American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Blue • CHW 1,452
2. Gehrig • NYY 1,355
3. Burns • SLB 1,346
4. Sweeney • BOS 1,283
5. Kuhel • WSH 1,255

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Melillo • SLB 543
2. Rhyne • BOS 502
3. Cronin • WSH 488
4. Lary • NYY 484
5. Bishop • PHA 414

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Levey • SLB 58
2. Lary • NYY 46
3. Appling • CHW 43
Cronin • WSH 43
5. Burnett • CLE 34

Def. Games as C

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

1. Spencer • WSH 145
2. Dickey • NYY 125
3. Cochrane • PHA 117
4. Ferrell • SLB 108
5. Sewell • CLE 104

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Dickey • NYY 670
2. Spencer • WSH 642
3. Cochrane • PHA 560
4. Ferrell • SLB 412
5. Sewell • CLE 384

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Ferrell • SLB 86
2. Berry • BOS 78
Dickey • NYY 78
4. Tate • CHW 69
Spencer • WSH 69

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Ferrell • SLB 14
2. Spencer • WSH 11
Hayworth • DET 11
4. Cochrane • PHA 9
Sewell • CLE 9

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Ferrell • SLB 11
Tate • CHW 11
3. Cochrane • PHA 9
Spencer • WSH 9
5. Berry • BOS 8

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Berry • BOS 6
Cochrane • PHA 6
Ferrell • SLB 6
4. Spencer • WSH 5
Sewell • CLE 5

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. Dickey • NYY 55
2. Sewell • CLE 54
3. Grube • CHW 53
4. Cochrane • PHA 52
5. Tate • CHW 50

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. Dickey • NYY 46
2. Sewell • CLE 41
3. Berry • BOS 39
Spencer • WSH 39
5. Cochrane • PHA 37
Hayworth • DET 37

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Myatt • CLE 52.5
2. Berry • BOS 49.4
3. Spencer • WSH 48.8
4. Hayworth • DET 47.4
5. Dickey • NYY 45.5

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Blue • CHW 155
2. Gehrig • NYY 154
3. Burns • SLB 143
4. Kuhel • WSH 139
5. Alexander • DET 126

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Blue • CHW 1,452
2. Gehrig • NYY 1,352
3. Burns • SLB 1,346
4. Sweeney • BOS 1,283
5. Kuhel • WSH 1,255

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Burns • SLB 125
2. Sweeney • BOS 92
3. Blue • CHW 81
4. Morgan • CLE 72
5. Gehrig • NYY 58

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Morgan • CLE 19
2. Alexander • DET 16
Blue • CHW 16
4. Gehrig • NYY 13
5. Kuhel • WSH 12

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Burns • SLB 131
2. Gehrig • NYY 120
3. Kuhel • WSH 119
4. Blue • CHW 105
5. Morgan • CLE 102

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Melillo • SLB 151
2. Myer • WSH 137
3. Bishop • PHA 130
4. Hodapp • CLE 121
5. Kerr • CHW 117

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Melillo • SLB 428
2. Myer • WSH 333
3. Bishop • PHA 314
4. Kerr • CHW 297
5. Hodapp • CLE 274

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Melillo • SLB 543
2. Bishop • PHA 414
3. Hodapp • CLE 413
4. Myer • WSH 398
5. Kerr • CHW 366

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Melillo • SLB 32
2. Hodapp • CLE 22
Lazzeri • NYY 22
Kerr • CHW 22
5. Warstler • BOS 15

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Melillo • SLB 118
2. Myer • WSH 87
3. Bishop • PHA 84
4. Kerr • CHW 78
5. Hodapp • CLE 73

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Bluege • WSH 152
2. Kamm • 2TM 132
3. Sewell • NYY 121
4. McManus • 2TM 90
5. Dykes • PHA 87

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Kamm • 2TM 158
2. Bluege • WSH 151
3. Sewell • NYY 131
4. Dykes • PHA 105
5. McManus • 2TM 103

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bluege • WSH 286
2. Kamm • 2TM 240
3. Sewell • NYY 227
4. McManus • 2TM 204
5. Dykes • PHA 153

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Sullivan • CHW 24
2. Kamm • 2TM 23
3. Bluege • WSH 18
Sewell • NYY 18
5. Storti • SLB 17

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Kamm • 2TM 33
2. Bluege • WSH 24
McManus • 2TM 24
4. Storti • SLB 20
5. Dykes • PHA 19

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Lary • NYY 155
Cronin • WSH 155
3. Rhyne • BOS 147
4. Levey • SLB 139
5. Cissell • CHW 83

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Cronin • WSH 323
2. Lary • NYY 321
3. Rhyne • BOS 295
4. Levey • SLB 269
5. Cissell • CHW 168

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Rhyne • BOS 502
2. Cronin • WSH 488
3. Lary • NYY 484
4. Levey • SLB 398
5. Cissell • CHW 233

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Levey • SLB 58
2. Lary • NYY 46
3. Cronin • WSH 43
4. Appling • CHW 42
5. Rhyne • BOS 31

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Cronin • WSH 94
2. Levey • SLB 92
3. Lary • NYY 85
4. Rhyne • BOS 74
5. Williams • PHA 59

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Goslin • SLB 151
2. Vosmik • CLE 147
3. Manush • WSH 143
4. Stone • DET 135
5. Simmons • PHA 124

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Vosmik • CLE 312
2. Goslin • SLB 288
3. Simmons • PHA 278
4. Stone • DET 217
5. Manush • WSH 196

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Goslin • SLB 13
2. Vosmik • CLE 12
Chapman • NYY 12
4. Stone • DET 10
Simmons • PHA 10

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Goslin • SLB 14
2. Stone • DET 13
3. Chapman • NYY 10
Vosmik • CLE 10
5. Manush • WSH 6

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Stone • DET 5
2. Vosmik • CLE 2
3. Chapman • NYY 1
Finney • PHA 1
Fonseca • CHW 1
Goslin • SLB 1
Manush • WSH 1
Reynolds • CHW 1
Rice • WSH 1
Rothrock • BOS 1
Simmons • PHA 1

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Averill • CLE 155
2. Oliver • BOS 148
3. Schulte • SLB 134
4. Combs • NYY 129
5. West • WSH 127

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Averill • CLE 404
2. Oliver • BOS 366
3. Schulte • SLB 332
4. Combs • NYY 318
5. West • WSH 316

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Oliver • BOS 17
2. Schulte • SLB 13
3. West • WSH 12
4. Watwood • CHW 9
Averill • CLE 9

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Doljack • DET 11
Schulte • SLB 11
3. Averill • CLE 10
Watwood • CHW 10
5. Combs • NYY 9

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Haas • PHA 4
Oliver • BOS 4
Schulte • SLB 4
4. Averill • CLE 3
West • WSH 3

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Webb • BOS 151
2. Johnson • DET 146
3. Miller • PHA 137
4. Porter • CLE 109
5. Ruth • NYY 91

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Miller • PHA 298
2. Johnson • DET 255
3. Webb • BOS 249
4. Porter • CLE 183
5. Reynolds • CHW 161

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Johnson • DET 24
2. Webb • BOS 19
3. Porter • CLE 8
Miller • PHA 8
Kress • SLB 8

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Webb • BOS 16
2. Johnson • DET 15
3. Reynolds • CHW 10
4. Porter • CLE 6
5. Kress • SLB 5
Ruth • NYY 5
Jenkins • SLB 5
Harris • WSH 5

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Johnson • DET 8
2. Webb • BOS 5
3. Reynolds • CHW 3
4. Gill • WSH 2
Ruth • NYY 2

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Averill • CLE 155
2. Goslin • SLB 151
Webb • BOS 151
4. Johnson • DET 150
5. Oliver • BOS 148

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Oliver • BOS 433
2. West • WSH 402
3. Averill • CLE 398
4. Schulte • SLB 361
5. Combs • NYY 335

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Johnson • DET 25
2. Webb • BOS 21
3. Oliver • BOS 15
4. Chapman • NYY 14
Goslin • SLB 14

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Webb • BOS 16
Watwood • CHW 16
3. Johnson • DET 15
4. Stone • DET 14
Goslin • SLB 14

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Johnson • DET 8
2. Stone • DET 6
3. Webb • BOS 5
4. Oliver • BOS 4
Haas • PHA 4
Schulte • SLB 4

Def. Games as P

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

1. Hadley • WSH 55
2. Moore • BOS 53
3. Caraway • CHW 51
4. Frazier • CHW 46
Fischer • WSH 46

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Blaeholder • SLB 25
2. Whitehill • DET 20
3. Ferrell • CLE 19
4. Stewart • SLB 17
5. Russell • BOS 16

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Ferrell • CLE 74
2. Moore • BOS 70
3. Brown • CLE 67
4. Hudlin • CLE 65
5. Russell • BOS 63

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Gray • SLB 8
2. Frazier • CHW 6
3. Morris • BOS 5
Lisenbee • BOS 5
Earnshaw • PHA 5

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hudlin • CLE 10
2. Herring • DET 6
3. Whitehill • DET 5
MacFayden • BOS 5
Hadley • WSH 5

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Dickey • NYY 6.30
2. Cochrane • PHA 5.62
3. Spencer • WSH 5.46
4. Hayworth • DET 5.23
5. Tate • CHW 4.99

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Dickey • NYY 5.98
2. Cochrane • PHA 5.32
3. Spencer • WSH 4.90
4. Ferrell • SLB 4.61
5. Hayworth • DET 4.49

Fielding % as C

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

1. Dickey • NYY .996
2. Tate • CHW .987
3. Cochrane • PHA .986
4. Berry • BOS .985
5. Spencer • WSH .985

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Sweeney • BOS 11.53
2. Burns • SLB 10.49
3. Morgan • CLE 10.49
4. Blue • CHW 10.14
5. Alexander • DET 9.98

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Sweeney • BOS 11.09
2. Burns • SLB 10.29
3. Morgan • CLE 10.14
4. Alexander • DET 9.92
5. Blue • CHW 9.89

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Sweeney • BOS .993
2. Foxx • PHA .993
3. Burns • SLB .993
4. Kuhel • WSH .991
5. Gehrig • NYY .991

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Melillo • SLB 6.68
2. Hodapp • CLE 6.23
3. Kerr • CHW 6.07
4. Gehringer • DET 5.96
5. Bishop • PHA 5.75

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Melillo • SLB 6.43
2. Gehringer • DET 5.90
3. Hodapp • CLE 5.68
4. Kerr • CHW 5.67
5. Bishop • PHA 5.60
Lazzeri • NYY 5.60

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Myer • WSH .984
2. Bishop • PHA .984
3. Hodapp • CLE .969
4. Melillo • SLB .968
5. Kerr • CHW .968

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. McManus • 2TM 3.70
2. Kamm • 2TM 3.16
3. Sullivan • CHW 3.14
4. Dykes • PHA 3.08
5. Kress • SLB 3.05

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. McManus • 2TM 3.41
2. Kamm • 2TM 3.02
3. Sullivan • CHW 2.99
4. Dykes • PHA 2.97
5. Sewell • NYY 2.96

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Bluege • WSH .960
2. Sewell • NYY .952
3. Kamm • 2TM .945

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Rhyne • BOS 5.63
2. Cronin • WSH 5.32
3. Levey • SLB 5.24
4. Cissell • CHW 5.18
5. Lary • NYY 5.15

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Rhyne • BOS 5.42
2. Cronin • WSH 5.23
3. Lary • NYY 5.19
4. Cissell • CHW 4.83
5. Levey • SLB 4.80

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Rhyne • BOS .963
2. Cronin • WSH .950
3. Lary • NYY .946
4. Levey • SLB .920

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Chapman • NYY 2.34
2. Simmons • PHA 2.32
3. Vosmik • CLE 2.20
4. Goslin • SLB 1.99
5. Fonseca • CHW 1.91

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Simmons • PHA .986
2. Manush • WSH .971
3. Vosmik • CLE .970
4. Goslin • SLB .956
5. Stone • DET .946

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Haas • PHA 2.68
2. Averill • CLE 2.66
3. Oliver • BOS 2.59
4. West • WSH 2.58
5. Schulte • SLB 2.57

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Oliver • BOS .992
2. West • WSH .988
3. Averill • CLE .976
4. Combs • NYY .973
5. Schulte • SLB .969

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Miller • PHA 2.23
2. Johnson • DET 1.91
3. Reynolds • CHW 1.90
4. Webb • BOS 1.77
5. Rice • WSH 1.75

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Miller • PHA .987
2. Porter • CLE .970
3. Johnson • DET .949
4. Webb • BOS .944

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. West • WSH 3.35
2. Oliver • BOS 3.08
3. Watwood • CHW 2.97
4. Schulte • SLB 2.87
5. Haas • PHA 2.76

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. West • WSH 3.27
2. Oliver • BOS 3.03
3. Schulte • SLB 2.79
4. Haas • PHA 2.73
5. Watwood • CHW 2.67

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Oliver • BOS .993
2. West • WSH .990
3. Miller • PHA .987
4. Simmons • PHA .987
5. Manush • WSH .977

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Moore • BOS 3.50
2. Blaeholder • SLB 3.19
3. Russell • BOS 3.06
4. Ferrell • CLE 3.03
5. Brown • CLE 2.94

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Whitehill • DET 2.41
2. Ferrell • CLE 2.33
3. Blaeholder • SLB 2.29
4. Russell • BOS 2.19
5. Brown • CLE 1.95

Fielding % as P

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

1. Uhle • DET 1.000
Johnson • NYY 1.000
Grove • PHA 1.000
Ruffing • NYY 1.000
Walberg • PHA 1.000
Brown • CLE 1.000

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