American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bonura • CHW 1,500
2. Kuhel • WSH 1,452
3. Gehrig • NYY 1,377
4. Trosky • CLE 1,368
5. Burns • 2TM 1,308

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Gehringer • DET 524
2. Lary • SLB 495
3. Knickerbocker • CLE 486
4. Appling • CHW 471
5. Hughes • CLE 466

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Crosetti • NYY 43
2. Appling • CHW 41
3. Knickerbocker • CLE 40
4. Lary • SLB 38
5. Lewis • WSH 32

Def. Games as C

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

1. Hayes • PHA 143
2. Sewell • CHW 126
3. Ferrell • BOS 121
4. Hemsley • SLB 114
5. Dickey • NYY 107

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Ferrell • BOS 556
2. Dickey • NYY 499
3. Hayes • PHA 489
4. Sewell • CHW 461
5. Hemsley • SLB 340

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Sewell • CHW 87
2. Hayes • PHA 69
3. Hemsley • SLB 68
4. Dickey • NYY 61
5. Ferrell • BOS 55

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hayes • PHA 16
2. Dickey • NYY 14
3. Hemsley • SLB 13
4. Sullivan • CLE 12
5. Sewell • CHW 9
Giuliani • SLB 9

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hemsley • SLB 16
2. Sewell • CHW 12
3. Dickey • NYY 10
4. Sullivan • CLE 8
Hayes • PHA 8

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Hayes • PHA 17
2. Sewell • CHW 9
3. Sullivan • CLE 7
Hemsley • SLB 7
5. Dickey • NYY 6
Hayworth • DET 6

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. Hayes • PHA 77
2. Hemsley • SLB 46
Ferrell • BOS 46
4. Sewell • CHW 45
5. Millies • WSH 31
Bolton • WSH 31

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. Sewell • CHW 36
2. Hayes • PHA 34
3. Dickey • NYY 31
4. Ferrell • BOS 29
5. Pytlak • CLE 22

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Pytlak • CLE 55.0
2. Dickey • NYY 53.4
3. Sewell • CHW 44.4
4. Sullivan • CLE 40.0
5. Bolton • WSH 39.2

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Gehrig • NYY 155
2. Trosky • CLE 151
3. Kuhel • WSH 149
4. Bonura • CHW 146
5. Bottomley • SLB 140
Burns • 2TM 140

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bonura • CHW 1,500
2. Kuhel • WSH 1,452
3. Gehrig • NYY 1,377
4. Trosky • CLE 1,367
5. Burns • 2TM 1,308

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bonura • CHW 107
2. Trosky • CLE 85
3. Gehrig • NYY 82
4. Foxx • BOS 76
5. Burns • 2TM 74

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Trosky • CLE 22
2. Foxx • BOS 12
3. Bottomley • SLB 10
Kuhel • WSH 10
5. Gehrig • NYY 9

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Bonura • CHW 150
2. Kuhel • WSH 138
3. Burns • 2TM 129
4. Gehrig • NYY 128
5. Trosky • CLE 126

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Gehringer • DET 154
2. Hughes • CLE 152
3. Lazzeri • NYY 148
4. Carey • SLB 128
5. Melillo • BOS 93

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Hughes • CLE 421
2. Gehringer • DET 397
3. Lazzeri • NYY 346
4. Carey • SLB 308
5. Melillo • BOS 239

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Gehringer • DET 524
2. Hughes • CLE 466
3. Carey • SLB 434
4. Lazzeri • NYY 414
5. Hayes • CHW 334

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Lazzeri • NYY 25
Carey • SLB 25
Hughes • CLE 25
Gehringer • DET 25
5. Piet • CHW 14

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Gehringer • DET 116
2. Hughes • CLE 98
3. Lazzeri • NYY 88
4. Carey • SLB 82
5. Hayes • CHW 70

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Owen • DET 153
2. Clift • SLB 152
3. Hale • CLE 148
4. Higgins • PHA 145
5. Lewis • WSH 139

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Owen • DET 190
2. Hale • CLE 169
3. Rolfe • NYY 162
4. Clift • SLB 158
5. Lewis • WSH 152

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Hale • CLE 323
2. Clift • SLB 310
3. Lewis • WSH 297
4. Owen • DET 281
5. Higgins • PHA 266

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Lewis • WSH 32
2. Hale • CLE 28
3. Higgins • PHA 26
4. Owen • DET 24
Clift • SLB 24

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Owen • DET 28
2. Clift • SLB 27
3. Hale • CLE 26
4. Lewis • WSH 24
Higgins • PHA 24

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Lary • SLB 155
Knickerbocker • CLE 155
3. Crosetti • NYY 151
4. Rogell • DET 146
5. Appling • CHW 137

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Lary • SLB 339
2. Appling • CHW 320
Crosetti • NYY 320
4. Knickerbocker • CLE 313
5. Rogell • DET 286

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Lary • SLB 495
2. Knickerbocker • CLE 486
3. Appling • CHW 471
4. Crosetti • NYY 463
5. Rogell • DET 462

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Crosetti • NYY 43
2. Appling • CHW 41
3. Knickerbocker • CLE 40
4. Lary • SLB 38
5. Newsome • PHA 31

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Appling • CHW 119
2. Rogell • DET 98
3. Knickerbocker • CLE 97
4. Crosetti • NYY 95
5. Lary • SLB 88

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Solters • SLB 144
Goslin • DET 144
3. Vosmik • CLE 136
4. Radcliff • CHW 132
5. Johnson • PHA 131

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Solters • SLB 297
2. Johnson • PHA 270
3. Vosmik • CLE 255
4. Goslin • DET 216
5. Radcliff • CHW 200

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Solters • SLB 15
2. Goslin • DET 13
Johnson • PHA 13
4. Vosmik • CLE 11
Stone • WSH 11

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Solters • SLB 16
2. Radcliff • CHW 15
3. Goslin • DET 13
4. Johnson • PHA 12
5. Stone • WSH 9

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Solters • SLB 5
Stone • WSH 5
3. Johnson • PHA 3
4. Radcliff • CHW 2
5. Bell • SLB 1
Cooke • BOS 1
DiMaggio • NYY 1
Finney • PHA 1
Goslin • DET 1
Hill • WSH 1
Manush • BOS 1
Vosmik • CLE 1

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Cramer • BOS 154
2. Averill • CLE 150
3. West • SLB 148
4. Moses • PHA 136
5. Simmons • DET 134

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Cramer • BOS 425
2. West • SLB 390
3. Moses • PHA 364
4. Averill • CLE 361
5. Chapman • 2TM 322

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Cramer • BOS 20
2. Kreevich • CHW 12
Chapman • 2TM 12
4. Averill • CLE 11
Moses • PHA 11

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Chapman • 2TM 15
2. Averill • CLE 12
Cramer • BOS 12
4. Moses • PHA 10
5. West • SLB 8
Powell • 2TM 8

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Cramer • BOS 6
2. Chapman • 2TM 4
3. Moses • PHA 3
Rosenthal • CHW 3
Powell • 2TM 3

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Bell • SLB 133
2. Puccinelli • PHA 116
3. Selkirk • NYY 114
4. Walker • DET 104
5. Haas • CHW 94

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Puccinelli • PHA 232
2. Bell • SLB 228
3. Selkirk • NYY 219
4. Walker • DET 168
5. Haas • CHW 160

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Walker • DET 13
2. Bell • SLB 12
Weatherly • CLE 12
4. Puccinelli • PHA 11
5. Almada • BOS 8

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Puccinelli • PHA 14
2. Walker • DET 13
3. Bell • SLB 8
4. Selkirk • NYY 7
5. Weatherly • CLE 5
Travis • WSH 5

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Bell • SLB 5
Walker • DET 5
3. Kreevich • CHW 4
4. Selkirk • NYY 3
5. Almada • BOS 2
Campbell • CLE 2
Galatzer • CLE 2
Haas • CHW 2
Weatherly • CLE 2

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Cramer • BOS 154
2. Averill • CLE 150
3. West • SLB 148
4. Solters • SLB 147
5. Moses • PHA 144
Goslin • DET 144

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Cramer • BOS 443
2. West • SLB 442
3. Moses • PHA 396
4. Chapman • 2TM 377
5. Averill • CLE 369

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. DiMaggio • NYY 22
2. Cramer • BOS 20
3. Kreevich • CHW 17
4. Solters • SLB 16
5. Weatherly • CLE 15

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Solters • SLB 17
2. Chapman • 2TM 16
Walker • DET 16
4. Radcliff • CHW 15
5. Puccinelli • PHA 14

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Bell • SLB 6
Cramer • BOS 6
3. Walker • DET 5
Stone • WSH 5
Solters • SLB 5
Kreevich • CHW 5

Def. Games as P

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

1. Van Atta • SLB 52
2. Knott • SLB 47
3. Lee • CLE 43
Newsom • WSH 43
Ostermueller • BOS 43
Wilson • BOS 43

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bridges • DET 19
2. Kennedy • CHW 13
Ruffing • NYY 13
Hadley • NYY 13
Harder • CLE 13

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Whitehead • CHW 60
Auker • DET 60
3. Ruffing • NYY 56
4. Hogsett • 2TM 51
Bridges • DET 51

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hogsett • 2TM 6
2. Whitehead • CHW 5
Caldwell • SLB 5
4. Auker • DET 4
Wade • DET 4

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Auker • DET 7
2. Ruffing • NYY 6
DeShong • WSH 6
4. Newsom • WSH 5
Kennedy • CHW 5

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Dickey • NYY 5.59
2. Sullivan • CLE 5.44
3. Ferrell • BOS 5.43
4. Giuliani • SLB 4.85
5. Hayworth • DET 4.81

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Dickey • NYY 5.23
2. Sullivan • CLE 5.06
3. Ferrell • BOS 5.05
4. Pytlak • CLE 4.47
5. Sewell • CHW 4.35

Fielding % as C

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

1. Hayworth • DET .988
2. Ferrell • BOS .987
3. Sewell • CHW .984
4. Bolton • WSH .979
5. Dickey • NYY .976

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Bonura • CHW 11.12
2. Finney • PHA 10.91
3. Kuhel • WSH 10.49
4. Burns • 2TM 10.03
5. Dean • PHA 9.93

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Bonura • CHW 11.01
2. Finney • PHA 10.46
3. Kuhel • WSH 10.23
4. Burns • 2TM 9.87
5. Trosky • CLE 9.62

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Bonura • CHW .996
2. Burns • 2TM .994
3. Gehrig • NYY .994
4. Kuhel • WSH .993
5. Bottomley • SLB .992

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Hayes • CHW 6.42
2. Carey • SLB 6.13
3. Gehringer • DET 6.10
4. Hughes • CLE 5.98
5. Melillo • BOS 5.57

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Hayes • CHW 6.18
2. Gehringer • DET 5.98
3. Hughes • CLE 5.84
4. Carey • SLB 5.80
5. Melillo • BOS 5.17

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Gehringer • DET .974
2. Hughes • CLE .973
3. Lazzeri • NYY .968
4. Carey • SLB .967

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Hale • CLE 3.39
2. Lewis • WSH 3.33
3. Rolfe • NYY 3.25
4. Clift • SLB 3.24
5. Owen • DET 3.15

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Hale • CLE 3.32
2. Lewis • WSH 3.23
3. Rolfe • NYY 3.21
4. Clift • SLB 3.08
5. Owen • DET 3.08

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Rolfe • NYY .957
2. Owen • DET .952
3. Clift • SLB .951
4. Dykes • CHW .951
5. Hale • CLE .946

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Newsome • PHA 5.85
2. Appling • CHW 5.82
3. Lary • SLB 5.58
4. Rogell • DET 5.30
5. Knickerbocker • CLE 5.24

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Appling • CHW 5.77
2. Newsome • PHA 5.61
3. Lary • SLB 5.38
4. Crosetti • NYY 5.19
5. Knickerbocker • CLE 5.15

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Rogell • DET .965
2. Newsome • PHA .957
3. Lary • SLB .956
4. Knickerbocker • CLE .952
5. Appling • CHW .951

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Solters • SLB 2.17
2. Johnson • PHA 2.16
3. Vosmik • CLE 1.96
4. Stone • WSH 1.91
5. Goslin • DET 1.59

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Vosmik • CLE .978
2. Johnson • PHA .959
3. Stone • WSH .959
4. Solters • SLB .951
5. Goslin • DET .946

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Cramer • BOS 2.89
2. Rosenthal • CHW 2.84
3. Moses • PHA 2.76
4. West • SLB 2.70
5. Chapman • 2TM 2.51

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Simmons • DET .983
2. West • SLB .980
3. Moses • PHA .974
4. Cramer • BOS .974
5. Averill • CLE .969

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Puccinelli • PHA 2.09
2. Selkirk • NYY 1.98
3. Bell • SLB 1.80
4. Haas • CHW 1.78
5. Walker • DET 1.74

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Selkirk • NYY .970
2. Bell • SLB .968
3. Puccinelli • PHA .946
4. Walker • DET .933

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Rosenthal • CHW 3.29
2. West • SLB 3.22
3. Cramer • BOS 3.06
4. Chapman • 2TM 2.99
5. Moses • PHA 2.93

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Rosenthal • CHW 3.13
2. West • SLB 3.05
3. Cramer • BOS 3.01
4. Chapman • 2TM 2.93
5. Moses • PHA 2.83

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Simmons • DET .986
2. West • SLB .983
3. DiMaggio • NYY .978
4. Vosmik • CLE .978
5. Cramer • BOS .975

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Auker • DET 2.93
2. Whitehead • CHW 2.73
3. Ostermueller • BOS 2.59
4. Lyons • CHW 2.47
5. Hadley • NYY 2.33

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Ruffing • NYY 2.09
2. Whitehead • CHW 2.06
3. Auker • DET 2.00
4. Lyons • CHW 1.92
5. Kennedy • CHW 1.80

Fielding % as P

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

1. Cascarella • 2TM 1.000
Broaca • NYY 1.000
Lyons • CHW 1.000
Thomas • SLB 1.000
Hadley • NYY 1.000
Hildebrand • 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