American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. McInnis • PHA 1,533
2. Chase • NYY 1,173
3. Gandil • WSH 1,106
4. Stahl • BOS 853
5. Stovall • SLB 845

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bush • DET 547
2. Weaver • CHW 525
3. McBride • WSH 498
4. Rath • CHW 463
5. Barry • PHA 438

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Weaver • CHW 71
2. Bush • DET 66
3. Wagner • BOS 61
4. Barry • PHA 55
5. McBride • WSH 53

Def. Games as C

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

1. Stanage • DET 120
2. Sweeney • NYY 108
3. Carrigan • BOS 87
4. Lapp • PHA 83
5. Kuhn • CHW 75

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Sweeney • NYY 548
2. Stanage • DET 440
3. Ainsmith • WSH 415
4. Carrigan • BOS 413
5. Lapp • PHA 354

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Stanage • DET 168
2. Sweeney • NYY 167
3. Henry • WSH 113
4. Stephens • SLB 110
5. O'Neill • CLE 108

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Sweeney • NYY 34
2. Stanage • DET 32
3. Ainsmith • WSH 22
4. Lapp • PHA 20
5. Stephens • SLB 18

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Easterly • 2TM 14
Stanage • DET 14
3. Stephens • SLB 10
Lapp • PHA 10
5. Sweeney • NYY 9
O'Neill • CLE 9
Krichell • SLB 9

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Stanage • DET 17
2. Easterly • 2TM 12
3. Street • NYY 10
Carrigan • BOS 10
5. Ainsmith • WSH 9
Sweeney • NYY 9
O'Neill • CLE 9
Kuhn • CHW 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. Stanage • DET 172
2. Sweeney • NYY 163
3. Carrigan • BOS 105
4. Krichell • SLB 99
5. Easterly • 2TM 94

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. Sweeney • NYY 114
2. Stanage • DET 113
3. Carrigan • BOS 83
4. O'Neill • CLE 77
5. Lapp • PHA 76

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Egan • PHA 58.9
2. Carisch • CLE 57.4
3. Henry • WSH 57.1
4. Thomas • PHA 56.6
5. Ainsmith • WSH 51.4

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. McInnis • PHA 153
2. Chase • NYY 122
3. Gandil • WSH 117
4. Stovall • SLB 94
5. Stahl • BOS 92

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. McInnis • PHA 1,533
2. Chase • NYY 1,162
3. Gandil • WSH 1,106
4. Stahl • BOS 853
5. Stovall • SLB 845

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. McInnis • PHA 100
2. Chase • NYY 79
3. Stovall • SLB 68
Gandil • WSH 68
5. Zeider • CHW 54

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Chase • NYY 27
McInnis • PHA 27
3. Stahl • BOS 18
4. Zeider • CHW 16
Stovall • SLB 16

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. McInnis • PHA 88
2. Stovall • SLB 64
3. Chase • NYY 49
Gandil • WSH 49
5. Stahl • BOS 37

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Rath • CHW 157
2. Collins • PHA 153
3. Yerkes • BOS 131
4. Pratt • SLB 122
5. Lajoie • CLE 97

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Collins • PHA 387
2. Rath • CHW 353
3. Pratt • SLB 273
4. Yerkes • BOS 244
5. Lajoie • CLE 241

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Rath • CHW 463
2. Collins • PHA 426
3. Pratt • SLB 326
4. Yerkes • BOS 323
5. Louden • DET 288

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Collins • PHA 38
2. Pratt • SLB 36
3. Yerkes • BOS 34
4. Rath • CHW 31
5. Louden • DET 25

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Collins • PHA 63
2. Pratt • SLB 49
Lajoie • CLE 49
4. Rath • CHW 46
5. Yerkes • BOS 39

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Foster • WSH 154
2. Baker • PHA 149
Austin • SLB 149
4. Gardner • BOS 143
5. Lord • CHW 106

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Austin • SLB 219
2. Baker • PHA 217
3. Foster • WSH 168
4. Gardner • BOS 167
5. Turner • CLE 129

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Foster • WSH 348
2. Baker • PHA 321
3. Gardner • BOS 296
4. Austin • SLB 292
5. Turner • CLE 199

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Austin • SLB 50
2. Foster • WSH 45
3. Lord • CHW 35
Gardner • BOS 35
5. Baker • PHA 34

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Baker • PHA 25
2. Austin • SLB 22
Foster • WSH 22
4. Turner • CLE 21
5. Gardner • BOS 16

Def. Games as SS

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

1. McBride • WSH 152
2. Weaver • CHW 147
3. Bush • DET 144
Wagner • BOS 144
5. Barry • PHA 139

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. McBride • WSH 349
2. Weaver • CHW 342
3. Wagner • BOS 332
4. Bush • DET 317
5. Barry • PHA 238

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bush • DET 547
2. Weaver • CHW 525
3. McBride • WSH 498
4. Barry • PHA 438
5. Wagner • BOS 391

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Weaver • CHW 71
2. Bush • DET 66
3. Wagner • BOS 61
4. Barry • PHA 55
5. McBride • WSH 53

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Barry • PHA 55
McBride • WSH 55
3. Weaver • CHW 53
4. Bush • DET 45
5. Wagner • BOS 43

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Lewis • BOS 154
2. Shanks • WSH 112
3. Callahan • CHW 105
4. Hogan • SLB 92
Daniels • NYY 92

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Lewis • BOS 232
2. Daniels • NYY 208
3. Hogan • SLB 157
4. Callahan • CHW 151
5. Shanks • WSH 126

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Lewis • BOS 23
2. Shanks • WSH 13
Hogan • SLB 13
4. Graney • CLE 12
5. Daniels • NYY 9

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Lewis • BOS 17
2. Daniels • NYY 16
3. Callahan • CHW 11
4. Compton • SLB 9
5. Graney • CLE 8
Shanks • WSH 8

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Graney • CLE 6
Hogan • SLB 6
3. Lewis • BOS 4
4. Lord • CHW 3
Shanks • WSH 3

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Milan • WSH 153
Speaker • BOS 153
3. Shotton • SLB 151
4. Cobb • DET 139
5. Birmingham • CLE 92

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 290
2. Shotton • SLB 281
3. Cobb • DET 280
4. Milan • WSH 209
5. Oldring • PHA 152

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 35
2. Milan • WSH 31
3. Cobb • DET 21
4. Shotton • SLB 19
5. Birmingham • CLE 18

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Shotton • SLB 25
Milan • WSH 25
3. Cobb • DET 21
4. Speaker • BOS 18
5. Birmingham • CLE 11

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 12
2. Birmingham • CLE 8
3. Shotton • SLB 7
4. Milan • WSH 6
5. Cobb • DET 5

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Hooper • BOS 147
2. Crawford • DET 143
3. Jackson • CLE 116
4. Moeller • WSH 100
5. Collins • CHW 86

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Hooper • BOS 176
2. Jackson • CLE 135
3. Crawford • DET 134
4. Collins • CHW 115
5. Moeller • WSH 105

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Jackson • CLE 22
Hooper • BOS 22
3. Moeller • WSH 17
4. Crawford • DET 14
5. Lord • PHA 12

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Jackson • CLE 13
2. Zinn • NYY 11
3. Moeller • WSH 9
Lord • PHA 9
Hooper • BOS 9

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hooper • BOS 7
2. Crawford • DET 5
Lord • PHA 5
4. Collins • CHW 4
Williams • SLB 4
Moeller • WSH 4

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Lewis • BOS 154
Milan • WSH 154
Shotton • SLB 154
4. Speaker • BOS 153
5. Jackson • CLE 150

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Shotton • SLB 381
2. Speaker • BOS 372
3. Milan • WSH 326
4. Cobb • DET 324
5. Lewis • BOS 301

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 35
2. Milan • WSH 31
3. Jackson • CLE 30
4. Moeller • WSH 25
5. Lewis • BOS 23

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Milan • WSH 25
Shotton • SLB 25
3. Cobb • DET 22
4. Zinn • NYY 20
5. Lewis • BOS 18
Speaker • BOS 18

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 9
2. Birmingham • CLE 8
3. Shotton • SLB 7
4. Milan • WSH 6
Hogan • SLB 6
Hooper • BOS 6

Def. Games as P

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

1. Walsh • CHW 62
2. Johnson • WSH 50
3. Groom • WSH 43
Wood • BOS 43
5. Benz • CHW 42

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Wood • BOS 41
2. Walsh • CHW 22
3. Coombs • PHA 16
4. Cashion • WSH 15
Johnson • WSH 15

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Walsh • CHW 140
2. Willett • DET 113
3. Wood • BOS 110
4. Johnson • WSH 93
5. Dubuc • DET 91

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Walsh • CHW 15
2. Benz • CHW 10
3. Groom • WSH 9
4. McConnell • NYY 8
5. Warhop • NYY 7
Willett • DET 7
Hughes • WSH 7

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Cicotte • 2TM 6
Ford • NYY 6
Blanding • CLE 6
4. Dubuc • DET 5
5. Powell • SLB 4
Kahler • CLE 4
Coombs • PHA 4
Johnson • WSH 4

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Ainsmith • WSH 9.07
2. Henry • WSH 7.93
3. Kuhn • CHW 7.30
4. O'Neill • CLE 7.11
5. Sweeney • NYY 7.06

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Ainsmith • WSH 8.47
2. Henry • WSH 7.08
3. Sweeney • NYY 6.62
4. O'Neill • CLE 6.24
5. Carrigan • BOS 5.92

Fielding % as C

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

1. Carrigan • BOS .970
2. Lapp • PHA .958
3. Sweeney • NYY .955
4. Stanage • DET .950

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. McInnis • PHA 10.84
2. Chase • NYY 10.61
3. Gandil • WSH 10.23
4. Stahl • BOS 10.11
5. Stovall • SLB 10.01

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. McInnis • PHA 10.67
2. Chase • NYY 10.17
3. Gandil • WSH 10.03
4. Stahl • BOS 9.80
5. Stovall • SLB 9.71

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Gandil • WSH .990
2. McInnis • PHA .984
3. Chase • NYY .979

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Louden • DET 5.91
2. Collins • PHA 5.42
3. Pratt • SLB 5.28
4. Rath • CHW 5.26
5. Lajoie • CLE 5.25

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Louden • DET 5.61
2. Collins • PHA 5.31
3. Rath • CHW 5.20
4. Lajoie • CLE 5.05
5. Pratt • SLB 4.91

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Rath • CHW .963
2. Collins • PHA .955
3. Yerkes • BOS .943
4. Pratt • SLB .943

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Baker • PHA 3.67
2. Austin • SLB 3.63
3. Turner • CLE 3.52
4. Foster • WSH 3.40
5. Gardner • BOS 3.30

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Baker • PHA 3.61
2. Austin • SLB 3.43
3. Foster • WSH 3.35
4. Gardner • BOS 3.24
5. Turner • CLE 3.18

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Turner • CLE .951
2. Baker • PHA .941
3. Gardner • BOS .930
4. Foster • WSH .920
5. Austin • SLB .911

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Bush • DET 6.20
2. Weaver • CHW 6.04
3. McBride • WSH 5.66
4. Wallace • SLB 5.49
5. Wagner • BOS 5.10

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Bush • DET 6.00
2. Weaver • CHW 5.90
3. McBride • WSH 5.57
4. Wallace • SLB 5.24
5. Wagner • BOS 5.02

Fielding % as SS

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

1. McBride • WSH .941
2. Bush • DET .929
3. Barry • PHA .925
4. Weaver • CHW .924
5. Wagner • BOS .922

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Daniels • NYY 2.36
2. Hogan • SLB 1.85
3. Lewis • BOS 1.66
4. Callahan • CHW 1.47
5. Shanks • WSH 1.24

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Shanks • WSH .946
2. Lewis • BOS .938
3. Callahan • CHW .933

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Cobb • DET 2.17
2. Speaker • BOS 2.12
3. Oldring • PHA 2.00
4. Shotton • SLB 1.99
5. Birmingham • CLE 1.60

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Speaker • BOS .948
2. Cobb • DET .935
3. Shotton • SLB .923
4. Milan • WSH .906

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Collins • CHW 1.45
2. Lord • PHA 1.35
3. Jackson • CLE 1.35
4. Hooper • BOS 1.35
5. Moeller • WSH 1.22

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Crawford • DET .980
2. Hooper • BOS .957
3. Jackson • CLE .924

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Speaker • BOS 2.73
2. Shotton • SLB 2.72
3. Strunk • PHA 2.64
4. Hogan • SLB 2.55
5. Cobb • DET 2.53

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Speaker • BOS 2.66
2. Shotton • SLB 2.60
3. Strunk • PHA 2.53
4. Cobb • DET 2.46
5. Hogan • SLB 2.43

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Strunk • PHA .990
2. Crawford • DET .984
3. Collins • CHW .969
4. Bodie • CHW .969
5. Hooper • BOS .964

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. McConnell • NYY 4.27
2. Willett • DET 3.96
3. Wood • BOS 3.95
4. Walsh • CHW 3.71
5. Brown • PHA 3.71

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. McConnell • NYY 3.65
2. Wood • BOS 3.51
3. Willett • DET 3.38
4. Ford • NYY 2.81
5. Dubuc • DET 2.78

Fielding % as P

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

1. Plank • PHA 1.000
White • CHW 1.000
Coombs • PHA 1.000
4. Baumgardner • SLB .985
5. Cashion • WSH .982

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