American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. LaChance • BOS 1,471
2. Anderson • SLB 1,423
3. Ganzel • NYY 1,385
4. Hickman • CLE 1,323
5. Carr • DET 1,276

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Wallace • SLB 468
2. Tannehill • CHW 457
3. Parent • BOS 456
4. Ferris • BOS 441
5. Williams • NYY 438

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Gochnaur • CLE 98
2. Tannehill • CHW 76
3. Elberfeld • DET 62
Wallace • SLB 62
5. Parent • BOS 57

Def. Games as C

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

1. Criger • BOS 96
2. Schrecongost • PHA 77
3. Beville • NYY 75
4. Bemis • CLE 74
5. Abbott • CLE 71
Kahoe • SLB 71

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Schrecongost • PHA 514
2. Criger • BOS 491
3. Powers • PHA 349
4. Abbott • CLE 337
5. Kahoe • SLB 333

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Criger • BOS 156
2. Schrecongost • PHA 106
3. Abbott • CLE 97
4. Powers • PHA 86
5. Bemis • CLE 82

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Abbott • CLE 19
2. McGuire • DET 17
3. Schrecongost • PHA 16
4. Beville • NYY 15
5. Clarke • WSH 14
Criger • BOS 14

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Criger • BOS 10
2. Abbott • CLE 9
McGuire • DET 9
4. Kahoe • SLB 8
5. McFarland • CHW 7

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Abbott • CLE 17
2. Slattery • CHW 15
3. Schrecongost • PHA 11
Criger • BOS 11
5. Beville • NYY 9
McGuire • DET 9

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. McGuire • DET 98
2. Beville • NYY 79
3. Abbott • CLE 77
4. Schrecongost • PHA 73
5. Kittridge • WSH 70

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. Criger • BOS 93
2. Schrecongost • PHA 67
3. Abbott • CLE 65
4. Sugden • SLB 58
5. Kittridge • WSH 57

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Criger • BOS 61.6
2. Farrell • BOS 51.7
3. Sullivan • CHW 51.0
4. Sugden • SLB 49.2
5. Bemis • CLE 48.2

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. LaChance • BOS 141
2. Carr • DET 135
3. Anderson • SLB 133
4. Ganzel • NYY 129
5. Hickman • CLE 125

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. LaChance • BOS 1,471
2. Anderson • SLB 1,416
3. Ganzel • NYY 1,385
4. Hickman • CLE 1,310
5. Carr • DET 1,276

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Carr • DET 111
2. Ganzel • NYY 94
3. Anderson • SLB 91
4. Isbell • CHW 87
5. Hickman • CLE 66

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hickman • CLE 40
2. Davis • PHA 29
3. Carr • DET 25
LaChance • BOS 25
5. Anderson • SLB 22

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Anderson • SLB 71
2. LaChance • BOS 68
Ganzel • NYY 68
4. Hickman • CLE 67
5. Carr • DET 60

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Ferris • BOS 139
2. Murphy • PHA 133
3. Williams • NYY 132
4. Lajoie • CLE 122
5. Magoon • CHW 94

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Lajoie • CLE 366
2. Ferris • BOS 313
3. Williams • NYY 266
4. Murphy • PHA 241
5. Smith • DET 200

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Williams • NYY 438
2. Ferris • BOS 434
3. Lajoie • CLE 402
4. Murphy • PHA 349
5. McCormick • 2TM 282

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Ferris • BOS 39
2. Smith • DET 36
Lajoie • CLE 36
4. Williams • NYY 32
Murphy • PHA 32

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Lajoie • CLE 61
2. Williams • NYY 59
3. Ferris • BOS 50
4. McCormick • 2TM 35
5. Murphy • PHA 34

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Bradley • CLE 136
Cross • PHA 136
3. Collins • BOS 130
4. Conroy • NYY 123
5. Coughlin • WSH 119

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Collins • BOS 178
2. Coughlin • WSH 170
3. Conroy • NYY 164
4. Cross • PHA 152
5. Bradley • CLE 151

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bradley • CLE 299
2. Collins • BOS 260
3. Conroy • NYY 243
4. Cross • PHA 228
5. Coughlin • WSH 224

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Callahan • CHW 37
Bradley • CLE 37
3. Conroy • NYY 36
4. Yeager • DET 26
5. Hill • SLB 23

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Collins • BOS 19
2. Bradley • CLE 18
3. Cross • PHA 14
4. Coughlin • WSH 13
5. Conroy • NYY 11

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Parent • BOS 139
2. Tannehill • CHW 138
3. Cross • PHA 137
4. Wallace • SLB 135
5. Gochnaur • CLE 134

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Cross • PHA 305
2. Parent • BOS 296
3. Elberfeld • 2TM 295
4. Tannehill • CHW 291
5. Wallace • SLB 282

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Wallace • SLB 468
2. Tannehill • CHW 457
3. Parent • BOS 456
4. Gochnaur • CLE 414
5. Elberfeld • 2TM 410

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Gochnaur • CLE 98
2. Tannehill • CHW 76
3. Elberfeld • 2TM 62
Wallace • SLB 62
5. Parent • BOS 57

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Tannehill • CHW 58
2. Wallace • SLB 53
3. Elberfeld • 2TM 51
4. Gochnaur • CLE 45
5. Moran • WSH 37

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Dougherty • BOS 139
2. Burkett • SLB 132
3. Selbach • WSH 120
4. McCarthy • CLE 108
5. Davis • NYY 96

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Dougherty • BOS 259
2. Burkett • SLB 230
3. Selbach • WSH 223
4. Lush • DET 202
5. McCarthy • CLE 178

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Dougherty • BOS 17
2. Lush • DET 16
3. Holmes • CHW 14
4. Burkett • SLB 11
5. McCarthy • CLE 10

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Davis • NYY 18
2. Burkett • SLB 15
3. Dougherty • BOS 14
4. Selbach • WSH 9
5. Lush • DET 8

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. McCarthy • CLE 5
2. Burkett • SLB 4
Lush • DET 4
4. Dougherty • BOS 3
5. Hartsel • PHA 2
Selbach • WSH 2

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Barrett • DET 136
Jones • CHW 136
3. Pickering • PHA 134
4. Heidrick • SLB 119
5. Bay • CLE 114
Ryan • WSH 114

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Jones • CHW 324
2. Barrett • DET 303
3. Ryan • WSH 288
4. Pickering • PHA 268
5. Heidrick • SLB 252

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Barrett • DET 19
2. Pickering • PHA 17
Heidrick • SLB 17
4. Stahl • BOS 11
Fultz • NYY 11
Jones • CHW 11

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Barrett • DET 15
2. Bay • CLE 14
3. Heidrick • SLB 13
4. Fultz • NYY 12
5. McFarland • NYY 10

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Barrett • DET 7
Heidrick • SLB 7
3. Pickering • PHA 5
4. Bay • CLE 3
Jones • CHW 3

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Freeman • BOS 141
2. Flick • CLE 134
3. Green • CHW 133
4. Keeler • NYY 128
5. Seybold • PHA 119

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Green • CHW 219
2. Flick • CLE 213
3. Freeman • BOS 195
4. Keeler • NYY 177
5. Seybold • PHA 176

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Green • CHW 16
2. Flick • CLE 14
3. Freeman • BOS 13
Hemphill • SLB 13
5. Crawford • DET 12

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Green • CHW 17
2. Freeman • BOS 15
3. Keeler • NYY 13
4. Flick • CLE 11
5. Seybold • PHA 7
Hemphill • SLB 7

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Green • CHW 8
2. Flick • CLE 4
Keeler • NYY 4
Seybold • PHA 4
5. Crawford • DET 3
Hemphill • SLB 3
Robinson • WSH 3

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Freeman • BOS 141
2. Selbach • WSH 140
Bay • CLE 140
Flick • CLE 140
5. Dougherty • BOS 139

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Jones • CHW 324
2. Barrett • DET 303
3. Bay • CLE 293
4. Ryan • WSH 288
5. Pickering • PHA 272

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Barrett • DET 19
Holmes • 2TM 19
3. Hemphill • SLB 17
Pickering • PHA 17
Lush • DET 17
Heidrick • SLB 17

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Davis • NYY 19
2. Green • CHW 17
3. Bay • CLE 16
4. Burkett • SLB 15
Barrett • DET 15
Freeman • BOS 15

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Green • CHW 8
2. Barrett • DET 7
3. Pickering • PHA 5
McCarthy • CLE 5
Heidrick • SLB 5

Def. Games as P

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

1. Plank • PHA 43
2. Mullin • DET 41
3. Young • BOS 40
Chesbro • NYY 40
Flaherty • CHW 40

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Mullin • DET 38
2. Donovan • DET 25
White • CHW 25
4. Plank • PHA 23
Patterson • CHW 23

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Mullin • DET 108
2. Joss • CLE 107
Flaherty • CHW 107
4. Sudhoff • SLB 104
5. Chesbro • NYY 103

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Flaherty • CHW 12
2. Mullin • DET 10
3. Bender • PHA 9
Orth • WSH 9
Donahue • 2TM 9

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Flaherty • CHW 5
White • CHW 5
3. Dinneen • BOS 4
Young • BOS 4
Owen • CHW 4

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Schrecongost • PHA 8.61
2. Powers • PHA 7.12
3. Criger • BOS 7.03
4. Sugden • SLB 6.46
5. Abbott • CLE 6.36

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Schrecongost • PHA 8.05
2. Criger • BOS 6.74
3. Powers • PHA 6.59
4. Abbott • CLE 6.11
5. Sugden • SLB 6.09

Fielding % as C

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

1. Bemis • CLE .988
2. Criger • BOS .979
3. Schrecongost • PHA .975
4. Kahoe • SLB .971
5. Beville • NYY .960

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Anderson • SLB 11.70
2. Ganzel • NYY 11.69
3. Hickman • CLE 11.21
4. Isbell • CHW 11.12
5. LaChance • BOS 10.95

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Ganzel • NYY 11.47
2. Anderson • SLB 11.33
3. Hickman • CLE 11.01
4. LaChance • BOS 10.84
5. Isbell • CHW 10.83

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Ganzel • NYY .988
2. Anderson • SLB .986
3. Isbell • CHW .984
4. LaChance • BOS .984
5. Carr • DET .982

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Lajoie • CLE 6.51
2. Williams • NYY 5.45
3. Ferris • BOS 5.44
4. Smith • DET 5.18
5. McCormick • 2TM 5.16

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Lajoie • CLE 6.30
2. Ferris • BOS 5.37
3. Williams • NYY 5.33
4. McCormick • 2TM 5.08
5. Smith • DET 5.02

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Williams • NYY .957
2. Lajoie • CLE .955
3. Ferris • BOS .950
4. Murphy • PHA .949
5. Magoon • CHW .936

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Collins • BOS 3.43
2. Conroy • NYY 3.39
3. Bradley • CLE 3.39
4. Coughlin • WSH 3.35
5. Hill • SLB 3.32

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Collins • BOS 3.37
2. Coughlin • WSH 3.31
3. Conroy • NYY 3.31
4. Bradley • CLE 3.31
5. Hill • SLB 3.20

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Collins • BOS .952
2. Coughlin • WSH .952
3. Cross • PHA .950
4. Bradley • CLE .924
5. Yeager • DET .921

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Elberfeld • 2TM 5.81
2. Wallace • SLB 5.69
3. Moran • WSH 5.53
4. Tannehill • CHW 5.49
5. Parent • BOS 5.47

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Elberfeld • 2TM 5.69
2. Wallace • SLB 5.56
3. Tannehill • CHW 5.42
4. Parent • BOS 5.41
5. Moran • WSH 5.38

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Moran • WSH .943
2. Cross • PHA .940
3. Parent • BOS .930
4. Wallace • SLB .924
5. Elberfeld • 2TM .919

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Lush • DET 2.56
2. Holmes • CHW 2.01
3. Dougherty • BOS 1.99
4. Selbach • WSH 1.93
5. Davis • NYY 1.84

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Hartsel • PHA .974
2. McCarthy • CLE .964
3. Selbach • WSH .963
4. Dougherty • BOS .952
5. Burkett • SLB .941

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Ryan • WSH 2.59
2. Jones • CHW 2.46
3. Barrett • DET 2.37
4. Heidrick • SLB 2.26
5. Fultz • NYY 2.17

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Jones • CHW .985
2. Ryan • WSH .970
3. Pickering • PHA .969
4. Barrett • DET .955
5. Heidrick • SLB .954

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Green • CHW 1.77
2. Flick • CLE 1.69
3. Crawford • DET 1.68
4. Hemphill • SLB 1.58
5. Seybold • PHA 1.55

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Seybold • PHA .964
2. Flick • CLE .954
3. Keeler • NYY .935
4. Freeman • BOS .933
5. Green • CHW .933

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Ryan • WSH 2.70
2. Lush • DET 2.50
3. Jones • CHW 2.49
4. Barrett • DET 2.44
5. Heidrick • SLB 2.34

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Ryan • WSH 2.59
2. Jones • CHW 2.46
3. Lush • DET 2.42
4. Barrett • DET 2.37
5. Heidrick • SLB 2.26

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Jones • CHW .985
2. Ryan • WSH .970
3. Pickering • PHA .970
4. Lush • DET .968
5. Hartsel • PHA .968

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Owen • CHW 4.26
2. Mullin • DET 4.09
3. Howell • NYY 3.98
4. Flaherty • CHW 3.92
5. Lee • WSH 3.83

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Joss • CLE 3.75
2. Mullin • DET 3.56
3. Patterson • CHW 3.56
4. Siever • SLB 3.35
5. White • CHW 3.32

Fielding % as P

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

1. Howell • NYY 1.000
2. Lee • WSH .986
3. Chesbro • NYY .983
Griffith • NYY .983
5. Dinneen • BOS .978

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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