Progressive Leaders & Records for Fielding % as LF (s.1954)

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Progressive Leaders & Records for Fielding % as LF (s.1954)

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

+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

Statistic Description: Fielding Percentage Putouts + Assists / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.5 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	Fld%	Single-Season	Fld%	Active	Fld%	Yearly	Fld%
1918			Greasy Neale	.986			Greasy Neale	.986
1919			Babe Ruth+	.996			Babe Ruth+	.996
1920			Babe Ruth+	.996			George Burns	.983
1921	Bobby Veach	.971	Babe Ruth+	.996	Bobby Veach	.971	Carson Bigbee	.974
1922	Zack Wheat+	.975	Babe Ruth+	.996	Zack Wheat+	.975	Zack Wheat+	.991
1923	Pat Duncan	.973	Babe Ruth+	.996	Pat Duncan	.973	Pat Duncan	.993
1924	Charlie Jamieson	.973	Babe Ruth+	.996	Charlie Jamieson	.973	Johnny Mokan	.985
1925	George Burns	.979	Babe Ruth+	.996	George Burns	.979	Bob Meusel	.989
1926	George Burns	.979	Babe Ruth+	.996	Babe Ruth+	.974	Bibb Falk	.992
1927	George Burns	.979	Babe Ruth+	.996	Babe Ruth+	.974	Dick Spalding	.992
1928	George Burns	.979	Babe Ruth+	.996	Babe Ruth+	.974	Heinie Manush+	.992
1929	George Burns	.979	Babe Ruth+	.996	Babe Ruth+	.975	Evar Swanson	.990
1930	Heinie Manush+	.983	Babe Ruth+	.996	Heinie Manush+	.983	Rube Bressler	.995
1931	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Red Worthington	.991
1932	Al Simmons+	.985	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.985	Wally Roettger	.990
1933	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Al Simmons+	.990
1934	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Freddie Lindstrom+	.990
1935	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Joe Vosmik	.986
1936	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Joe Medwick+	.985
1937	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Joe Medwick+	.988
1938	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Augie Galan	.987
1939	Al Simmons+	.985	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.985	George Selkirk	.990
1940	Al Simmons+	.985	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.985	Morrie Arnovich	.982
1941	Al Simmons+	.985	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.985	Bob Johnson	.990
1942	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Augie Galan	.979	Danny Litwhiler	1.000
1943	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	.996
1944	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Al Simmons+	.985	Joe Medwick+	.993
1945	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Charlie Keller	.985	Peanuts Lowrey	.989
1946	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Charlie Keller	.983	Sid Gordon	.995
1947	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Charlie Keller	.983	Augie Galan	.988
1948	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Charlie Keller	.982	Jeff Heath	.991
1949	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Charlie Keller	.982	Dale Mitchell	.994
1950	Al Simmons+	.985	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Charlie Keller	.982	Hoot Evers	.997
1951	Dale Mitchell	.988	Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Dale Mitchell	.988	Monte Irvin+	.995
1952	Dale Mitchell	.988	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Dale Mitchell	.988	Andy Pafko	1.000
1953	Gene Woodling	.992	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.992	Gene Woodling	.996
1954	Gene Woodling	.991	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.991	Jim Delsing	.995
1955	Gene Woodling	.991	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.991	Jim Delsing	.995
1956	Gene Woodling	.990	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.990	Monte Irvin+	.991
1957	Gene Woodling	.990	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.990	Charlie Maxwell	.997
1958	Gene Woodling	.990	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.990	Del Ennis	.993
1959	Gene Woodling	.989	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.989	Norm Siebern	.993
1960	Gene Woodling	.989	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie Maxwell	.996
1961	Gene Woodling	.989	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.989	Stan Musial+	.994
1962	Gene Woodling	.989	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.989	Chuck Essegian	.994
1963	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Charlie Maxwell	.988	Charlie James	1.000
1964	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh	1.000	Frank Robinson+	.982	Tom Tresh	1.000
1965	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh	1.000	Frank Robinson+	.982	Willie Horton	.991
1966	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh	1.000	Frank Robinson+	.981	Ken Berry	.993
1967	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh	1.000	Frank Robinson+	.981	Tony Gonzalez	.989
1968	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh	1.000	Tito Francona	.988	Roy White	.996
1969	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh	1.000	Tito Francona	.987	Cleon Jones	.991
1970	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh	1.000	Tito Francona	.987	Roy White	.994
1971	Roy White	.990	Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White	1.000	Roy White	.990	Ted Uhlaender Roy White	1.000
1972	Roy White	.991	Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White	1.000	Roy White	.991	Willie Horton	1.000
1973	Joe Rudi	.993	Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White	1.000	Joe Rudi	.993	Greg Luzinski	.993
1974	Pete Rose	.992	Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White	1.000	Pete Rose	.992	Pete Rose	.997
1975	Pete Rose	.992	Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White	1.000	Pete Rose	.992	Jim Rice+	1.000
1976	Pete Rose	.992	Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White	1.000	Joe Rudi	.991	George Foster	.995
1977	Pete Rose	.992	Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White Carl Yastrzemski+	1.000	Joe Rudi	.992	Carl Yastrzemski+	1.000
1978	Pete Rose	.992	Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White Carl Yastrzemski+ Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Jim Rice+	1.000	Pete Rose	.992	Joe Rudi	.992
1979	Pete Rose	.992	Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Billy Sample Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White Carl Yastrzemski+	1.000	Joe Rudi	.992	Billy Sample	1.000
1980	Pete Rose	.992	Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke Billy Sample Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White	1.000	Joe Rudi	.992	Gary Roenicke	1.000
1981	Pete Rose	.992	Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke Billy Sample Tom Tresh Ted Uhlaender Roy White Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler	1.000	George Foster	.988	Billy Sample	.992
1982	Pete Rose	.992	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke Billy Sample Tom Tresh	1.000	Joe Rudi	.992	Brian Downing John Lowenstein	1.000
1983	Pete Rose	.992	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke Billy Sample Tom Tresh	1.000	Pete Rose	.992	Brian Downing	.994
1984	Joe Rudi	.992	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke	1.000	Gary Roenicke	.992	Brian Downing Gary Roenicke	1.000
1985	Brian Downing	.996	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke	1.000	Brian Downing	.996	Mickey Hatcher	.995
1986	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke	1.000	Brian Downing	.995	Phil Bradley	.996
1987	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke	1.000	Brian Downing	.995	Ken Griffey	.995
1988	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke	1.000	Gary Roenicke	.991	Dan Gladden	.991
1989	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke	1.000	Phil Bradley	.990	Tim Raines	.996
1990	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke	1.000	Phil Bradley	.989	Candy Maldonado	.995
1991	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke	1.000	Tim Raines	.987	Joe Orsulak	1.000
1992	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko Jim Rice+ Gary Roenicke	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Tim Raines	.994
1993	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko Tim Raines Jim Rice+	1.000	Tim Raines	.989	Tim Raines	1.000
1994	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko Tim Raines	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Brady Anderson Milt Thompson	1.000
1995	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko Luis Polonia	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Luis Polonia	1.000
1996	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko Luis Polonia	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Marty Cordova	.991
1997	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko Luis Polonia	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Greg Vaughn	.994
1998	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko Luis Polonia	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Henry Rodriguez	.996
1999	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Richard Hidalgo Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.992	Richard Hidalgo B.J. Surhoff	1.000
2000	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Richard Hidalgo Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak Andy Pafko	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.992	Rondell White	.995
2001	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Luis Gonzalez Richard Hidalgo Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.991	Luis Gonzalez	1.000
2002	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Luis Gonzalez Richard Hidalgo Willie Horton Charlie James Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Joe Orsulak	1.000	Brady Anderson	.988	Rondell White	1.000
2003	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Brian Downing Luis Gonzalez Richard Hidalgo Willie Horton Charlie James Geoff Jenkins Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.990	Geoff Jenkins	1.000
2004	Brian Downing	.995	Carlos Lee Danny Litwhiler Geoff Jenkins Brady Anderson Brian Downing Luis Gonzalez Richard Hidalgo Willie Horton Charlie James	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.990	Carlos Lee	1.000
2005	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Frank Catalanotto Brian Downing Luis Gonzalez Richard Hidalgo Willie Horton Charlie James Geoff Jenkins Carlos Lee	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.991	Frank Catalanotto Randy Winn	1.000
2006	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Garret Anderson Frank Catalanotto Brian Downing Luis Gonzalez Richard Hidalgo Willie Horton Charlie James	1.000	Carl Crawford	.993	Garret Anderson Frank Catalanotto Dave Roberts Preston Wilson	1.000
2007	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Garret Anderson Frank Catalanotto Brian Downing Luis Gonzalez Richard Hidalgo Willie Horton Charlie James	1.000	Carl Crawford	.992	Luis Gonzalez	.995
2008	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Garret Anderson Ryan Braun Frank Catalanotto Brian Downing Luis Gonzalez Richard Hidalgo	1.000	Frank Catalanotto	.993	Garret Anderson Ryan Braun Josh Willingham	1.000
2009	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Garret Anderson Jason Bay Ryan Braun Frank Catalanotto David DeJesus Brian Downing	1.000	Frank Catalanotto	.993	Jason Bay David DeJesus Juan Pierre	1.000
2010	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Garret Anderson Jason Bay Ryan Braun Frank Catalanotto David DeJesus Brian Downing	1.000	Frank Catalanotto	.993	Juan Pierre	.997
2011	Brian Downing	.995	Garret Anderson Jason Bay Ryan Braun Frank Catalanotto David DeJesus Brady Anderson Brian Downing	1.000	Ryan Braun	.995	Ryan Braun	.996
2012	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Garret Anderson Jason Bay Ryan Braun Frank Catalanotto David DeJesus Brian Downing	1.000	Ryan Braun	.992	Desmond Jennings	1.000

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Progressive Leaders & Records for Fielding % as LF (s.1954)