List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise

The following is a list of former Major League Baseball (MLB) players who played in at least 10 MLB seasons and spent their entire MLB playing careers exclusively with one franchise. In most cases, this means the player only appeared with one team; there are also players whose team was relocated (e.g. the Athletics) or had a name change (e.g. the Angels) during their career. Some listed players subsequently went on to coach or manage with other teams, or may have had minor league or foreign league appearances with other franchises. Some listed players had their careers ended by accidents, such as Roberto Clemente, who died in a 1972 airplane crash, and Roy Campanella, who was paralyzed in a 1958 automobile accident.

, 194 players have completed the feat, of which the New York Yankees have had the most, with 26. The San Francisco Giants have had the most in the National League, with 15. Bid McPhee and Mike Tiernan, both of whom played exclusively in the 19th century, were the first two players to do so. Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski share the distinction of the longest tenure with a single team, 23 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox, respectively. Sort by Franchises column. Mel Ott and Stan Musial share the distinction of the longest tenure with a single team in the National League, having played 22 seasons with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals, respectively. Clayton Kershaw, who played 18 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers and retired at the end of the 2025 World Series, is the most recent player to complete a career of at least 10 seasons with one team.

Players Only players who are no longer active are listed here. This list does not include active players, or free agents who have not yet retired (such players are listed below). A player is considered "inactive" if he has not played baseball for one year or has announced his retirement.

+KeySeasonsTotal seasons playedYearsYears playedMember of the Baseball Hall of Fame

PlayerTeamSeasonsYearsRef.Pittsburgh Pirates111963–1973Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins131958–1970Chicago White Sox201930–1943, 1945–1950Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics101945–1946, 1949–1956Milwaukee Brewers101975–1984Houston Astros151991–2005Chicago Cubs191953–1971Cincinnati Reds171967–1983Atlanta Braves121978–1989Pittsburgh Pirates111916–1926Houston Astros201988–2007Colorado Rockies142011–2024St. Louis Cardinals101922–1928, 1930–1932Pittsburgh Pirates101964, 1966–1974Washington Senators181922–1939Milwaukee Brewers142007–2020St. Louis Cardinals101943, 1946–1954Kansas City Royals211973–1993Detroit Tigers161930–1943, 1945–1946Detroit Tigers131963–1975Minnesota Twins121982–1993San Francisco Giants132005–2017Brooklyn Dodgers101948–1957Boston Americans/Red Sox101906, 1908–1916New York Yankees111937–1947Philadelphia Phillies111973–1983Pittsburgh Pirates181955–1972New York Yankees101948–1957New York Yankees121924–1935Cincinnati Reds191970–1988New York Yankees171932–1948Chicago White Sox102007–2016New York Giants101933–1942Baltimore Orioles101976–1985Detroit Tigers151912–1926San Francisco Giants131958–1970New York Yankees171928–1943, 1946Boston Red Sox111940–1942, 1946–1953New York Yankees131936–1942, 1946–1951California/Anaheim Angels121989–2000Boston Red Sox141937–1944, 1946–1951Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers141956–1969Kansas City Royals112011–2021Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers121948–1959Los Angeles Dodgers122006–2017Chicago White Sox201914–1933Cleveland Indians181936–1941, 1945–1956San Diego Padres111979–1989New York Yankees161950, 1953–1967Philadelphia Athletics101941–1942, 1945–1952Detroit Tigers151961, 1963–1976Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers151946–1960Milwaukee Brewers171976–1992New York Yankees142008–2021San Francisco Giants101982–1991New York Yankees171923–1939Detroit Tigers191924–1942Washington Senators101916–1923, 1929–1930New York Yankees101962–1971St. Louis Cardinals171959–1975Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers141953–1966Kansas City Royals142007–2020Cleveland Napoleons/Indians141908, 1910–1922Kansas City/Oakland Athletics121963–1974Boston Red Sox121985–1996Chicago White Sox101940–1949New York Yankees141975–1988San Diego Padres201982–2001Chicago Cubs161932–1947Cleveland Indians201928–1947Philadelphia Phillies101967, 1969–1977Colorado Rockies171997–2013New York Yankees111937–1942, 1946–1950Seattle Mariners152005–2019Detroit Tigers111995–2005Detroit Tigers151965–1970, 1972–1980New York Mets121973–1984Baltimore Orioles101989–1998Philadelphia Phillies132004–2016Minnesota Twins141981–1994New York Giants161928–1943Detroit Tigers111939–1940, 1946–1953New York Giants151922–1936New York Yankees201995–2014Washington Senators211907–1927Atlanta Braves191993, 1995–2012New York Yankees111929–1939Detroit Tigers221953–1974Chicago White Sox121986–1997Los Angeles Dodgers182008–2025Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers121955–1966New York Mets181962–1979Pittsburgh Pirates101924–1933Cincinnati Reds191986–2004Pittsburgh Pirates161950–1951, 1954–1967Pittsburgh Pirates131898–1910Cleveland Indians151941–1942, 1946–1958Kansas City Royals121974–1983, 1985–1986Washington Senators111935–1941, 1945–1947, 1949Chicago White Sox211923–1942, 1946New York Yankees181951–1968St. Louis Cardinals131928, 1930–1940, 1944Seattle Mariners181987–2004New York Yankees141982–1995Minnesota Twins152004–2018Pittsburgh Pirates171956–1972New York Yankees101951–1960Baltimore Orioles131976–1988Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds181882–1899Washington Senators161907–1922Philadelphia Phillies101949–1958Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers/Robins131910–1922St. Louis Cardinals192004–2022Boston Red Sox101970–1979New York Giants121930–1941St. Louis Cardinals111935–1942, 1946–1948Pittsburgh Pirates101967–1976Cleveland Napoleons/Indians111914–1924Chicago White Sox101918, 1921–1929Detroit Tigers101940–1941, 1946–1953New York Yankees111969–1979St. Louis Cardinals221941–1944, 1946–1963Oakland Athletics101975–1983, 1990Cincinnati Reds131978–1990 Minnesota Twins151962–1976New York Giants221926–1947St. Louis Cardinals121987–1998Baltimore Orioles191965–1967, 1969–1984Boston Red Sox101947–1956Boston Red Sox142006–2019Minnesota Twins122006–2017Boston Red Sox131963, 1965–1976Atlanta Braves101975–1984New York Yankees171995–2011San Francisco Giants122009–2019, 2021Minnesota Twins121984–1995Minnesota Twins121995–2006Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers161940–1942, 1946–1958Boston Red Sox161974–1989Houston Astros101971–1980New York Yankees121955–1966Baltimore Orioles211981–2001New York Yankees191995–2013New York Yankees131941–1942, 1946–1956Baltimore Orioles231955–1977Brooklyn Dodgers101947–1956Montreal Expos131973–1985New York Yankees101931, 1934–1942Philadelphia Athletics131920–1932Cleveland Indians101947–1956Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers/Robins101907–1916Los Angeles Dodgers181969–1986California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels141992–2004, 2006Philadelphia Phillies181972–1989New York Giants131931–1942, 1946Los Angeles Dodgers131980–1992Seattle Mariners112011–2021Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels102001–2010Boston Bees/Braves/Milwaukee Braves131939–1942, 1946–1954Detroit Tigers101928–1937Cincinnati Reds121977–1988Kansas City Royals151970–1984Chicago White Sox101975, 1977–1985Boston Red Sox131977–1989Detroit Tigers151964–1978Pittsburgh Pirates211962–1982New York Yankees111964–1974Washington Nationals132010–2022Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics131941–1943, 1946–1955Chicago White Stockings/White Sox101903–1912New York Giants141923–1936San Francisco Giants111986–1996New York Giants131887–1899Baltimore Orioles102009–2018Detroit Tigers201977–1996Washington Senators121933–1941, 1945–1947Pittsburgh Pirates171920–1935, 1937Boston Red Sox151997–2011Cincinnati Reds172007–2023St. Louis Cardinals182005–2010, 2012–2023Kansas City Royals101976–1985Milwaukee Brewers111985–1995New York Giants111947–1957Detroit Tigers191977–1995Kansas City Royals181973–1990New York Yankees151965–1979New York Yankees161991–2006Boston Red Sox191939–1942, 1946–1960Detroit Tigers101920–1929New York Mets142004–2016, 2018Boston Red Sox231961–1983New York Giants101917–1926Milwaukee Brewers201974–1993Washington Nationals162005–2019, 2021

Ambiguous Bug Holliday played 10 seasons for the Cincinnati Reds franchise, from 1889 to 1898, appearing in 930 games. During the 1885 World Series, one of several pre-modern World Series held from 1884 to 1890, Holliday played in one game for the Chicago White Stockings of the National League (today's Chicago Cubs). This was Holliday's only major-league appearance for a franchise other than Cincinnati. As MLB considers the first World Series to have been the 1903 edition, some baseball sites list Holliday as having only played for a single franchise.

Negro league baseball While Roy Campanella, Jim Gilliam, Jackie Robinson each only played for a single team within Major League Baseball (hence their inclusion in the above list), each also played for other teams now considered major-league within Negro league baseball: Campanella and Gilliam with the Baltimore Elite Giants and Robinson with the Kansas City Monarchs. Within Negro league baseball, Buck Leonard and Bullet Rogan each had careers in excess of a decade with a single major-league team, the Homestead Grays and Kansas City Monarchs, respectively.

Counts by franchise Table last updated July 19, 2026.