American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Isbell • CHW 1,389
2. Anderson • MLA 1,350
3. LaChance • CLE 1,342
4. Freeman • BOS 1,279
5. Davis • PHA 1,265

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Clingman • WSH 462
2. Gleason • DET 457
3. Ferris • BOS 450
4. Parent • BOS 446
5. Conroy • MLA 427

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Keister • BLA 97
2. Elberfeld • DET 76
3. Shugart • CHW 73
4. Burke • 2TM 66
5. Gleason • DET 64
Conroy • MLA 64

Def. Games as C

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Powers • PHA 111
2. Clarke • WSH 107
3. Sullivan • CHW 97
4. Wood • CLE 84
5. Schrecongost • BOS 72
Maloney • MLA 72

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Powers • PHA 400
2. Sullivan • CHW 396
3. Clarke • WSH 358
4. Wood • CLE 307
5. Criger • BOS 300

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Powers • PHA 137
2. Clarke • WSH 122
3. Maloney • MLA 111
4. Criger • BOS 109
5. Wood • CLE 106

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Schrecongost • BOS 30
2. Powers • PHA 27
3. Clarke • WSH 24
4. Bresnahan • BLA 23
5. Wood • CLE 21

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Sullivan • CHW 13
2. Clarke • WSH 11
Criger • BOS 11
Wood • CLE 11
5. Schrecongost • BOS 8

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Powers • PHA 19
2. Wood • CLE 17
Maloney • MLA 17
4. Bresnahan • BLA 14
Connor • 2TM 14
Schrecongost • BOS 14

Stolen Bases Allowed as C

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases. From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1968 and for those we may not have any data.

1. Powers • PHA 146
2. Wood • CLE 123
3. Clarke • WSH 113
4. Sullivan • CHW 109
5. Maloney • MLA 107

Caught Stealing as C

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases. From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1968 and for those we may not have any data.

1. Powers • PHA 112
2. Clarke • WSH 108
3. Sullivan • CHW 93
4. Maloney • MLA 92
5. Wood • CLE 86

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Yeager • CLE 56.3
2. Criger • BOS 52.3
3. Steelman • PHA 51.3
4. Buelow • DET 50.4
5. Clarke • WSH 48.9

Def. Games as 1B

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Isbell • CHW 137
2. LaChance • CLE 133
3. Freeman • BOS 128
4. Anderson • MLA 125
5. Davis • PHA 117

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Isbell • CHW 1,387
2. LaChance • CLE 1,342
3. Anderson • MLA 1,310
4. Freeman • BOS 1,278
5. Davis • PHA 1,265

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Isbell • CHW 101
2. Davis • PHA 83
3. Anderson • MLA 66
4. LaChance • CLE 58
5. Freeman • BOS 55

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Freeman • BOS 36
2. Davis • PHA 33
3. Isbell • CHW 31
4. LaChance • CLE 30
5. Anderson • MLA 25

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Anderson • MLA 81
2. Isbell • CHW 79
3. LaChance • CLE 73
4. Freeman • BOS 71
5. Davis • PHA 67

Def. Games as 2B

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Ferris • BOS 138
2. Gleason • DET 135
3. Beck • CLE 132
Mertes • CHW 132
5. Williams • BLA 130

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Lajoie • PHA 395
2. Ferris • BOS 359
3. Williams • BLA 339
4. Mertes • CHW 337
5. Gleason • DET 334

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Gleason • DET 457
2. Ferris • BOS 450
3. Williams • BLA 412
4. Beck • CLE 404
5. Mertes • CHW 396

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Gleason • DET 64
2. Ferris • BOS 61
3. Beck • CLE 56
4. Williams • BLA 52
5. Gilbert • MLA 49

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Ferris • BOS 68
2. Gleason • DET 67
3. Gilbert • MLA 66
4. Lajoie • PHA 60
5. Mertes • CHW 54

Def. Games as 3B

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Collins • BOS 138
2. Coughlin • WSH 137
3. Bradley • CLE 133
4. Casey • DET 127
5. Hartman • CHW 119

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Coughlin • WSH 232
2. Collins • BOS 203
3. Bradley • CLE 192
4. Hartman • CHW 151
5. Cross • PHA 140

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Collins • BOS 328
2. Casey • DET 324
3. Bradley • CLE 298
4. Coughlin • WSH 275
5. Hartman • CHW 263

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Casey • DET 58
2. Collins • BOS 50
3. Hartman • CHW 49
4. Burke • 2TM 43
Coughlin • WSH 43

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Bradley • CLE 25
Casey • DET 25
3. Collins • BOS 24
4. Coughlin • WSH 16
5. Hartman • CHW 15

Def. Games as SS

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Parent • BOS 138
2. Clingman • WSH 137
3. Elberfeld • DET 121
4. Conroy • MLA 118
5. Keister • BLA 112

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Elberfeld • DET 332
2. Clingman • WSH 290
3. Conroy • MLA 285
4. Parent • BOS 260
5. Keister • BLA 231

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Clingman • WSH 462
2. Parent • BOS 446
3. Elberfeld • DET 411
4. Conroy • MLA 408
5. Shugart • CHW 338

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Keister • BLA 97
2. Elberfeld • DET 76
3. Shugart • CHW 73
4. Parent • BOS 63
5. Conroy • MLA 59

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Elberfeld • DET 62
2. Clingman • WSH 56
3. Parent • BOS 52
4. Conroy • MLA 46
5. Shugart • CHW 32

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Dowd • BOS 137
2. McFarland • CHW 132
3. Nance • DET 128
4. Foster • WSH 102
5. McCarthy • CLE 86

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Dowd • BOS 288
2. McFarland • CHW 283
3. Nance • DET 231
4. Foster • WSH 201
5. Donlin • BLA 174

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Nance • DET 19
2. McFarland • CHW 14
3. Donlin • BLA 12
4. Dowd • BOS 11
5. Foster • WSH 9
McCarthy • CLE 9

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Dowd • BOS 20
2. Nance • DET 19
3. McFarland • CHW 17
Donlin • BLA 17
Foster • WSH 17

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Nance • DET 6
2. McCarthy • CLE 5
3. Dowd • BOS 3
Hallman • MLA 3
McFarland • CHW 3

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Barrett • DET 135
2. Hoy • CHW 132
3. Stahl • BOS 131
4. Pickering • CLE 111
5. Fultz • PHA 95

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Barrett • DET 300
2. Hoy • CHW 278
3. Stahl • BOS 277
4. Pickering • CLE 270
5. Fultz • PHA 189

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Barrett • DET 31
2. Pickering • CLE 19
3. Hoy • CHW 17
4. Farrell • WSH 14
5. Stahl • BOS 12

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Barrett • DET 21
2. Farrell • WSH 14
Pickering • CLE 14
4. Stahl • BOS 13
Fultz • PHA 13
Hoy • CHW 13

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Barrett • DET 7
2. Pickering • CLE 6
3. Hoy • CHW 5
4. Stahl • BOS 4
5. Farrell • WSH 3

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Hemphill • BOS 136
2. Seymour • BLA 129
3. Jones • CHW 128
4. Holmes • DET 127
5. Dungan • WSH 103

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Seymour • BLA 255
2. Holmes • DET 210
3. Jones • CHW 202
4. Hemphill • BOS 186
5. Dungan • WSH 141

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Seymour • BLA 22
Hemphill • BOS 22
3. Jones • CHW 19
4. Holmes • DET 18
5. Dungan • WSH 17

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Holmes • DET 23
2. Hemphill • BOS 17
3. Jones • CHW 16
4. Waldron • 2TM 15
Seymour • BLA 15

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Dungan • WSH 5
Holmes • DET 5
Jones • CHW 5
4. Hallman • MLA 4
Hemphill • BOS 4
O'Brien • CLE 4
Seymour • BLA 4

Def. Games as OF

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Waldron • 2TM 140
2. Hallman • MLA 139
3. Pickering • CLE 137
Dowd • BOS 137
5. Hemphill • BOS 136

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Pickering • CLE 315
2. Barrett • DET 300
3. Dowd • BOS 288
4. McFarland • CHW 283
5. Hoy • CHW 278

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Barrett • DET 31
2. Seymour • BLA 23
3. Pickering • CLE 22
Hemphill • BOS 22
5. Hallman • MLA 21

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hallman • MLA 26
2. Holmes • DET 24
3. Barrett • DET 21
Waldron • 2TM 21
5. Dowd • BOS 20

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Pickering • CLE 9
2. Barrett • DET 7
3. Nance • DET 6
Hoy • CHW 6
Hallman • MLA 6

Def. Games as P

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. McGinnity • BLA 48
2. Young • BOS 43
Dowling • 2TM 43
4. Carrick • WSH 42
5. Patterson • CHW 41

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Fraser • PHA 35
2. Bernhard • PHA 22
3. Patten • WSH 21
4. Callahan • CHW 19
Miller • DET 19

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Miller • DET 112
2. Young • BOS 105
3. McGinnity • BLA 104
4. Carrick • WSH 94
5. Fraser • PHA 91

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Cronin • DET 12
2. Nops • BLA 10
3. Siever • DET 9
McGinnity • BLA 9
Howell • BLA 9

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Howell • BLA 5
Siever • DET 5
3. Miller • DET 4
Husting • MLA 4
Winter • BOS 4
Yeager • DET 4
Fraser • PHA 4

Range Factor/9Inn as C

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Criger • BOS 6.17
2. Maloney • MLA 5.78
3. Schrecongost • BOS 5.51
4. Connor • 2TM 5.31
5. Wood • CLE 5.26

Range Factor/Game as C

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Criger • BOS 6.01
2. Maloney • MLA 5.49
3. Schrecongost • BOS 5.21
4. Sullivan • CHW 5.15
5. Wood • CLE 4.92

Fielding % as C

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Buelow • DET .967
2. Sullivan • CHW .967
3. Clarke • WSH .952
4. Powers • PHA .952
5. Maloney • MLA .952

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Davis • PHA 11.82
2. Dillon • DET 11.62
3. Anderson • MLA 11.34
4. Isbell • CHW 11.14
5. LaChance • CLE 11.09

Range Factor/Game as 1B

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Davis • PHA 11.52
2. Dillon • DET 11.09
3. Anderson • MLA 11.01
4. Isbell • CHW 10.86
5. LaChance • CLE 10.53

Fielding % as 1B

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Anderson • MLA .982
2. Isbell • CHW .980
3. LaChance • CLE .979
4. Davis • PHA .976
5. Freeman • BOS .974

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Lajoie • PHA 6.73
2. Farrell • WSH 6.28
3. Ferris • BOS 6.02
4. Williams • BLA 6.02
5. Gleason • DET 6.02

Range Factor/Game as 2B

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Lajoie • PHA 6.52
2. Ferris • BOS 5.86
3. Farrell • WSH 5.86
4. Gleason • DET 5.86
5. Williams • BLA 5.78

Fielding % as 2B

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Lajoie • PHA .960
2. Mertes • CHW .940
3. Gilbert • MLA .936
4. Williams • BLA .935
5. Ferris • BOS .930

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Collins • BOS 3.95
2. Coughlin • WSH 3.91
3. Bradley • CLE 3.90
4. Cross • PHA 3.86
5. Casey • DET 3.71

Range Factor/Game as 3B

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Collins • BOS 3.85
2. Cross • PHA 3.76
3. Coughlin • WSH 3.70
4. Bradley • CLE 3.68
5. Casey • DET 3.60

Fielding % as 3B

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Bradley • CLE .930
2. Coughlin • WSH .922
3. Cross • PHA .919
4. Collins • BOS .914
5. Hartman • CHW .894

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Elberfeld • DET 6.28
2. Conroy • MLA 6.03
3. Clingman • WSH 5.81
4. Shugart • CHW 5.36
5. Parent • BOS 5.24

Range Factor/Game as SS

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Elberfeld • DET 6.14
2. Conroy • MLA 5.87
3. Clingman • WSH 5.49
4. Shugart • CHW 5.24
5. Parent • BOS 5.12

Fielding % as SS

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Clingman • WSH .932
2. Conroy • MLA .922
3. Parent • BOS .918
4. Elberfeld • DET .907
5. Scheibeck • CLE .897

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Donlin • BLA 2.55
2. McFarland • CHW 2.25
3. Dowd • BOS 2.18
4. Foster • WSH 2.06
5. McIntyre • PHA 1.99

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. McFarland • CHW .946
2. Dowd • BOS .937
3. Nance • DET .929
4. Foster • WSH .925

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Pickering • CLE 2.60
2. Barrett • DET 2.45
3. Hoy • CHW 2.23
4. Stahl • BOS 2.21
5. Brodie • BLA 2.18

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Hoy • CHW .958
2. Stahl • BOS .957
3. Pickering • CLE .954
4. Barrett • DET .940
5. Fultz • PHA .938

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Seymour • BLA 2.15
2. Holmes • DET 1.80
3. Jones • CHW 1.73
4. Waldron • 2TM 1.68
5. Dungan • WSH 1.53

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Dungan • WSH .952
2. Seymour • BLA .949
3. Jones • CHW .932
4. Hemphill • BOS .924
5. Holmes • DET .908

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Donlin • BLA 2.72
2. Jackson • BLA 2.63
3. Pickering • CLE 2.59
4. Barrett • DET 2.51
5. Seymour • BLA 2.30

Range Factor/Game as OF

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Donlin • BLA 2.58
2. Jackson • BLA 2.48
3. Pickering • CLE 2.46
4. Barrett • DET 2.45
5. McFarland • CHW 2.25

Fielding % as OF

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Jackson • BLA .971
2. Hoy • CHW .958
3. Stahl • BOS .957
4. Seybold • PHA .954
5. Pickering • CLE .949

Range Factor/9Inn as P

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Callahan • CHW 4.27
2. Husting • MLA 4.06
3. Bernhard • PHA 3.75
4. Yeager • DET 3.56
5. Miller • DET 3.55

Range Factor/Game as P

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Callahan • CHW 3.78
2. Bernhard • PHA 3.45
3. Miller • DET 3.45
4. Wiltse • PHA 3.21
5. Fraser • PHA 3.15

Fielding % as P

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Young • BOS .975
2. Bernhard • PHA .964
3. Miller • DET .963
4. Gear • WSH .955
5. Reidy • MLA .953

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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