American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Pipp • NYY 1,396
2. Gandil • WSH 1,237
3. Burns • DET 1,155
4. McInnis • PHA 1,123
5. Hoblitzell • BOS 1,095

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bush • DET 504
2. Collins • CHW 487
3. Lavan • SLB 475
4. Weaver • CHW 470
5. Chapman • CLE 469

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Lavan • SLB 75
2. Bush • DET 57
3. Chapman • CLE 50
4. Weaver • CHW 49
5. Kopf • PHA 48

Def. Games as C

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

1. Schalk • CHW 134
2. O'Neill • CLE 115
3. Agnew • SLB 102
4. Stanage • DET 100
5. Henry • WSH 94

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Schalk • CHW 655
2. O'Neill • CLE 556
3. Henry • WSH 478
4. Agnew • SLB 398
5. Stanage • DET 395

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. O'Neill • CLE 175
2. Schalk • CHW 159
3. Agnew • SLB 153
4. Henry • WSH 122
5. Lapp • PHA 115

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Agnew • SLB 39
2. McAvoy • PHA 25
3. O'Neill • CLE 24
4. Stanage • DET 19
5. Henry • WSH 17
Lapp • PHA 17

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Lapp • PHA 23
2. O'Neill • CLE 17
3. Agnew • SLB 16
4. Cady • BOS 12
5. Nunamaker • NYY 9

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Agnew • SLB 17
2. Stanage • DET 12
Schalk • CHW 12
4. Severeid • SLB 11
5. Baker • DET 10
Cady • BOS 10
Egan • CLE 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. Lapp • PHA 152
2. O'Neill • CLE 134
3. Agnew • SLB 100
4. McAvoy • PHA 97
5. Stanage • DET 88

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. O'Neill • CLE 99
2. Agnew • SLB 94
3. Schalk • CHW 89
4. Lapp • PHA 75
5. Stanage • DET 69
Henry • WSH 69

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Schalk • CHW 53.3
2. Schang • PHA 51.7
3. Alexander • 2TM 51.0
4. Agnew • SLB 48.5
5. Henry • WSH 46.9

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Pipp • NYY 134
Gandil • WSH 134
3. McInnis • PHA 119
4. Hoblitzell • BOS 117
5. Burns • DET 104

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Pipp • NYY 1,396
2. Gandil • WSH 1,237
3. Burns • DET 1,155
4. McInnis • PHA 1,123
5. Hoblitzell • BOS 1,095

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Pipp • NYY 85
2. McInnis • PHA 83
3. Gandil • WSH 77
4. Hoblitzell • BOS 63
5. Burns • DET 57

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Gandil • WSH 19
2. Burns • DET 17
3. Hoblitzell • BOS 15
4. McInnis • PHA 13
Kirke • CLE 13

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Pipp • NYY 85
2. Burns • DET 65
Gandil • WSH 65
4. McInnis • PHA 63
5. Hoblitzell • BOS 51

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Pratt • SLB 158
2. Collins • CHW 155
3. Young • DET 119
4. Boone • NYY 115
5. Lajoie • PHA 110

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Pratt • SLB 417
2. Collins • CHW 344
3. Lajoie • PHA 251
4. Boone • NYY 249
5. Young • DET 233

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Collins • CHW 487
2. Pratt • SLB 441
3. Boone • NYY 392
4. Young • DET 371
5. Lajoie • PHA 332

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Young • DET 32
2. Pratt • SLB 31
3. Wagner • BOS 28
4. Wambsganss • CLE 25
5. Boone • NYY 23
Lajoie • PHA 23

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Pratt • SLB 82
2. Lajoie • PHA 61
3. Boone • NYY 59
4. Collins • CHW 54
5. Young • DET 44

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Vitt • DET 151
2. Austin • SLB 141
3. Maisel • NYY 134
4. Gardner • BOS 127
5. Blackburne • CHW 83

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Vitt • DET 191
2. Austin • SLB 188
3. Maisel • NYY 184
4. Gardner • BOS 134
5. Barbare • CLE 99

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Vitt • DET 324
2. Austin • SLB 264
3. Gardner • BOS 227
4. Maisel • NYY 223
5. Foster • WSH 147

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Austin • SLB 41
2. Maisel • NYY 26
Gardner • BOS 26
4. Foster • WSH 21
5. Vitt • DET 19

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Austin • SLB 32
2. Maisel • NYY 20
3. Vitt • DET 19
4. Gardner • BOS 16
5. Foster • WSH 14

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Lavan • SLB 157
2. Bush • DET 155
3. Chapman • CLE 154
4. Weaver • CHW 148
5. McBride • WSH 146

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Chapman • CLE 378
2. Bush • DET 340
3. McBride • WSH 326
4. Lavan • SLB 313
5. Peckinpaugh • NYY 291

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bush • DET 504
2. Lavan • SLB 475
3. Weaver • CHW 470
4. Chapman • CLE 469
5. Peckinpaugh • NYY 468

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Lavan • SLB 75
2. Bush • DET 57
3. Chapman • CLE 50
4. Weaver • CHW 49
5. Peckinpaugh • NYY 47

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Lavan • SLB 81
2. Bush • DET 61
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY 60
4. Weaver • CHW 54
5. McBride • WSH 47

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Lewis • BOS 152
Veach • DET 152
3. Shotton • SLB 138
4. Graney • CLE 107
5. Hartzell • NYY 105

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Veach • DET 293
2. Lewis • BOS 260
3. Shotton • SLB 258
4. Graney • CLE 208
5. Hartzell • NYY 190

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Veach • DET 19
2. Graney • CLE 15
3. Lewis • BOS 14
4. Shotton • SLB 13
Shanks • WSH 13

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Shotton • SLB 19
2. Lewis • BOS 14
3. Veach • DET 8
Hartzell • NYY 8
5. Schang • PHA 7

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Veach • DET 4
2. Lewis • BOS 3
Shotton • SLB 3
4. Fournier • CHW 2
Oldring • PHA 2

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Cobb • DET 156
2. Milan • WSH 151
3. Speaker • BOS 150
4. Walker • SLB 117
5. Felsch • CHW 78

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 375
2. Milan • WSH 343
3. Cobb • DET 320
4. Walker • SLB 294
5. Felsch • CHW 179

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 24
2. Walker • SLB 23
3. Cobb • DET 21
4. Strunk • PHA 17
5. Milan • WSH 13

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Walker • SLB 21
Milan • WSH 21
3. Cobb • DET 18
4. Speaker • BOS 10
5. Roth • 2TM 9

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Cobb • DET 8
Speaker • BOS 8
3. Milan • WSH 3
Walker • SLB 3
Strunk • PHA 3

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Crawford • DET 156
2. Hooper • BOS 149
3. Cook • NYY 131
4. Murphy • 2TM 125
5. Smith • CLE 97

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Hooper • BOS 249
2. Crawford • DET 217
3. Cook • NYY 178
4. Smith • CLE 159
5. Murphy • 2TM 158

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Hooper • BOS 23
2. Cook • NYY 21
3. Murphy • 2TM 13
4. Moeller • WSH 12
5. Collins • CHW 11

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Smith • CLE 14
2. Murphy • 2TM 12
3. Cook • NYY 9
4. Hooper • BOS 8
5. Moeller • WSH 7

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hooper • BOS 7
Moeller • WSH 7
3. Cook • NYY 5
4. Smith • CLE 4
5. Strunk • PHA 2

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Cobb • DET 156
Crawford • DET 156
3. Shotton • SLB 154
4. Veach • DET 152
Lewis • BOS 152

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 378
2. Milan • WSH 352
3. Walker • SLB 333
4. Cobb • DET 328
5. Veach • DET 297

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Walker • SLB 27
2. Strunk • PHA 24
3. Hooper • BOS 23
4. Cobb • DET 22
5. Speaker • BOS 21

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Walker • SLB 23
Shotton • SLB 23
3. Milan • WSH 21
4. Cobb • DET 18
Smith • CLE 18

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Speaker • BOS 8
2. Cobb • DET 7
Hooper • BOS 7
4. Moeller • WSH 6
5. Walker • SLB 5

Def. Games as P

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

1. Coveleski • DET 50
Faber • CHW 50
3. Jones • CLE 48
Scott • CHW 48
5. Johnson • WSH 47
Weilman • SLB 47

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Johnson • WSH 22
2. Foster • BOS 18
3. Ruth • BOS 17
4. Coveleski • DET 16
5. James • 2TM 14

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Dauss • DET 137
2. Coveleski • DET 109
3. Scott • CHW 103
4. Johnson • WSH 95
Shore • BOS 95

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Coveleski • DET 11
2. Wyckoff • PHA 10
3. Lowdermilk • 2TM 9
Coumbe • CLE 9
5. Mitchell • CLE 8
James • 2TM 8
Faber • CHW 8

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Johnson • WSH 7
2. Wood • BOS 6
3. Benz • CHW 5
Boland • DET 5
Caldwell • NYY 5
Coveleski • DET 5

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Henry • WSH 7.00
2. McAvoy • PHA 6.92
3. O'Neill • CLE 6.66
4. Thomas • BOS 6.61
5. Lapp • PHA 6.51

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Henry • WSH 6.38
2. O'Neill • CLE 6.36
3. Schalk • CHW 6.07
4. Lapp • PHA 5.52
5. Nunamaker • NYY 5.49

Fielding % as C

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

1. Schalk • CHW .984
2. Cady • BOS .980
3. Henry • WSH .972
4. Thomas • BOS .969
5. O'Neill • CLE .968

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Burns • DET 11.59
2. Pipp • NYY 11.33
3. Kirke • CLE 10.95
4. Hoblitzell • BOS 10.63
5. McInnis • PHA 10.41

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Burns • DET 11.65
2. Pipp • NYY 11.05
3. Kirke • CLE 10.78
4. McInnis • PHA 10.13
5. Hoblitzell • BOS 9.90

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Pipp • NYY .992
2. McInnis • PHA .989
3. Hoblitzell • BOS .987
4. Burns • DET .986
5. Gandil • WSH .986

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Boone • NYY 5.98
2. Lajoie • PHA 5.65
3. Pratt • SLB 5.58
4. Young • DET 5.46
5. Collins • CHW 5.36

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Boone • NYY 5.57
2. Pratt • SLB 5.43
3. Collins • CHW 5.36
4. Lajoie • PHA 5.30
5. Young • DET 5.08

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Collins • CHW .974
2. Boone • NYY .965
3. Pratt • SLB .965
4. Lajoie • PHA .962
5. Young • DET .950

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Vitt • DET 3.48
2. Austin • SLB 3.40
3. Foster • WSH 3.10
4. Maisel • NYY 3.10
5. Gardner • BOS 2.90

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Vitt • DET 3.41
2. Austin • SLB 3.21
3. Maisel • NYY 3.04
4. Foster • WSH 3.03
5. Gardner • BOS 2.84

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Vitt • DET .964
2. Maisel • NYY .940
3. Gardner • BOS .933
4. Austin • SLB .917

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Chapman • CLE 5.56
2. Bush • DET 5.45
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY 5.43
4. Lavan • SLB 5.30
5. McBride • WSH 5.25

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Chapman • CLE 5.50
2. Bush • DET 5.45
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY 5.35
4. McBride • WSH 5.12
5. Weaver • CHW 5.07

Fielding % as SS

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

1. McBride • WSH .968
2. Chapman • CLE .944
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY .942
4. Weaver • CHW .939
5. Bush • DET .937

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Oldring • PHA 2.22
2. Shanks • WSH 2.09
3. Graney • CLE 2.08
4. Veach • DET 2.05
5. Shotton • SLB 1.96

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Veach • DET .975
2. Graney • CLE .974
3. Hartzell • NYY .962
4. Lewis • BOS .951
5. Shotton • SLB .934

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Walker • SLB 2.71
2. Speaker • BOS 2.66
3. Felsch • CHW 2.37
4. Milan • WSH 2.36
5. Cobb • DET 2.19

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Speaker • BOS .976
2. Cobb • DET .950
3. Milan • WSH .944
4. Walker • SLB .938

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Hooper • BOS 1.83
2. Smith • CLE 1.74
3. Cook • NYY 1.52
4. Crawford • DET 1.44
5. Moeller • WSH 1.42

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Crawford • DET .974
2. Hooper • BOS .971
3. Cook • NYY .957
4. Murphy • 2TM .934

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Walker • SLB 2.72
2. Speaker • BOS 2.71
3. Milan • WSH 2.44
4. Oldring • PHA 2.41
5. Shanks • WSH 2.35

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Speaker • BOS 2.66
2. Walker • SLB 2.59
3. Milan • WSH 2.42
4. Oldring • PHA 2.30
5. Walsh • PHA 2.26

Fielding % as OF

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

1. High • NYY .981
2. Strunk • PHA .980
3. Walsh • PHA .976
4. Speaker • BOS .976
5. Veach • DET .975

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Dauss • DET 4.30
2. Shore • BOS 3.83
3. James • 2TM 3.72
4. Coveleski • DET 3.59
5. Benz • CHW 3.44

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Dauss • DET 3.22
2. Fisher • NYY 2.83
3. Shore • BOS 2.76
4. Foster • BOS 2.57
5. Ruth • BOS 2.50
Coveleski • DET 2.50

Fielding % as P

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

1. Caldwell • NYY .988
2. Wood • BOS .982
3. Foster • BOS .979
4. Boehling • WSH .978
5. Ruth • BOS .976

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