South Side reunion of baseball's elder statesmen
There are only 11 active major-leaguer players who have been with their current team for at least 10 years.
Five of them will be on display this weekend at U.S. Cellular Field when the New York Yankees make their annual visit to the South Side to play the White Sox.
As Lindsey Willhite, who compiled this list, noted: It's amazing to think Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter debuted in the same week 15 years ago.
Staying power
Player
Team
Debut
Career #'s
Chipper Jones
Braves
Sept. 11, 1993
.306 BA, 436 HR, .941 OPS
Mariano Rivera
Yankees
May 23, 1995
2.21 ERA, 551 saves, 4-to-1 K/BB ratio
Tim Wakefield
Red Sox
May 27, 1995
192-172 W-L record, 4.37 ERA, 2,051 Ks
Derek Jeter
Yankees
May 29, 1995
.315 BA, 234 HR, 319 SB, .840 OPS
Jorge Posada
Yankees
Sept. 4, 1995
.276 BA, 259 HR, .858 OPS
Todd Helton
Rockies
Aug. 2, 1997
.325 BA, 329 HR, .981 OPS
Jason Varitek
Red Sox
Sept. 24, 1997
.259 BA, 182 HR, .781 OPS
Eric Chavez
Athletics
Sept. 8, 1998
.267 BA, 230 HR, 6 Gold Gloves
Paul Konerko
White Sox
April 5, 1999
.280 BA, 357 HR, .852 OPS
Vernon Wells
Blue Jays
Aug. 30, 1999
.280 BA, 215 HR, .802 OPS
Mark Buehrle
White Sox
July 16, 2000
147-107 W-L record, 3.81 ERA, 2.5-to-1 K/BB ratio
Jimmy Rollins
Phillies
Sept. 17, 2000
.273 BA, 152 HR, 341 SB, 3 Gold Gloves
Michael Young
Rangers
Sept. 29, 2000
.301 BA, 156 HR, .799 OPS
Ichiro Suzuki
Mariners
April 2, 2001
.331 BA, 373 SB, 9 Gold Gloves
Albert Pujols
Cardinals
April 2, 2001
.332 BA, 399 HR, 3 MVP, 1.051 OPS
* Statistics through Wednesday's games
Source: Baseball-reference.com