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, 0.67 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	Fld%	Single-Season	Fld%	Active	Fld%	Yearly	Fld%
1916			Sherry Magee	.981			Sherry Magee	.981
1917			Shoeless Joe Jackson	.982			Shoeless Joe Jackson	.982
1918			Nemo Leibold	.984			Nemo Leibold	.984
1919	George Burns	.972	Babe Ruth+	.996	George Burns	.972	Babe Ruth+	.996
1920	George Burns	.975	Babe Ruth+	.996	George Burns	.975	George Burns	.983
1921	George Burns	.974	Babe Ruth+	.996	George Burns	.974	Carson Bigbee	.974
1922	Zack Wheat+	.976	Babe Ruth+	.996	Zack Wheat+	.976	Zack Wheat+	.991
1923	George Burns	.974	Babe Ruth+	.996	Pat Duncan	.973	Pat Duncan	.993
1924	George Burns	.974	Babe Ruth+	.996	George Burns	.974	Denver Grigsby	.983
1925	George Burns	.975	Babe Ruth+	.996	George Burns	.975	Ray Blades	.979
1926	George Burns	.975	Babe Ruth+	.996	Babe Ruth+	.974	Bibb Falk	.992
1927	George Burns	.975	Babe Ruth+	.996	Babe Ruth+	.974	Dick Spalding	.992
1928	George Burns	.975	Babe Ruth+	.996	Babe Ruth+	.974	Heinie Manush+	.992
1929	George Burns	.975	Babe Ruth+	.996	Babe Ruth+	.975	Al Simmons+	.989
1930	Heinie Manush+	.983	Babe Ruth+	.996	Heinie Manush+	.983	Al Simmons+	.989
1931	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Red Worthington	.991
1932	Al Simmons+	.985	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.985	Joe Vosmik	.989
1933	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Al Simmons+	.990
1934	Al Simmons+	.986	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.986	Al Simmons+	.986
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	Jo-Jo Moore	.986
1940	Al Simmons+	.985	Babe Ruth+	.996	Al Simmons+	.985	Joe Medwick+	.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	George Case	.983
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	Dale Mitchell	.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	Dale Mitchell	.992
1952	Dale Mitchell	.988	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	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	Ted Williams+	.982
1955	Gene Woodling	.991	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.991	Roy Sievers	.988
1956	Gene Woodling	.990	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.990	Charlie Maxwell	.986
1957	Gene Woodling	.990	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Gene Woodling	.990	Charlie Maxwell	.997
1958	Gene Woodling	.990	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.990	Roy Sievers	.991
1959	Gene Woodling	.989	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Gene Woodling	.989	Jackie Brandt	.989
1960	Gene Woodling	.989	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Gene Woodling	.989	Charlie Maxwell	.996
1961	Gene Woodling	.990	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.990	Tito Francona	.986
1962	Gene Woodling	.989	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Gene Woodling	.989	Rocky Colavito	.992
1963	Gene Woodling	.989	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Charlie Maxwell	.988	Rocky Colavito	.993
1964	Gene Woodling	.989	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Frank Robinson+	.982	Chuck Hinton	.985
1965	Gene Woodling	.989	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Frank Robinson+	.982	Willie Horton	.991
1966	Gene Woodling	.989	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Frank Robinson+	.981	Leon Wagner	.989
1967	Gene Woodling	.989	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Frank Robinson+	.981	Billy Williams+	.989
1968	Gene Woodling	.989	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Tito Francona	.988	Roy White	.996
1969	Gene Woodling	.989	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Tito Francona	.987	Cleon Jones	.991
1970	Gene Woodling	.989	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Tito Francona	.987	Roy White	.994
1971	Roy White	.990	Roy White Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Roy White	.990	Roy White	1.000
1972	Roy White	.991	Roy White Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Roy White	.991	Pete Rose	.994
1973	Joe Rudi	.993	Andy Pafko Roy White Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Joe Rudi	.993	Greg Luzinski	.993
1974	Pete Rose	.992	Andy Pafko Roy White Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Pete Rose	.992	Pete Rose	.997
1975	Pete Rose	.992	Roy White Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko	1.000	Pete Rose	.992	Don Baylor	.989
1976	Pete Rose	.992	Roy White Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Joe Rudi	.991	George Foster	.995
1977	Pete Rose	.992	Danny Litwhiler Carl Yastrzemski+ Andy Pafko Roy White	1.000	Joe Rudi	.992	Carl Yastrzemski+	1.000
1978	Pete Rose	.992	Carl Yastrzemski+ Andy Pafko Roy White Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Pete Rose	.992	Joe Rudi	.992
1979	Pete Rose	.992	Carl Yastrzemski+ Danny Litwhiler Roy White Andy Pafko	1.000	Joe Rudi	.992	Dusty Baker	.990
1980	Pete Rose	.992	Danny Litwhiler Andy Pafko Carl Yastrzemski+ Roy White	1.000	Joe Rudi	.992	George Foster	.997
1981	Pete Rose	.992	Andy Pafko Carl Yastrzemski+ Danny Litwhiler Roy White	1.000	George Foster	.988	George Foster	.991
1982	Pete Rose	.992	John Lowenstein Roy White Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler Brian Downing Carl Yastrzemski+	1.000	Joe Rudi	.992	John Lowenstein Brian Downing	1.000
1983	Pete Rose	.992	Brian Downing John Lowenstein Danny Litwhiler Carl Yastrzemski+ Roy White Andy Pafko	1.000	Pete Rose	.992	Rickey Henderson+	.991
1984	Joe Rudi	.992	Andy Pafko Roy White John Lowenstein Danny Litwhiler Carl Yastrzemski+ Brian Downing	1.000	Gary Roenicke	.992	Brian Downing	1.000
1985	Brian Downing	.996	John Lowenstein Brian Downing Roy White Carl Yastrzemski+ Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Brian Downing	.996	Tim Raines	.993
1986	Brian Downing	.995	Carl Yastrzemski+ Danny Litwhiler Roy White John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Brian Downing	1.000	Brian Downing	.995	Phil Bradley	.996
1987	Brian Downing	.995	Danny Litwhiler Carl Yastrzemski+ John Lowenstein Roy White Andy Pafko Brian Downing	1.000	Brian Downing	.995	Mel Hall	.989
1988	Brian Downing	.995	John Lowenstein Danny Litwhiler Brian Downing Andy Pafko Roy White Carl Yastrzemski+	1.000	Gary Roenicke	.991	Dan Gladden	.991
1989	Brian Downing	.995	Carl Yastrzemski+ Roy White Andy Pafko Brian Downing John Lowenstein Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Phil Bradley	.990	Tim Raines	.996
1990	Brian Downing	.995	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Roy White Brian Downing Carl Yastrzemski+	1.000	Phil Bradley	.989	Kevin McReynolds	.988
1991	Brian Downing	.995	Danny Litwhiler Brian Downing Carl Yastrzemski+ Andy Pafko Roy White John Lowenstein	1.000	Tim Raines	.987	Greg Vaughn	.994
1992	Brian Downing	.995	Carl Yastrzemski+ Andy Pafko John Lowenstein Brian Downing Danny Litwhiler Roy White	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Tim Raines	.994
1993	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Carl Yastrzemski+ Roy White Tim Raines Andy Pafko John Lowenstein Danny Litwhiler	1.000	Tim Raines	.989	Tim Raines	1.000
1994	Brian Downing	.995	Tim Raines Danny Litwhiler Brian Downing Roy White Brady Anderson John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Carl Yastrzemski+	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Brady Anderson	1.000
1995	Brian Downing	.995	John Lowenstein Carl Yastrzemski+ Tim Raines Brady Anderson Andy Pafko Roy White Danny Litwhiler Brian Downing	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Brady Anderson	.990
1996	Brian Downing	.995	Brady Anderson Carl Yastrzemski+ Roy White Tim Raines Andy Pafko Brian Downing Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Marty Cordova	.991
1997	Brian Downing	.995	Andy Pafko Brian Downing Brady Anderson Carl Yastrzemski+ Roy White Danny Litwhiler John Lowenstein Tim Raines	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	B.J. Surhoff	.992
1998	Brian Downing	.995	Tim Raines Brady Anderson Brian Downing Roy White Danny Litwhiler Carl Yastrzemski+ John Lowenstein Andy Pafko	1.000	Tim Raines	.988	Henry Rodriguez	.996
1999	Brian Downing	.995	Carl Yastrzemski+ Roy White B.J. Surhoff Brian Downing Tim Raines Andy Pafko John Lowenstein Danny Litwhiler Brady Anderson	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.992	B.J. Surhoff	1.000
2000	Brian Downing	.995	B.J. Surhoff Danny Litwhiler Roy White Brian Downing Carl Yastrzemski+ John Lowenstein Andy Pafko Brady Anderson Tim Raines	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.992	Shannon Stewart	.993
2001	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Brady Anderson Andy Pafko Roy White B.J. Surhoff Tim Raines John Lowenstein Luis Gonzalez Danny Litwhiler	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.991	Luis Gonzalez	1.000
2002	Brian Downing	.995	Tim Raines Andy Pafko John Lowenstein B.J. Surhoff Danny Litwhiler Luis Gonzalez Brian Downing Brady Anderson Roy White	1.000	Brady Anderson	.988	Rondell White	1.000
2003	Brian Downing	.995	Danny Litwhiler B.J. Surhoff Tim Raines John Lowenstein Geoff Jenkins Luis Gonzalez Andy Pafko Brian Downing Brady Anderson	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.990	Geoff Jenkins	1.000
2004	Brian Downing	.995	Geoff Jenkins Luis Gonzalez Brian Downing Brady Anderson Carlos Lee Danny Litwhiler Tim Raines John Lowenstein Andy Pafko	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.990	Carlos Lee	1.000
2005	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing Frank Catalanotto Andy Pafko Brady Anderson Geoff Jenkins Carlos Lee Danny Litwhiler Luis Gonzalez John Lowenstein	1.000	B.J. Surhoff	.991	Frank Catalanotto	1.000
2006	Brian Downing	.995	Luis Gonzalez Geoff Jenkins Brian Downing Brady Anderson Carlos Lee Danny Litwhiler Frank Catalanotto John Lowenstein Andy Pafko	1.000	Carl Crawford	.993	Dave Roberts	1.000
2007	Brian Downing	.995	Andy Pafko Danny Litwhiler Carlos Lee Geoff Jenkins John Lowenstein Luis Gonzalez Brian Downing Frank Catalanotto Brady Anderson	1.000	Carl Crawford	.992	Luis Gonzalez	.995
2008	Brian Downing	.995	Ryan Braun Geoff Jenkins Luis Gonzalez Carlos Lee Danny Litwhiler Brian Downing Frank Catalanotto Brady Anderson John Lowenstein	1.000	Frank Catalanotto	.993	Ryan Braun	1.000
2009	Brian Downing	.995	Luis Gonzalez Brian Downing Geoff Jenkins Carlos Lee David DeJesus Frank Catalanotto Ryan Braun Jason Bay Brady Anderson	1.000	Frank Catalanotto	.993	Jason Bay David DeJesus	1.000
2010	Brian Downing	.995	Brian Downing David DeJesus Frank Catalanotto Geoff Jenkins Carlos Lee Luis Gonzalez Ryan Braun Jason Bay Brady Anderson	1.000	Frank Catalanotto	.993	Juan Pierre	.997
2011	Brian Downing	.995	Frank Catalanotto Geoff Jenkins Carlos Lee Brian Downing David DeJesus Brady Anderson Ryan Braun Luis Gonzalez Jason Bay	1.000	Ryan Braun	.995	Ryan Braun	.996
2012	Brian Downing	.995	Desmond Jennings Luis Gonzalez Brian Downing Ryan Braun Frank Catalanotto David DeJesus Jason Bay Brady Anderson Geoff Jenkins	1.000	Ryan Braun	.992	Desmond Jennings	1.000
2013	Brian Downing	.995	David DeJesus Andy Dirks Frank Catalanotto Melky Cabrera Brian Downing Domonic Brown Michael Brantley Brady Anderson Jason Bay Ryan Braun	1.000	Ryan Braun	.991	Domonic Brown Andy Dirks Nate McLouth Melky Cabrera Michael Brantley Juan Pierre David Murphy Carlos Gonzalez Matt Holliday Alex Gordon	1.000

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