MLB Veterans Day

On this day in America we honor the past and current members of our Armed Forces and give gratitude to those who risk their lives to protect our country. Happy Veterans Day.


Keeping with the "veteran" theme, I compiled a list of each MLB teams' longest tenured player, based on years of service.

Does not include free agents that would otherwise be team's "veteran"- Albert Pujols, Jimmy Rollins, Tim Wakefield, Michael Cuddyer, Jose Reyes, Paul Maholm, Ryan Doumit, Jonathan Broxton, and Jorge Posada.

AL East:
Baltimore Orioles - Brian Roberts/2001

Boston Red Sox - Kevin Youkilis/2004

New York Yankees - Mariano Rivera & Derek Jeter/1995

Tampa Bay Rays - BJ Upton/2004

Toronto Blue Jays - Dustin McGowan/2005

AL Central:
Chicago White Sox - Paul Konerko/1999

Cleveland Indians - Travis Hafner/2003

Detroit Tigers - Brandon Inge/2001

Kansas City Royals - Mitch Maier/2006

Minnesota Twins - Justin Morneau/2003

AL West:
Los Angeles Angels - Ervin Santana & Maicer Izturis/2005

Oakland Athletics - Kurt Suzuki, Dallas Braden & Daric Barton/2007

Seattle Mariners - Ichiro Suzuki/2001

Texas Rangers - Michael Young/2000

NL East:
Atlanta Braves - Chipper Jones/1993

Florida Marlins - Josh Johnson/2005

New York Mets - David Wright/2004

Philadelphia Phillies - Chase Utley/2003

Washington Nationals - Ryan Zimmerman/2005

NL Central:
Chicago Cubs - Carlos Zambrano/2001

Cincinnati Reds - Bronson Arroyo & Brandon Phillips/2006

Houston Astros - Wandy Rodriguez & Hunberto Quintero/2005

Milwaukee Brewers - Corey Hart/2004

Pittsburgh Pirates - Ross Ohlendorf, Evan Meek & Jeff Karstens/2008

St. Louis Cardinals - Chris Carpenter & Yadier Molina/2004

NL West:
Arizona Diamondbacks - Stephen Drew, Miguel Montero & Chris Young/2006

Colorado Rockies - Todd Helton/1997

Los Angeles Dodgers - Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, James Loney & Chad Billingsley/2006

San Diego Padres - Tim Stauffer/2005

San Francisco Giants - Matt Cain/2005