Major League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Anson • CHC 1,255
2. Connor • NYG 1,178
3. Farrar • PHI 1,153
4. Phillips • BRO 1,109
5. McKinnon • SLM 1,102

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Smith • BRO 455
2. Glasscock • SLM 404
3. Pfeffer • CHC 397
4. Smith • PIT 384
5. Dunlap • SLM 374

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Burns • CHC 96
2. McLaughlin • LOU 88
3. Pfeffer • CHC 86
Wise • BSN 86
5. Stricker • PHA 81
Smith • BRO 81

Def. Games as C

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

1. Bushong • STL 85
2. Myers • BUF 69
3. Flint • CHC 68
4. Gilligan • PRO 65
5. Ewing • NYG 63

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bushong • STL 429
2. Milligan • PHA 419
3. Traffley • BAL 357
4. Flint • CHC 356
5. Bennett • DTN 347

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bushong • STL 122
2. Reipschlager • NYP 117
3. Traffley • BAL 105
4. Ewing • NYG 102
5. Flint • CHC 100

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Gilligan • PRO 57
Cusick • PHI 57
3. Reipschlager • NYP 52
4. Myers • BUF 45
Gunning • BSN 45

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Gilligan • PRO 13
2. Milligan • PHA 11
3. Bushong • STL 10
Bennett • DTN 10
5. Dealy • BSN 8
Daily • PRO 8
Ewing • NYG 8

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Traffley • BAL 104
2. Carroll • PIT 74
3. Bushong • STL 71
4. Crotty • LOU 58
5. Myers • BUF 57

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Anson • CHC 112
2. Farrar • PHI 111
3. Connor • NYG 110
4. Reilly • CIN 107
Orr • NYP 107

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Anson • CHC 1,253
2. Connor • NYG 1,178
3. Farrar • PHI 1,153
4. Phillips • BRO 1,109
5. McKinnon • SLM 1,102

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Connor • NYG 42
2. Farrar • PHI 41
3. Anson • CHC 39
4. Start • PRO 35
5. Scott • 2TM 34

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Anson • CHC 57
2. Kerins • LOU 56
3. Reilly • CIN 41
4. Orr • NYP 39
5. Field • 2TM 38

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Connor • NYG 66
2. Anson • CHC 62
3. Reilly • CIN 59
4. Brouthers • BUF 54
5. Morrill • BSN 53

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Gerhardt • NYG 112
2. McPhee • CIN 110
3. Pfeffer • CHC 109
4. Smith • PIT 106
Stricker • PHA 106
Dunlap • SLM 106

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Smith • PIT 372
2. McPhee • CIN 339
3. Pfeffer • CHC 325
4. McLaughlin • LOU 320
5. Dunlap • SLM 314
Gerhardt • NYG 314

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Pfeffer • CHC 391
2. Smith • PIT 384
3. Dunlap • SLM 374
4. McPhee • CIN 354
5. Gerhardt • NYG 352

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Pfeffer • CHC 86
2. Stricker • PHA 81
3. McLaughlin • LOU 78
4. Gerhardt • NYG 65
5. Smith • PIT 64
Myers • PHI 64

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Pfeffer • CHC 66
2. Gerhardt • NYG 59
3. McPhee • CIN 57
4. Smith • PIT 53
Dunlap • SLM 53

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Williamson • CHC 113
2. Carpenter • CIN 112
3. Latham • STL 109
4. Mulvey • PHI 107
5. Muldoon • BAL 101

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Carpenter • CIN 153
2. Mulvey • PHI 144
3. Sutton • BSN 132
4. Denny • PRO 128
5. White • BUF 118

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Williamson • CHC 258
2. Latham • STL 217
3. Hankinson • NYP 212
4. Mulvey • PHI 201
5. White • BUF 198

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Mulvey • PHI 62
2. Reccius • LOU 59
3. Carpenter • CIN 56
4. Latham • STL 47
5. Williamson • CHC 45
Kuehne • PIT 45

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Williamson • CHC 18
Sutton • BSN 18
3. Carpenter • CIN 17
Reccius • LOU 17
5. Latham • STL 16
Muldoon • BAL 16

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Fennelly • CIN 112
Gleason • STL 112
3. Ward • NYG 111
Burns • CHC 111
5. Glasscock • SLM 110

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Macullar • BAL 175
2. Ward • NYG 167
3. Bastian • PHI 164
4. Smith • BRO 161
5. Glasscock • SLM 156

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Smith • BRO 455
2. Glasscock • SLM 397
3. Burns • CHC 370
Nelson • NYP 370
5. Houck • PHA 362

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Burns • CHC 96
2. Smith • BRO 81
3. Houck • PHA 77
4. Fennelly • CIN 74
5. Macullar • BAL 68

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Fennelly • CIN 46
2. Ward • NYG 36
3. Burns • CHC 35
4. Houck • PHA 34
Bastian • PHI 34

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Dalrymple • CHC 113
2. Browning • LOU 112
Jones • CIN 112
Welch • STL 112
Lillie • BUF 112
O'Rourke • NYG 112

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Welch • STL 236
2. Sommer • BAL 229
3. Fogarty • PHI 227
4. Hanlon • DTN 220
5. Clinton • CIN 215

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Corkhill • CIN 35
2. Nicol • STL 33
3. Kelly • CHC 29
4. Shafer • 2TM 28
5. Fogarty • PHI 26
Radford • PRO 26

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Brown • PIT 43
2. Hanlon • DTN 38
3. Hines • PRO 34
4. Lillie • BUF 33
5. Clinton • CIN 32
Kennedy • NYP 32

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Larkin • PHA 9
2. Radford • PRO 7
3. Jones • CIN 6
4. Welch • STL 5
Knight • 2TM 5
Coleman • PHA 5
Corkhill • CIN 5
Fogarty • PHI 5

Def. Games as P

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

1. Clarkson • CHC 70
2. Morris • PIT 63
3. Henderson • BAL 61
4. Welch • NYG 56
5. Porter • BRO 54

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Harkins • BRO 36
2. Hecker • LOU 30
Keefe • NYG 30
4. Henderson • BAL 28
5. Ferguson • PHI 27

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Clarkson • CHC 174
2. Whitney • BSN 128
3. Buffinton • BSN 118
4. Radbourn • PRO 115
5. Foutz • STL 101

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Clarkson • CHC 20
Morris • PIT 20
3. Galvin • 2TM 16
Whitney • BSN 16
5. Welch • NYG 14
Foutz • STL 14
Henderson • BAL 14

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Clarkson • CHC 8
2. Radbourn • PRO 7
3. Buffinton • BSN 5
4. Caruthers • STL 4
Boyle • SLM 4
Morris • PIT 4
Henderson • BAL 4

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Milligan • PHA 8.07
2. Bennett • DTN 7.48
3. Deasley • NYG 7.45
4. Ewing • NYG 7.41
5. Traffley • BAL 7.40

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Milligan • PHA 8.25
2. Traffley • BAL 7.57
3. Carroll • PIT 7.12
4. Bennett • DTN 7.00
5. Ewing • NYG 6.97

Fielding % as C

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

1. Traffley • BAL .943
2. Milligan • PHA .935
3. Bushong • STL .932
4. Flint • CHC .927
5. Carroll • PIT .926

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. McKinnon • SLM 11.67
2. Anson • CHC 11.62
3. Phillips • BRO 11.48
4. Scott • 2TM 11.26
5. Start • PRO 11.14

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Anson • CHC 11.54
2. Phillips • BRO 11.44
3. Scott • 2TM 11.30
4. McKinnon • SLM 11.28
5. Connor • NYG 11.09

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Scott • 2TM .979
2. McKinnon • SLM .978
3. Connor • NYG .975
4. Brouthers • BUF .975
5. Farrar • PHI .975

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Smith • PIT 7.04
2. Dunlap • SLM 6.71
3. Pfeffer • CHC 6.59
4. Barkley • STL 6.52
5. McLaughlin • LOU 6.38

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Smith • PIT 7.13
2. Pfeffer • CHC 6.57
3. Dunlap • SLM 6.49
4. Barkley • STL 6.40
5. McLaughlin • LOU 6.30

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. McPhee • CIN .936
2. Dunlap • SLM .934
3. Smith • PIT .922
4. Barkley • STL .921
5. Gerhardt • NYG .911

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Denny • PRO 3.57
2. Hankinson • NYP 3.56
3. Sutton • BSN 3.40
4. White • BUF 3.39
5. Williamson • CHC 3.38

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Denny • PRO 3.43
2. Hankinson • NYP 3.38
3. Sutton • BSN 3.30
4. Williamson • CHC 3.28
5. White • BUF 3.22

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Hankinson • NYP .906
2. Williamson • CHC .892
3. White • BUF .888
4. Esterbrook • NYG .885
5. Latham • STL .875

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Smith • BRO 5.85
2. Glasscock • SLM 5.23
3. Houck • PHA 5.16
4. Nelson • NYP 5.10
5. Wise • BSN 5.08

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Smith • BRO 5.70
2. Houck • PHA 5.19
3. Wise • BSN 5.13
4. Glasscock • SLM 5.03
5. Macullar • BAL 4.96

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Whitney • PIT .918
2. Glasscock • SLM .917
3. Ward • NYG .904
4. Nelson • NYP .892
5. Miller • LOU .891

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Fogarty • PHI 2.90
2. Hines • PRO 2.43
3. Welch • STL 2.35
4. Hanlon • DTN 2.33
5. Sommer • BAL 2.31

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Fogarty • PHI 2.88
2. Hines • PRO 2.36
3. Welch • STL 2.33
4. Hanlon • DTN 2.28
5. Sommer • BAL 2.27

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Welch • STL .946
2. Gillespie • NYG .942
3. Fogarty • PHI .941
4. O'Rourke • NYG .940
5. Corkhill • CIN .938

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. McCormick • 2TM 3.46
2. Whitney • BSN 2.98
3. Clarkson • CHC 2.89
4. Harkins • BRO 2.86
5. Galvin • 2TM 2.83

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. McCormick • 2TM 3.46
2. Whitney • BSN 2.86
3. Clarkson • CHC 2.86
4. Harkins • BRO 2.74
5. Radbourn • PRO 2.71

Fielding % as P

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

1. Mays • LOU 1.000
2. McKeon • CIN .983
3. Terry • BRO .961
4. McCormick • 2TM .951
5. Porter • BRO .938

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

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