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Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records: Single-Season Career Active Progressive Year-by-Year Top-Tens Yearly League

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Statistic Description: Double Plays as Defender

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA, 500 games (fielding), 200 stolen base attempts (catchers) or 80 stolen base attempts (baserunners only since 1951) or 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year	Career	DP	Single-Season	DP	Active	DP	Yearly	DP
1871	Clipper Flynn John Glenn Tom York	2	John Glenn Tom York Clipper Flynn	2	Tom York Clipper Flynn John Glenn	2	John Glenn Clipper Flynn Tom York	2
1872	John Glenn Tom York	4	George Hall Tom York Clipper Flynn Al Reach Jack Remsen John Glenn Dave Eggler	2	Tom York John Glenn	4	Dave Eggler Tom York Jack Remsen Al Reach John Glenn George Hall	2
1873	Fred Treacey	6	Lip Pike Fred Treacey Count Gedney	4	Fred Treacey	6	Fred Treacey Count Gedney Lip Pike	4
1874	Fred Treacey	9	Lip Pike Fred Treacey Count Gedney	4	Fred Treacey	9	Harry Wright+ Dave Eggler Fred Treacey	3
1875	Fred Treacey	11	Cap Anson+	5	Fred Treacey	11	Cap Anson+	5

1876	Lip Pike Jack Remsen Fred Treacey	12	Lip Pike Jack Remsen	5	Lip Pike Jack Remsen Fred Treacey	12	Jack Remsen Lip Pike	5
1877	Dave Eggler	14	Jack Remsen Lip Pike Bob Addy	5	Dave Eggler	14	Bob Addy	5
1878	Jack Remsen	17	John Cassidy	6	Jack Remsen	17	John Cassidy	6
1879	Jack Remsen	18	John Cassidy	6	Jack Remsen	18	Jake Evans Bill Crowley	4
1880	Paul Hines	24	Paul Hines	7	Paul Hines	24	Paul Hines	7
1881	Paul Hines	26	Paul Hines	7	Paul Hines	26	Lon Knight Buttercup Dickerson	6
1882	Paul Hines	30	George Wood Ned Hanlon+	8	Paul Hines	30	George Wood Ned Hanlon+	8
1883	Paul Hines	32	Ned Hanlon+ George Wood	8	Paul Hines	32	Ned Hanlon+ Patrick Gillespie Chicken Wolf	6
1884	Paul Hines	37	George Wood Ned Hanlon+	8	Paul Hines	37	Jack Manning Jim Lillie	7
1885	Paul Hines	40	Henry Larkin	9	Paul Hines	40	Henry Larkin	9
1886	Paul Hines	41	Tom Brown	12	Paul Hines	41	Tom Brown	12
1887	Paul Hines	46	Tom Brown	12	Paul Hines	46	Jim Fogarty Dick Johnston	9
1888	Paul Hines	49	Tom Brown Tommy McCarthy+	12	Paul Hines	49	Tommy McCarthy+	12
1889	Paul Hines	49	Tommy McCarthy+ Tom Brown	12	Paul Hines	49	Tommy McCarthy+	11
1890	Paul Hines	52	Tommy McCarthy+ Tom Brown	12	Paul Hines	52	Billy Sunday	11
1891	Paul Hines	56	Tom Brown Tommy McCarthy+	12	Paul Hines	56	George Wood	10
1892	Paul Hines	56	Tommy McCarthy+ Tom Brown	12	Tom Brown	52	Tom Brown Charlie Duffee	8
1893	Tom Brown	65	Tom Brown	13	Tom Brown	65	Tom Brown	13
1894	Tom Brown	73	Tom Brown	13	Tom Brown	73	Jimmy Bannon	12
1895	Tom Brown	78	Tom Brown	13	Tom Brown	78	Mike Griffin	12
1896	Tom Brown	80	Tom Brown	13	Tom Brown	80	Sam Thompson+	11
1897	Tom Brown	85	Tom Brown	13	Tom Brown	85	Fielder Jones	8
1898	Tom Brown	85	Tom Brown	13	Tom Brown	85	Tom O'Brien	8
1899	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jimmy Ryan	67	Jimmy Sheckard	14
1900	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jimmy Ryan	70	Kip Selbach	8
1901	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Dummy Hoy	71	Ollie Pickering	9
1902	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Dummy Hoy	72	Fielder Jones	11
1903	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jimmy Ryan	71	Jimmy Sebring	11
1904	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Patsy Donovan	69	Phil Geier	11
1905	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jesse Burkett+	62	Cy Seymour	12
1906	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Patsy Donovan	69	Chick Stahl	9
1907	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Patsy Donovan	69	Ginger Beaumont Ty Cobb+	12
1908	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Fielder Jones	70	Cy Seymour	9
1909	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Willie Keeler+	60	Tris Speaker+	12
1910	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jimmy Sheckard	61	Clyde Milan	10
1911	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jimmy Sheckard	73	Jimmy Sheckard	12
1912	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jimmy Sheckard	77	Max Carey+	10
1913	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jimmy Sheckard	80	Burt Shotton	11
1914	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Tris Speaker+ Ty Cobb+ Sam Crawford+	56	Tris Speaker+	12
1915	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Fielder Jones	70	Tris Speaker+ Jack McCandless	8
1916	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Tris Speaker+	74	Tris Speaker+ Max Carey+	10
1917	Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Ty Cobb+	81	Ty Cobb+ Casey Stengel+	9
1918	Tris Speaker+ Tom Brown	85	Jimmy Sheckard	14	Tris Speaker+	85	Max Carey+	9
1919	Tris Speaker+	94	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Tris Speaker+	94	Happy Felsch	14
1920	Tris Speaker+	102	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Tris Speaker+	102	Happy Felsch	10
1921	Tris Speaker+	104	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Tris Speaker+	104	Bob Meusel	9
1922	Tris Speaker+	111	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Tris Speaker+	111	Curt Walker Harry Hooper+	8
1923	Tris Speaker+	118	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Tris Speaker+	118	Ira Flagstead Sam Rice+	8
1924	Tris Speaker+	121	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Tris Speaker+	121	Ty Cobb+ Harry Hooper+ Jack Smith	8
1925	Tris Speaker+	130	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Tris Speaker+	130	Tris Speaker+ Baby Doll Jacobson	9
1926	Tris Speaker+	137	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Tris Speaker+	137	Curt Walker Goose Goslin+ Jimmy Welsh Cliff Heathcote	8
1927	Tris Speaker+	142	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Tris Speaker+	142	Freddy Leach	10
1928	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Tris Speaker+	143	Doug Taitt	8
1929	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Max Carey+	87	Mel Ott+	12
1930	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Sam Rice+	63	Chuck Klein+	10
1931	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Sam Rice+	65	Roy Johnson Paul Waner+	8
1932	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Sam Rice+	67	Sam West	7
1933	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Sam Rice+	69	Goose Goslin+	7
1934	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Sam Rice+	69	Pete Fox Jack Rothrock Ray Pepper	4
1935	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Goose Goslin+ Babe Ruth+	45	Chuck Klein+ Ben Chapman Mel Ott+	7
1936	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Mel Ott+ Goose Goslin+	46	Terry Moore Paul Waner+	7
1937	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Goose Goslin+ Mel Ott+	47	Frank Demaree Beau Bell Sam West	6
1938	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Mel Ott+ Goose Goslin+	47	Vince DiMaggio	10
1939	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Mel Ott+	49	Enos Slaughter+	5
1940	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Mel Ott+	51	George Selkirk Johnny Rizzo	6
1941	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Mel Ott+	54	Dixie Walker	8
1942	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Mel Ott+	57	Dom DiMaggio	7
1943	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Mel Ott+	58	Chuck Workman	7
1944	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Mel Ott+	58	Stan Spence	9
1945	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Mel Ott+	59	Jimmy Outlaw Tuck Stainback Al Libke Leon Culberson	6
1946	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Mel Ott+	60	Tommy Holmes	7
1947	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Doc Cramer	37	Willard Marshall	6
1948	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Doc Cramer	37	Dave Philley Hank Sauer	6
1949	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Tommy Holmes	37	Stan Musial+ Dick Kokos	5
1950	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Tommy Holmes	37	Dave Philley	8
1951	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Tommy Holmes	37	Richie Ashburn+ Carl Furillo Ted Williams+	6
1952	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Tommy Holmes	37	Richie Ashburn+ Faye Throneberry Bob Nieman Mickey Mantle+ Willard Marshall	5
1953	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Enos Slaughter+	33	Jim Piersall	7
1954	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Enos Slaughter+	33	Willie Mays+	9
1955	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Enos Slaughter+	35	Willie Mays+	8
1956	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Enos Slaughter+	35	Jim Lemon Willie Mays+	6
1957	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Richie Ashburn+	37	Richie Ashburn+	7
1958	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Richie Ashburn+	39	Rocky Colavito	6
1959	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Richie Ashburn+	40	Bill Virdon	5
1960	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Richie Ashburn+	42	Hank Aaron+	6
1961	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Richie Ashburn+	42	Gene Stephens Willie Kirkland Roberto Clemente+	5
1962	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Richie Ashburn+	43	Johnny Callison	7
1963	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Willie Mays+	43	Lou Brock+	7
1964	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Willie Mays+	47	Hank Aaron+ Vic Davalillo	5
1965	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Willie Mays+	51	Mike Hershberger	7
1966	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Willie Mays+	53	Tommie Agee	7
1967	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Willie Mays+	53	Steve Whitaker Rick Monday	6
1968	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Willie Mays+	55	Del Unser	10
1969	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Willie Mays+	55	Rod Gaspar Wayne Comer	6
1970	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Willie Mays+	58	Bobby Bonds	7
1971	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Willie Mays+	59	Rusty Staub Jim Wynn	5
1972	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Willie Mays+	60	Ken Berry Jose Cruz Reggie Jackson+	5
1973	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Willie Mays+	60	Rusty Staub Bill North Bobby Bonds	5
1974	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Hank Aaron+	41	Rusty Staub Jeff Burroughs Rick Monday	5
1975	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Hank Aaron+	41	Dwight Evans	8
1976	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Hank Aaron+	41	Jerry Morales George Hendrick	6
1977	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Jim Wynn	40	Dave Parker	9
1978	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Bobby Bonds	37	Bob Bailor	7
1979	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Bobby Bonds	38	George Hendrick Jack Clark	7
1980	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Bobby Bonds	40	Dwight Evans	7
1981	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Bobby Bonds	40	Garry Maddox Gary Ward Dale Murphy Jack Clark	4
1982	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Rusty Staub	35	Sixto Lezcano	8
1983	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Rusty Staub Amos Otis	35	Tom Brunansky	8
1984	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Dwight Evans Amos Otis	35	Tom Brunansky Mookie Wilson	6
1985	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Dwight Evans	36	Jesse Barfield	8
1986	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Dwight Evans	39	Jesse Barfield	8
1987	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Dwight Evans	39	Billy Hatcher Ruben Sierra Andy Van Slyke	6
1988	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Dwight Evans	39	Dan Gladden Rickey Henderson+ Kevin McReynolds	5
1989	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Jesse Barfield	42	Ken Griffey	6
1990	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jesse Barfield	45	Rob Deer	7
1991	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jesse Barfield	48	Dante Bichette	7
1992	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jesse Barfield	48	Darrin Jackson	9
1993	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Dave Winfield+	35	Albert Belle	7
1994	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Kirby Puckett+	36	Tim Salmon Dante Bichette	4
1995	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Kirby Puckett+	37	Rich Becker	5
1996	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Brett Butler Andre Dawson+	30	Rich Becker	9
1997	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Brett Butler	32	Bobby Higginson Tim Salmon	5
1998	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Dante Bichette	31	Brian Jordan Paul O'Neill Dante Bichette Andruw Jones Steve Finley	6
1999	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Dante Bichette Ken Griffey	34	J.D. Drew Jermaine Dye	6
2000	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Dante Bichette Ken Griffey	37	Rich Becker	5
2001	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Dante Bichette	38	Carlos Beltran Andruw Jones	6
2002	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Ken Griffey	38	Juan Encarnacion	6
2003	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Ken Griffey Larry Walker	38	Jose Cruz	7
2004	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Larry Walker Ken Griffey	39	Endy Chavez Corey Patterson	5
2005	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Ken Griffey	40	Geoff Jenkins	7
2006	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Ken Griffey	40	Alfonso Soriano	9
2007	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Ken Griffey	42	Delmon Young Mark Teahen	7
2008	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Ken Griffey	43	Michael Cuddyer Alfonso Soriano Xavier Nady B.J. Upton Josh Hamilton	5
2009	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Ken Griffey	43	Mitch Maier Ryan Church	5
2010	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Jim Edmonds	33	Chris Young Adam Jones	6
2011	Tris Speaker+	143	Jimmy Sheckard Happy Felsch	14	Mark Kotsay	32	Melky Cabrera	7
2012	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Mark Kotsay	34	Alfonso Soriano	6
2013	Tris Speaker+	143	Happy Felsch Jimmy Sheckard	14	Mark Kotsay	34	Ben Revere	3

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