American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Pipp • NYY 1,667
2. Sheely • CHW 1,512
3. Blue • DET 1,506
4. Burns • BOS 1,412
5. Judge • WSH 1,392

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Scott • NYY 538
2. Peckinpaugh • WSH 527
3. Sewell • CLE 497
4. Galloway • PHA 493
Rigney • DET 493

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Sewell • CLE 52
2. Rigney • DET 50
3. Gerber • SLB 47
4. Galloway • PHA 41
Peckinpaugh • WSH 41

Def. Games as C

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

1. Schalk • CHW 142
2. Perkins • PHA 141
3. Severeid • SLB 133
4. O'Neill • CLE 130
5. Schang • NYY 119

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Schalk • CHW 591
2. Severeid • SLB 552
3. Schang • NYY 456
4. O'Neill • CLE 450
5. Perkins • PHA 432

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Schalk • CHW 150
2. Perkins • PHA 130
3. Severeid • SLB 123
4. O'Neill • CLE 116
5. Bassler • DET 113

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. O'Neill • CLE 15
2. Schang • NYY 14
3. Bassler • DET 11
Severeid • SLB 11
5. Ruel • BOS 10

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Ruel • BOS 17
2. Schalk • CHW 15
3. Schang • NYY 13
4. Bassler • DET 12
5. Perkins • PHA 11
Severeid • SLB 11

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. O'Neill • CLE 17
2. Perkins • PHA 14
3. Schang • NYY 11
4. Bassler • DET 7
Ruel • BOS 7

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. Bassler • DET 73
2. Ruel • BOS 67
3. Perkins • PHA 65
4. O'Neill • CLE 64
5. Schalk • CHW 59

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. Severeid • SLB 70
2. Schalk • CHW 66
3. Schang • NYY 63
4. Perkins • PHA 60
5. Bassler • DET 46

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Severeid • SLB 56.5
2. Schang • NYY 54.8
3. Schalk • CHW 52.8
4. Gharrity • WSH 51.8
5. Perkins • PHA 48.0

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Pipp • NYY 152
2. Sheely • CHW 149
3. Judge • WSH 147
4. Blue • DET 144
5. Sisler • SLB 141

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Pipp • NYY 1,667
2. Sheely • CHW 1,512
3. Blue • DET 1,506
4. Burns • BOS 1,412
5. Judge • WSH 1,392

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Sisler • SLB 125
2. Sheely • CHW 103
3. Judge • WSH 101
4. Blue • DET 95
5. Burns • BOS 94

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Burns • BOS 20
2. Sisler • SLB 17
3. Blue • DET 15
4. Hauser • PHA 14
5. Pipp • NYY 13

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Judge • WSH 135
2. Sisler • SLB 119
3. Sheely • CHW 114
4. Burns • BOS 112
Pipp • NYY 112

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Pratt • BOS 154
Harris • WSH 154
Collins • CHW 154
4. McManus • SLB 153
5. Ward • NYY 152

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Harris • WSH 483
2. Collins • CHW 406
3. McManus • SLB 398
4. Pratt • BOS 362
5. Ward • NYY 358

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Ward • NYY 489
2. Pratt • BOS 484
3. Harris • WSH 483
4. McManus • SLB 467
5. Collins • CHW 451

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. McManus • SLB 32
2. Pratt • BOS 30
Harris • WSH 30
4. Young • PHA 27
Wambsganss • CLE 27

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Harris • WSH 119
2. McManus • SLB 102
3. Pratt • BOS 83
4. Collins • CHW 81
5. Wambsganss • CLE 78

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Dykes • PHA 141
2. Gardner • CLE 128
3. Dugan • 2TM 124
4. Jones • DET 119
5. Ellerbe • SLB 91

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Dykes • PHA 186
2. Jones • DET 161
3. Ellerbe • SLB 137
4. Gardner • CLE 133
5. Dugan • 2TM 131

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Dykes • PHA 295
2. Jones • DET 267
3. Dugan • 2TM 260
4. Gardner • CLE 259
5. Ellerbe • SLB 224

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Dykes • PHA 28
2. Gardner • CLE 20
3. Foster • 2TM 19
Dugan • 2TM 19
5. Jones • DET 17
Ellerbe • SLB 17

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Gardner • CLE 27
2. Ellerbe • SLB 23
3. Dugan • 2TM 22
Jones • DET 22
5. Dykes • PHA 20

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Galloway • PHA 155
Rigney • DET 155
3. Scott • NYY 154
4. Gerber • SLB 153
5. Peckinpaugh • WSH 147

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Gerber • SLB 322
2. Galloway • PHA 321
3. Scott • NYY 302
4. Sewell • CLE 295
5. Peckinpaugh • WSH 265

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Scott • NYY 538
2. Peckinpaugh • WSH 527
3. Galloway • PHA 493
Rigney • DET 493
5. Gerber • SLB 470

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Rigney • DET 50
2. Sewell • CLE 49
3. Gerber • SLB 47
4. Galloway • PHA 41
Peckinpaugh • WSH 41

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Peckinpaugh • WSH 95
2. Gerber • SLB 93
3. Johnson • CHW 84
4. Galloway • PHA 80
Scott • NYY 80

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Veach • DET 154
2. Walker • PHA 138
3. Williams • SLB 137
4. Falk • CHW 129
Jamieson • CLE 129

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Williams • SLB 300
2. Jamieson • CLE 258
3. Veach • DET 254
4. Walker • PHA 247
5. Falk • CHW 245

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Veach • DET 17
2. Williams • SLB 16
3. Jamieson • CLE 15
Walker • PHA 15
5. Harris • BOS 13

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Goslin • WSH 14
2. Walker • PHA 11
3. Falk • CHW 10
4. Harris • BOS 9
Smith • WSH 9
Williams • SLB 9

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Jamieson • CLE 4
Walker • PHA 4
3. Falk • CHW 3
Menosky • BOS 3
Smith • WSH 3
Veach • DET 3

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Rice • WSH 154
2. Cobb • DET 133
3. Jacobson • SLB 125
4. Witt • NYY 112
5. Speaker • CLE 109

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Jacobson • SLB 296
2. Speaker • CLE 280
3. Rice • WSH 273
Mostil • CHW 273
5. Witt • NYY 261

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Rice • WSH 22
2. Speaker • CLE 15
3. Cobb • DET 13
4. Miller • PHA 12
5. Leibold • BOS 10

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Rice • WSH 21
2. Jacobson • SLB 13
3. Mostil • CHW 12
4. Cobb • DET 7
Leibold • BOS 7

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Speaker • CLE 7
2. Cobb • DET 5
3. Rice • WSH 4
4. Jacobson • SLB 3
Leibold • BOS 3

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Hooper • CHW 149
2. Tobin • SLB 145
3. Wood • CLE 138
4. Brower • WSH 123
5. Heilmann • DET 117

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Hooper • CHW 282
2. Wood • CLE 239
3. Tobin • SLB 179
4. Brower • WSH 160
5. Welch • PHA 152

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Hooper • CHW 20
2. Wood • CLE 18
3. Tobin • SLB 17
4. Welch • PHA 14
5. Brower • WSH 11

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Tobin • SLB 16
2. Hooper • CHW 12
3. Wood • CLE 11
4. Welch • PHA 10
Heilmann • DET 10

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hooper • CHW 8
2. Wood • CLE 5
3. Tobin • SLB 4
Smith • 2TM 4
5. Welch • PHA 3

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Rice • WSH 154
Veach • DET 154
3. Williams • SLB 153
4. Hooper • CHW 149
5. Walker • PHA 148

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Rice • WSH 387
2. Veach • DET 375
3. Williams • SLB 372
4. Jacobson • SLB 367
5. Mostil • CHW 333

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Meusel • NYY 24
2. Rice • WSH 23
3. Walker • PHA 19
Miller • PHA 19
Hooper • CHW 19

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Rice • WSH 21
2. Tobin • SLB 15
Goslin • WSH 15
Walker • PHA 15
5. Collins • BOS 13

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hooper • CHW 8
2. Speaker • CLE 7
3. Wood • CLE 5
4. Smith • 2TM 4
Williams • SLB 4
Walker • PHA 4
Tobin • SLB 4
Jacobson • SLB 4
Jamieson • CLE 4
Leibold • BOS 4
Rice • WSH 4

Def. Games as P

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

1. Rommel • PHA 51
2. Uhle • CLE 50
3. Shocker • SLB 48
4. Harriss • PHA 47
5. Ehmke • DET 45
Jones • NYY 45

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Shocker • SLB 33
2. Uhle • CLE 16
Bush • NYY 16
Collins • BOS 16
5. Vangilder • SLB 14
Coveleski • CLE 14

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Faber • CHW 94
Mays • NYY 94
3. Rommel • PHA 92
4. Quinn • BOS 89
5. Pillette • DET 82

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hasty • PHA 7
2. Mogridge • WSH 6
3. Mays • NYY 5
Uhle • CLE 5
Karr • BOS 5
Rommel • PHA 5
Francis • WSH 5

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Rommel • PHA 7
2. Jones • NYY 5
Mogridge • WSH 5
Uhle • CLE 5
Pillette • DET 5

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Schalk • CHW 5.43
2. Severeid • SLB 5.22
3. Picinich • WSH 5.16
4. O'Neill • CLE 4.91
5. Bassler • DET 4.90

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Schalk • CHW 5.22
2. Severeid • SLB 5.08
3. Schang • NYY 4.69
4. Bassler • DET 4.53
5. Picinich • WSH 4.36

Fielding % as C

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

1. Schalk • CHW .989
2. Perkins • PHA .984
3. Severeid • SLB .984
4. Gharrity • WSH .981
5. Bassler • DET .980

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Pipp • NYY 11.58
2. Blue • DET 11.33
3. Burns • BOS 11.19
4. Hauser • PHA 11.15
5. Sheely • CHW 10.86

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Pipp • NYY 11.55
2. Blue • DET 11.12
3. Sheely • CHW 10.84
4. Burns • BOS 10.76
5. Hauser • PHA 10.54

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. McInnis • CLE .997
2. Judge • WSH .996
3. Pipp • NYY .993
4. Sheely • CHW .993
5. Blue • DET .991

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Harris • WSH 6.42
2. Cutshaw • DET 5.95
3. Young • PHA 5.71
4. McManus • SLB 5.65
5. Wambsganss • CLE 5.64

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Harris • WSH 6.27
2. McManus • SLB 5.65
3. Ward • NYY 5.57
4. Collins • CHW 5.56
5. Pratt • BOS 5.49

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Collins • CHW .976
2. Ward • NYY .974
3. Cutshaw • DET .972
4. Harris • WSH .970
5. Pratt • BOS .966

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Ellerbe • SLB 3.98
2. Jones • DET 3.77
3. Mulligan • CHW 3.51
4. Dykes • PHA 3.50
5. Dugan • 2TM 3.23

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Ellerbe • SLB 3.97
2. Jones • DET 3.60
3. Mulligan • CHW 3.56
4. Dykes • PHA 3.41
5. Dugan • 2TM 3.15

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Jones • DET .962
2. Dugan • 2TM .954
3. Gardner • CLE .951
4. Dykes • PHA .945

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Peckinpaugh • WSH 5.53
2. Scott • NYY 5.53
3. Sewell • CLE 5.52
4. Galloway • PHA 5.44
5. Gerber • SLB 5.21

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Scott • NYY 5.45
2. Sewell • CLE 5.45
3. Peckinpaugh • WSH 5.39
4. Galloway • PHA 5.25
5. Gerber • SLB 5.18

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Scott • NYY .966
2. Galloway • PHA .952
3. Johnson • CHW .952
4. Peckinpaugh • WSH .951
5. Gerber • SLB .944

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Williams • SLB 2.31
2. Jamieson • CLE 2.12
3. Menosky • BOS 2.10
4. Falk • CHW 1.97
5. Walker • PHA 1.90

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Jamieson • CLE .978
2. Veach • DET .975
3. Williams • SLB .972
4. Falk • CHW .962
5. Walker • PHA .960

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Speaker • CLE 2.71
2. Mostil • CHW 2.63
3. Jacobson • SLB 2.42
4. Witt • NYY 2.39
5. Miller • PHA 2.06

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Speaker • CLE .983
2. Witt • NYY .982
3. Cobb • DET .970
4. Mostil • CHW .959
5. Jacobson • SLB .959

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Hooper • CHW 2.03
2. Wood • CLE 1.86
3. Welch • PHA 1.77
4. Meusel • NYY 1.55
5. Brower • WSH 1.39

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Brower • WSH .977
2. Hooper • CHW .962
3. Wood • CLE .959
4. Heilmann • DET .932
5. Tobin • SLB .925

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. McGowan • PHA 2.88
2. Mostil • CHW 2.83
3. Speaker • CLE 2.79
4. Jacobson • SLB 2.79
5. Rice • WSH 2.72

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Mostil • CHW 2.78
2. Jacobson • SLB 2.74
3. McGowan • PHA 2.72
4. Speaker • CLE 2.70
5. Rice • WSH 2.66

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Speaker • CLE .983
2. Veach • DET .982
3. Cobb • DET .980
4. Jamieson • CLE .978
5. Brower • WSH .978

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Mays • NYY 3.83
2. Quinn • BOS 3.55
3. Rommel • PHA 3.18
4. Morton • CLE 3.10
5. Pillette • DET 3.04

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Mays • NYY 3.00
2. Quinn • BOS 2.53
3. Coveleski • CLE 2.37
4. Pillette • DET 2.33
5. Faber • CHW 2.28

Fielding % as P

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

1. Bush • NYY 1.000
Zachary • WSH 1.000
Naylor • PHA 1.000
Johnson • WSH 1.000
5. Quinn • BOS .990

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