What MLB player set the record for regular-season games played by a player who never reached the postseason?
It has to be a member of the Cubs, of course: Ernie Banks.
January 31, 1931 - January 23, 2015
Rest in Peace, Ernie. You get to play two every day now.
I wish I had been born soon enough to see him play just one.
Another great obit from the people that set the standard - The NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/sp...T.nav=top-news