Aced by Steffi Graf, Greg Caliri said to All:
 GC> Cesar Tovar holds the record for playing 164 games in a 162-game
 GC> season.  In 1967 he played for one club (Minnesota).  There was
 GC> no post-season tiebreaker involved.
 GC> How could this be?
In looking at the team records, the AL Minnesota club played 164 games in 
1967. I don't know the details as to why they played 164 games in a 162 game 
season, but for some reason there are several teams who played a number of 
games other than 162 that year, however the addition of the records seems 
d:
Team     G    W   L
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Boston  162  92  70
Minn    164  91  71 *
Det     163  91  71 *
Chi     161  89  73 *
Cal     161  84  77
Wash    161  76  85
Bal     161  76  85
Cle     162  75  87
NYY     163  72  90
KC      161  62  99
I'm not sure why the *'d lines don't add up, and I can't find anything on why 
there are two teams with 163 and one with 164 games played that year.  But, 
in answer to your question, there doesn't seem to be anything "odd" as far as 
Tovar playing 164 games, when it is recorded that his team played 164 games, 
other than that he was very durable that year.  8-)
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