Which player has been with your favorite team the longest?

[Austin]

The trade of Michael Young got me thinking how players rarely stay with one team their entire career. Except for Jeter and Rivera, gone are the days of players like Brett, Yount, Mattingly, Puckett, Yaz, Mantle, etc. playing for one team their entire career.

Wright and Mauer look like they may be lifers, but who knows? No one thought Willie Mays would become a Met.

So on your favorite team, who is the longest tenured current player?

 

[MrMet]

David Wright baby!! Met for life

 

[Brewer Andy]

Must be Corey Hart....

 

[cubfanbudman]

I woulda though Kerry Wood a lifelong Cub but they just had to trade him to Cleveland

 

[PadresFan86]

Tony Gwynn

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[BiggioBrooks755]

Craig Biggio..22 years if you include minor leagues

 

[TGutta]

Mauer. There has been talk and some fans out there that want to see him and his contract moved, but I think he needs to be a Twin for life. Born and raised here, no reason for him to leave.

 

[RZimm11]

Ryan Zimmerman

Signed thru 2020 (with option), full no trade.

 

[rum151man]

Seems like nobody for the A's, Chavez probably the longest but I didn't like him.

 

[markakis8]

Brian Roberts

But I think we are heading back into that direction. Teams are locking up their franchise players to extremely long contracts (Kemp, Longoria, Votto, Zimmerman, Wright). I'm sure I'm missing a few.

 

[Austin]

For those who named players like Gwynn, I meantcurrent players. Every team in its history has players who played most or all of their careers there.
But among current players, who's the longest tenured?

 

[Anthony K.]

Craig Biggio..22 years if you include minor leagues

This plus Jeff Bagwell.

I know he was traded as an MiLB player, but he spent his entire MLB career in Houston.

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[Austin]

Current players.

 

[Dilferules]

I don't believe in the history of the A's (even back to Philadelphia) there has ever been a star that spent his whole career with the team. If only Eric Chavez would have retired instead of going to the Yankees.

Currently the longest tenured A's are Daric Barton (who probably won't make the team next year and spent most of 2012 in AAA) and reliever Jerry Blevins. Both started in 2007. So sad.

Richard

 

[alexs64]

Pretty sure Kemp has that honor for the Dodgers.

 

[UMich92]

Until the middle of last year, it was Brandon Inge for the Tigers (2001). Now it's Verlander who had a cup of coffee in 2005 and stuck in 2006.

 

[Austin]

Pretty sure Kemp has that honor for the Dodgers.

Actually, it's our guy Ethier, who beat Kemp by 26 days.
Ethier debuted May 2, 2006.
Kemp debutes May 28, 2006.

 

[hive17]

As was stated, it's Corey Hart from draft-day forward, although Rickie Weeks made his debut before Hart.

In the end, it looks like Braun, or possibly Gallardo, will hold the honor. Corey will most likely be gone after next season, if not sooner. I'm not really sure what Week's future will be.

 

[waintrain]

For the Cardinals, that would be Yadier Molina. Should have been Albert.

 

[gt5717b]

Until this year, it was Chipper by a country mile. Now it's either McCann or Hudson