Eddie Guardado, 859 (currently with the Twins)
# Doug Jones, 846
# Paul Quantrill, 841
# Bob Wickman, 835
# Steve Reed, 833
# Steve Kline, 796
# Buddy Groom, 786
# Gaylord Perry, 777
# Billy Wagner, 765 (currently with the Mets)
# Tom Burgmeier, 745
# Gary Lavelle, 745
# Ron Kline, 736

Games started pitching
# Phil Niekro, 716
# Gaylord Perry, 690
# Frank Tanana, 616
# Fergie Jenkins, 594
# Jamie Moyer, 582 (currently with the Phillies)
# Jim Bunning, 519
# Ted Lyons, 484
# Chuck Finley, 467
# Milt Pappas, 465
# Mel Harder, 433
# Larry Jackson, 429
# John Burkett, 423
# Steve Trachsel, 417 (currently with the Orioles)
# Bob Knepper, 413
# Dave Stieb, 412
# Tom Candiotti, 410
# Wilbur Cooper, 408
# Steve Rogers, 393
# Rick Sutcliffe, 392
# Bill Gullickson, 390


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