American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Kuhel • WSH 1,498
2. Foxx • PHA 1,402
3. Burns • SLB 1,336
4. Gehrig • NYY 1,290
5. Kress • CHW 1,185

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Gehringer • DET 542
2. Appling • CHW 534
3. Cronin • WSH 528
4. Rogell • DET 526
5. Hayes • CHW 497

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Appling • CHW 55
2. Rogell • DET 51
3. Williams • PHA 47
4. Crosetti • NYY 43
5. Levey • SLB 42

Def. Games as C

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

1. Sewell • WSH 141
2. Ferrell • 2TM 137
3. Hayworth • DET 133
4. Cochrane • PHA 128
5. Dickey • NYY 127

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Dickey • NYY 721
2. Ferrell • 2TM 591
3. Hayworth • DET 546
4. Sewell • WSH 516
5. Cochrane • PHA 476

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Ferrell • 2TM 92
2. Dickey • NYY 82
3. Hayworth • DET 79
4. Shea • 2TM 71
5. Cochrane • PHA 67

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Ferrell • 2TM 7
2. Cochrane • PHA 6
Dickey • NYY 6
Madjeski • PHA 6
Sewell • WSH 6

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Shea • 2TM 17
2. Dickey • NYY 15
3. Hayworth • DET 14
4. Sewell • WSH 12
5. Pytlak • CLE 11

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Dickey • NYY 10
2. Cochrane • PHA 6
3. Berry • CHW 5
Grube • CHW 5
Hayworth • DET 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. Ferrell • 2TM 65
2. Hayworth • DET 62
3. Cochrane • PHA 45
4. Berry • CHW 33
5. Grube • CHW 32

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. Ferrell • 2TM 53
2. Hayworth • DET 44
3. Cochrane • PHA 37
4. Dickey • NYY 36
5. Shea • 2TM 31

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Spencer • CLE 71.4
2. Pytlak • CLE 62.5
3. Shea • 2TM 60.8
4. Dickey • NYY 56.3
5. Sewell • WSH 49.0

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Kuhel • WSH 153
2. Gehrig • NYY 152
3. Foxx • PHA 149
4. Burns • SLB 143
5. Greenberg • DET 117

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Kuhel • WSH 1,498
2. Foxx • PHA 1,402
3. Burns • SLB 1,336
4. Gehrig • NYY 1,290
5. Kress • CHW 1,169

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Foxx • PHA 93
2. Burns • SLB 81
3. Boss • CLE 71
4. Gehrig • NYY 64
5. Greenberg • DET 63

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Kress • CHW 28
2. Foxx • PHA 15
3. Greenberg • DET 14
4. Burns • SLB 12
5. Davis • DET 10

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Burns • SLB 129
2. Kuhel • WSH 126
3. Greenberg • DET 111
4. Gehrig • NYY 102
5. Foxx • PHA 98

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Gehringer • DET 155
2. Lazzeri • NYY 138
Hayes • CHW 138
4. Melillo • SLB 130
5. Myer • WSH 129

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Melillo • SLB 362
2. Gehringer • DET 358
3. Myer • WSH 356
4. Hayes • CHW 344
5. Lazzeri • NYY 338

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Gehringer • DET 542
2. Hayes • CHW 497
3. Melillo • SLB 451
4. Myer • WSH 417
5. Lazzeri • NYY 407

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Lazzeri • NYY 25
Hodapp • BOS 25
3. Hale • CLE 23
4. Cissell • CLE 20
5. Gehringer • DET 17
Myer • WSH 17

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Gehringer • DET 111
2. Melillo • SLB 110
3. Myer • WSH 92
4. Hayes • CHW 89
5. Lazzeri • NYY 71

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Higgins • PHA 152
2. Dykes • CHW 151
3. Bluege • WSH 138
4. Owen • DET 136
5. Sewell • NYY 131
Kamm • CLE 131

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Higgins • PHA 159
2. Kamm • CLE 153
3. Owen • DET 143
4. Dykes • CHW 132
5. Sewell • NYY 123

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Dykes • CHW 296
2. Higgins • PHA 270
3. Bluege • WSH 247
4. Owen • DET 226
5. Sewell • NYY 224

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Higgins • PHA 24
2. Owen • DET 22
3. Dykes • CHW 21
4. Scharein • SLB 17
5. Bluege • WSH 13
Sewell • NYY 13

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Scharein • SLB 31
2. Sewell • NYY 27
3. Bluege • WSH 25
4. Higgins • PHA 23
5. Dykes • CHW 22

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Rogell • DET 155
2. Cronin • WSH 152
3. Appling • CHW 151
4. Levey • SLB 138
5. Crosetti • NYY 133

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Rogell • DET 326
2. Appling • CHW 314
3. Levey • SLB 298
4. Cronin • WSH 297
5. Crosetti • NYY 245

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Appling • CHW 534
2. Cronin • WSH 528
3. Rogell • DET 526
4. Levey • SLB 428
5. Crosetti • NYY 384

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Appling • CHW 55
2. Rogell • DET 51
3. Crosetti • NYY 43
4. Levey • SLB 42
5. Williams • PHA 38

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Rogell • DET 116
2. Appling • CHW 107
3. Cronin • WSH 95
4. Levey • SLB 73
5. Crosetti • NYY 58

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Manush • WSH 150
2. Simmons • CHW 144
3. Johnson • PHA 127
4. Reynolds • SLB 120
5. Vosmik • CLE 113

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Simmons • CHW 344
2. Manush • WSH 274
3. Johnson • PHA 266
4. Vosmik • CLE 241
5. Reynolds • SLB 218

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Simmons • CHW 16
2. Chapman • NYY 14
3. Vosmik • CLE 13
Johnson • PHA 13
5. Jolley • BOS 11

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Walker • DET 14
Johnson • PHA 14
3. Reynolds • SLB 10
4. Jolley • BOS 7
5. Manush • WSH 6

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Walker • DET 4
2. Jolley • BOS 3
Reynolds • SLB 3
Ruth • NYY 3
Vosmik • CLE 3

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Cramer • PHA 152
2. Averill • CLE 149
3. Haas • CHW 146
4. Schulte • WSH 142
5. West • SLB 127

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Averill • CLE 396
2. Cramer • PHA 390
3. Schulte • WSH 363
4. Haas • CHW 310
5. West • SLB 291

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Cramer • PHA 13
2. West • SLB 11
Schulte • WSH 11
4. Haas • CHW 9
5. Averill • CLE 8

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Averill • CLE 12
Cramer • PHA 12
3. Schulte • WSH 9
4. Walker • NYY 8
5. Fox • DET 7

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Schulte • WSH 4
2. Averill • CLE 3
West • SLB 3
4. Cooke • BOS 2
Cramer • PHA 2
Gullic • SLB 2
Haas • CHW 2
Oliver • BOS 2

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Campbell • SLB 144
2. Swanson • CHW 130
3. Goslin • WSH 125
4. Stone • DET 124
5. Porter • CLE 119

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Swanson • CHW 233
2. Porter • CLE 227
3. Goslin • WSH 220
4. Campbell • SLB 209
5. Stone • DET 196

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Campbell • SLB 19
2. Goslin • WSH 15
3. Chapman • NYY 11
Johnson • BOS 11
5. Swanson • CHW 8
Stone • DET 8
Porter • CLE 8

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Johnson • BOS 18
2. Campbell • SLB 14
3. Coleman • PHA 10
Stone • DET 10
Goslin • WSH 10

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Goslin • WSH 7
2. Campbell • SLB 4
3. Chapman • NYY 3
Porter • CLE 3
5. Coleman • PHA 2
Johnson • BOS 2
Rice • WSH 2

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Cramer • PHA 152
2. Manush • WSH 150
3. Averill • CLE 149
4. Chapman • NYY 147
5. Haas • CHW 146

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Schulte • WSH 433
2. Averill • CLE 390
3. Cramer • PHA 387
4. Simmons • CHW 372
5. Haas • CHW 347

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Chapman • NYY 24
2. Campbell • SLB 18
3. Goslin • WSH 17
4. Johnson • PHA 16
5. Vosmik • CLE 15
Simmons • CHW 15

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Johnson • BOS 25
2. Johnson • PHA 16
3. Walker • DET 15
4. Campbell • SLB 14
5. Averill • CLE 12
Cramer • PHA 12
Cooke • BOS 12

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Goslin • WSH 7
2. Cooke • BOS 5
3. Campbell • SLB 4
Chapman • NYY 4
Schulte • WSH 4
Ruth • NYY 4

Def. Games as P

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

1. Crowder • WSH 52
2. Russell • WSH 50
3. Welch • BOS 47
4. Kline • BOS 46
5. Hogsett • DET 45
Grove • PHA 45
Hadley • SLB 45

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Harder • CLE 22
2. Brown • 2TM 16
3. Blaeholder • SLB 15
4. Sorrell • DET 14
Walberg • PHA 14

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Harder • CLE 87
2. Blaeholder • SLB 68
3. Brown • 2TM 66
4. Grove • PHA 58
5. Stewart • WSH 56

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Whitehill • WSH 7
2. Marberry • DET 4
Gomez • NYY 4
Rhodes • BOS 4
Faber • CHW 4

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Bridges • DET 5
Cain • PHA 5
Russell • WSH 5
Ruffing • NYY 5
Grove • PHA 5

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Dickey • NYY 6.47
2. Hayworth • DET 5.33
3. Ferrell • 2TM 5.12
4. Shea • 2TM 4.81
5. Pytlak • CLE 4.68

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Dickey • NYY 6.32
2. Ferrell • 2TM 4.99
3. Hayworth • DET 4.70
4. Shea • 2TM 4.43
5. Pytlak • CLE 4.39

Fielding % as C

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

1. Shea • 2TM .996
2. Hayworth • DET .994
3. Dickey • NYY .993
4. Ferrell • 2TM .990
5. Sewell • WSH .990

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Kress • CHW 11.25
2. Alexander • BOS 10.58
3. Boss • CLE 10.54
4. Greenberg • DET 10.51
5. Foxx • PHA 10.32

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Kress • CHW 11.07
2. Boss • CLE 10.30
3. Greenberg • DET 10.22
4. Kuhel • WSH 10.19
5. Foxx • PHA 10.03

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Kuhel • WSH .996
2. Boss • CLE .994
3. Gehrig • NYY .993
4. Burns • SLB .992
5. Foxx • PHA .990

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Melillo • SLB 6.42
2. Hodapp • BOS 6.36
3. Hayes • CHW 6.29
4. Myer • WSH 6.23
5. Bishop • PHA 5.97

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Melillo • SLB 6.25
2. Hayes • CHW 6.09
3. Hodapp • BOS 6.01
4. Myer • WSH 5.99
5. Gehringer • DET 5.81

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Melillo • SLB .991
2. Gehringer • DET .981
3. Hayes • CHW .981
4. Myer • WSH .978
5. Bishop • PHA .975

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Scharein • SLB 3.59
2. Kamm • CLE 3.04
3. Dykes • CHW 2.90
4. Higgins • PHA 2.89
5. Sewell • NYY 2.74

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Scharein • SLB 3.36
2. Kamm • CLE 2.85
3. Dykes • CHW 2.83
4. Higgins • PHA 2.82
5. Owen • DET 2.71

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Kamm • CLE .984
2. Bluege • WSH .965
3. Sewell • NYY .964
4. Dykes • CHW .953
5. Higgins • PHA .947

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Williams • PHA 5.60
2. Appling • CHW 5.58
3. Rogell • DET 5.53
4. Cronin • WSH 5.46
5. Levey • SLB 5.45

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Appling • CHW 5.62
2. Rogell • DET 5.50
3. Cronin • WSH 5.43
4. Williams • PHA 5.26
5. Levey • SLB 5.26

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Cronin • WSH .960
2. Levey • SLB .945
3. Rogell • DET .944
4. Appling • CHW .939
5. Crosetti • NYY .936

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Simmons • CHW 2.50
2. Vosmik • CLE 2.25
3. Johnson • PHA 2.20
4. Manush • WSH 1.89
5. Reynolds • SLB 1.88

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Simmons • CHW .989
2. Vosmik • CLE .984
3. Manush • WSH .979
4. Reynolds • SLB .957
5. Johnson • PHA .952

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Averill • CLE 2.71
2. Cramer • PHA 2.65
3. Schulte • WSH 2.63
4. West • SLB 2.38
5. Haas • CHW 2.18

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. West • SLB .987
2. Haas • CHW .982
3. Schulte • WSH .977
4. Fox • DET .972
5. Averill • CLE .971

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Coleman • PHA 2.05
2. Porter • CLE 1.97
3. Johnson • BOS 1.93
4. Goslin • WSH 1.88
5. Swanson • CHW 1.85

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Porter • CLE .996
2. Swanson • CHW .976
3. Goslin • WSH .959
4. Stone • DET .953
5. Campbell • SLB .942

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Schulte • WSH 3.19
2. Oliver • BOS 3.12
3. Walker • NYY 2.81
4. West • SLB 2.74
5. Cramer • PHA 2.71

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Schulte • WSH 3.12
2. West • SLB 2.70
3. Averill • CLE 2.67
4. Simmons • CHW 2.67
5. Cramer • PHA 2.63

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Porter • CLE .996
2. Simmons • CHW .990
3. West • SLB .988
4. Vosmik • CLE .985
5. Haas • CHW .983

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Harder • CLE 3.88
2. Brown • 2TM 3.65
3. Brown • CLE 3.11
4. Blaeholder • SLB 2.92
5. Ferrell • CLE 2.69

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Harder • CLE 2.53
2. Blaeholder • SLB 2.18
3. Ferrell • CLE 2.14
4. Brown • 2TM 2.00
5. Brown • CLE 1.94

Fielding % as P

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

1. Brown • CLE 1.000
Crowder • WSH 1.000
Ferrell • CLE 1.000
Johnson • BOS 1.000
5. Stewart • WSH .984

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