American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Stovall • CLE 1,478
2. Davis • PHA 1,432
3. Jones • 2TM 1,408
4. Stahl • BOS 1,353
5. Isbell • CHW 1,226

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bush • DET 567
2. McBride • WSH 499
3. Tannehill • CHW 419
4. Wagner • BOS 415
5. Collins • PHA 410

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Bush • DET 71
2. McBride • WSH 58
3. Wagner • BOS 50
4. Knight • NYY 49
Ball • NYY 49

Def. Games as C

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

1. Street • WSH 137
2. Sullivan • CHW 97
3. Thomas • PHA 84
4. Schmidt • DET 81
5. Kleinow • NYY 77
Carrigan • BOS 77
Stanage • DET 77

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Street • WSH 714
2. Thomas • PHA 479
3. Sullivan • CHW 452
4. Criger • SLB 387
5. Carrigan • BOS 347

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Street • WSH 210
2. Sullivan • CHW 119
3. Thomas • PHA 112
4. Easterly • CLE 110
Carrigan • BOS 110

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Schmidt • DET 20
Sweeney • NYY 20
3. Street • WSH 18
4. Easterly • CLE 16
5. Kleinow • NYY 15
Stanage • DET 15

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Street • WSH 18
2. Criger • SLB 16
3. Stanage • DET 12
4. Carrigan • BOS 9
Stephens • SLB 9
Easterly • CLE 9

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Street • WSH 15
2. Clarke • CLE 13
3. Donahue • BOS 12
4. Sullivan • CHW 10
Owens • CHW 10

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. Street • WSH 169
2. Sullivan • CHW 103
3. Stanage • DET 91
4. Kleinow • NYY 88
5. Easterly • CLE 86

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. Street • WSH 142
2. Sullivan • CHW 86
3. Schmidt • DET 83
4. Easterly • CLE 82
5. Carrigan • BOS 80

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Livingston • PHA 55.6
2. Carrigan • BOS 52.3
3. Thomas • PHA 51.4
4. Blair • NYY 50.0
5. Schmidt • DET 49.7

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Davis • PHA 149
2. Stovall • CLE 145
3. Jones • 2TM 139
4. Stahl • BOS 126
5. Chase • NYY 118

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Stovall • CLE 1,478
2. Davis • PHA 1,432
3. Jones • 2TM 1,402
4. Stahl • BOS 1,353
5. Isbell • CHW 1,204

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Stovall • CLE 109
2. Jones • 2TM 103
3. Davis • PHA 74
4. Chase • NYY 71
5. Isbell • CHW 66

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Chase • NYY 28
2. Stahl • BOS 20
3. Jones • 2TM 19
Stovall • CLE 19
Davis • PHA 19

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Stovall • CLE 80
2. Jones • 2TM 77
3. Davis • PHA 65
4. Stahl • BOS 57
5. Chase • NYY 53

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Collins • PHA 152
2. Delahanty • 2TM 131
3. McConnell • BOS 121
4. Lajoie • CLE 120
5. Schaefer • 2TM 118

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Collins • PHA 373
2. Lajoie • CLE 282
3. Delahanty • 2TM 265
4. McConnell • BOS 251
5. Schaefer • 2TM 232

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Collins • PHA 406
2. McConnell • BOS 389
3. Lajoie • CLE 373
4. Schaefer • 2TM 364
5. Delahanty • 2TM 338

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Delahanty • 2TM 31
McConnell • BOS 31
3. Lajoie • CLE 28
4. Collins • PHA 27
5. Schaefer • 2TM 25
Atz • CHW 25

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Collins • PHA 55
Lajoie • CLE 55
3. McConnell • BOS 43
4. Schaefer • 2TM 42
Williams • SLB 42

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Baker • PHA 146
2. Lord • BOS 134
3. Conroy • WSH 120
4. Ferris • SLB 114
5. Austin • NYY 111

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Baker • PHA 209
2. Lord • BOS 180
3. Austin • NYY 176
4. Ferris • SLB 157
5. Conroy • WSH 136

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Baker • PHA 277
2. Lord • BOS 268
3. Moriarty • DET 253
4. Ferris • SLB 242
5. Conroy • WSH 239

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Baker • PHA 42
2. Lord • BOS 34
3. Austin • NYY 32
4. Ferris • SLB 27
5. Conroy • WSH 25

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Austin • NYY 19
2. Baker • PHA 16
Bradley • CLE 16
4. Ferris • SLB 15
5. Conroy • WSH 14

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Bush • DET 157
2. McBride • WSH 156
3. Barry • PHA 124
4. Wagner • BOS 123
5. Parent • CHW 98

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. McBride • WSH 341
2. Bush • DET 308
3. Wagner • BOS 282
4. Ball • CLE 198
5. Barry • PHA 196

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bush • DET 567
2. McBride • WSH 499
3. Wagner • BOS 413
4. Parent • CHW 357
5. Barry • PHA 351

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Bush • DET 71
2. McBride • WSH 58
3. Wagner • BOS 50
4. Ball • CLE 46
5. Barry • PHA 43

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. McBride • WSH 56
2. Ball • CLE 42
3. Wagner • BOS 40
Barry • PHA 40
5. Bush • DET 38

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Dougherty • CHW 138
2. Engle • NYY 120
3. McIntyre • DET 119
4. Niles • BOS 87
5. Hinchman • CLE 86

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Engle • NYY 271
2. McIntyre • DET 209
3. Dougherty • CHW 184
4. Niles • BOS 148
5. Hinchman • CLE 139

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Engle • NYY 17
2. Niles • BOS 13
McIntyre • DET 13
4. Hooper • BOS 12
Hinchman • CLE 12

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hinchman • CLE 19
2. Engle • NYY 16
3. Dougherty • CHW 12
4. Stone • SLB 10
5. Heitmuller • PHA 8

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Engle • NYY 6
2. Hooper • BOS 3
Stone • SLB 3
4. Griggs • SLB 2
McIntyre • DET 2
Milan • WSH 2
Niles • BOS 2

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Speaker • BOS 142
2. Crawford • DET 140
3. Hoffman • SLB 109
4. Birmingham • CLE 98
5. Milan • WSH 88

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 319
2. Crawford • DET 298
3. Hoffman • SLB 231
4. Birmingham • CLE 204
5. Ganley • 2TM 175

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 35
2. Birmingham • CLE 14
3. Milan • WSH 10
Hoffman • SLB 10
Demmitt • NYY 10

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Demmitt • NYY 13
2. Birmingham • CLE 11
Crawford • DET 11
4. Cole • CHW 10
Speaker • BOS 10

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 11
2. Hoffman • SLB 7
3. Ganley • 2TM 3
Lelivelt • WSH 3
5. Birmingham • CLE 2
Crawford • DET 2
Demmitt • NYY 2
Hemphill • NYY 2
McAleese • SLB 2
Milan • WSH 2
Oldring • PHA 2

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Cobb • DET 154
2. Murphy • PHA 149
3. Gessler • 2TM 125
4. Keeler • NYY 95
5. Hartzell • SLB 85

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Cobb • DET 220
2. Murphy • PHA 191
3. Gessler • 2TM 152
4. Hartzell • SLB 116
5. Keeler • NYY 111

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Cobb • DET 21
Hartzell • SLB 21
3. Gessler • 2TM 17
Murphy • PHA 17
5. Demmitt • NYY 12
Good • CLE 12

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Cobb • DET 13
2. Gessler • 2TM 11
3. Hartzell • SLB 9
4. Good • CLE 6
Demmitt • NYY 6

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Cobb • DET 5
Demmitt • NYY 5
Murphy • PHA 5
4. Hartzell • SLB 4
5. Lord • CLE 3

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Cobb • DET 156
2. Murphy • PHA 149
3. Speaker • BOS 142
4. Crawford • DET 139
5. Dougherty • CHW 138

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 319
2. Engle • NYY 299
3. Crawford • DET 297
4. Hinchman • CLE 241
5. Hoffman • SLB 230

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 35
2. Cobb • DET 24
3. Demmitt • NYY 22
4. Hartzell • SLB 21
5. Niles • BOS 20

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hinchman • CLE 23
2. Demmitt • NYY 21
3. Engle • NYY 18
4. Cobb • DET 14
5. McAleese • SLB 13

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 12
2. Cobb • DET 7
Demmitt • NYY 7
4. Hoffman • SLB 6
5. Murphy • PHA 5
Hartzell • SLB 5
Engle • NYY 5

Def. Games as P

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

1. Smith • CHW 51
2. Arellanes • BOS 45
3. Groom • WSH 44
4. Willett • DET 41
5. Johnson • WSH 40
Mullin • DET 40
Morgan • 2TM 40

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Smith • CHW 26
2. Walsh • CHW 23
3. Pelty • SLB 17
4. Warhop • NYY 15
Johnson • WSH 15
White • CHW 15

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Smith • CHW 154
2. Morgan • 2TM 100
3. Mullin • DET 99
4. Groom • WSH 98
5. Lake • NYY 94

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Groom • WSH 12
2. Waddell • SLB 11
3. Lake • NYY 10
4. Young • CLE 9
Cicotte • BOS 9

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Summers • DET 8
2. Pelty • SLB 6
3. Grahame • SLB 5
4. Brockett • NYY 4
5. Krause • PHA 3
Groom • WSH 3
Berger • CLE 3
Smith • CHW 3
Plank • PHA 3
Quinn • NYY 3

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Thomas • PHA 7.68
2. Livingston • PHA 7.26
3. Street • WSH 7.23
4. Criger • SLB 7.11
5. Sweeney • NYY 6.87

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Thomas • PHA 7.04
2. Street • WSH 6.74
3. Criger • SLB 6.64
4. Livingston • PHA 6.44
5. Stephens • SLB 6.08

Fielding % as C

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

1. Thomas • PHA .985
2. Sullivan • CHW .983
3. Street • WSH .981
4. Carrigan • BOS .972
5. Kleinow • NYY .966

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Isbell • CHW 12.84
2. Stovall • CLE 11.32
3. Stahl • BOS 11.31
4. Chase • NYY 11.13
5. Jones • 2TM 11.03

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Isbell • CHW 12.57
2. Stahl • BOS 11.13
3. Stovall • CLE 10.94
4. Jones • 2TM 10.83
5. Chase • NYY 10.79

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Stovall • CLE .988
2. Davis • PHA .988
3. Jones • 2TM .988
4. Stahl • BOS .986
5. Chase • NYY .978

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Lajoie • CLE 5.67
2. McConnell • BOS 5.39
3. Schaefer • 2TM 5.26
4. Collins • PHA 5.13
5. Delahanty • 2TM 4.75

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Lajoie • CLE 5.46
2. McConnell • BOS 5.29
3. Collins • PHA 5.13
4. Schaefer • 2TM 5.05
5. Delahanty • 2TM 4.60

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Collins • PHA .967
2. Williams • SLB .962
3. Schaefer • 2TM .960
4. Lajoie • CLE .959
5. McConnell • BOS .954

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Austin • NYY 3.92
2. Ferris • SLB 3.56
3. Moriarty • DET 3.54
4. Lord • BOS 3.38
5. Conroy • WSH 3.36

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Austin • NYY 3.71
2. Ferris • SLB 3.50
3. Moriarty • DET 3.49
4. Lord • BOS 3.34
5. Baker • PHA 3.33

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Moriarty • DET .939
2. Conroy • WSH .938
3. Ferris • SLB .937
4. Lord • BOS .929
5. Austin • NYY .928

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Wagner • BOS 5.88
2. Parent • CHW 5.72
3. Bush • DET 5.67
4. Wallace • SLB 5.61
5. McBride • WSH 5.56

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Wagner • BOS 5.65
2. Bush • DET 5.57
3. Parent • CHW 5.50
4. Wallace • SLB 5.43
5. McBride • WSH 5.38

Fielding % as SS

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

1. McBride • WSH .935
2. Wagner • BOS .933
3. Barry • PHA .927
4. Bush • DET .925

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Engle • NYY 2.40
2. McIntyre • DET 1.87
3. Niles • BOS 1.85
4. Hinchman • CLE 1.76
5. Dougherty • CHW 1.41

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. McIntyre • DET .974
2. Engle • NYY .947
3. Dougherty • CHW .942

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Speaker • BOS 2.49
2. Ganley • 2TM 2.24
3. Birmingham • CLE 2.22
4. Hoffman • SLB 2.21
5. Crawford • DET 2.19

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Speaker • BOS .973
2. Hoffman • SLB .968
3. Crawford • DET .965

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Hartzell • SLB 1.61
2. Cobb • DET 1.56
3. Good • CLE 1.51
4. Murphy • PHA 1.40
5. Gessler • 2TM 1.35

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Murphy • PHA .977
2. Cobb • DET .949
3. Gessler • 2TM .939

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Speaker • BOS 2.53
2. Engle • NYY 2.43
3. Ganley • 2TM 2.36
4. Hoffman • SLB 2.31
5. Birmingham • CLE 2.31

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Speaker • BOS 2.49
2. Engle • NYY 2.36
3. Ganley • 2TM 2.27
4. Birmingham • CLE 2.22
5. Crawford • DET 2.19

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Murphy • PHA .977
2. McIntyre • DET .975
3. Speaker • BOS .973
4. Milan • WSH .972
5. Hoffman • SLB .968

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Walsh • CHW 4.54
2. Smith • CHW 4.44
3. Brockett • NYY 4.29
4. Pelty • SLB 4.12
5. Lake • NYY 4.06

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Walsh • CHW 3.74
2. Smith • CHW 3.53
3. Pelty • SLB 3.37
4. Lake • NYY 3.13
5. Brockett • NYY 3.12

Fielding % as P

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

1. Walsh • CHW .991
2. Plank • PHA .989
3. Killian • DET .984
4. Manning • NYY .982
5. Smith • CHW .978
Joss • CLE .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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