National League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Kelly • NYG 1,759
2. Holke • BSN 1,528
3. Grimm • PIT 1,496
4. Paulette • PHI 1,432
5. Fournier • STL 1,373

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bancroft • 2TM 598
2. Hornsby • STL 524
3. Fletcher • 2TM 522
4. Lavan • STL 489
5. Olson • BRO 482

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Olson • BRO 54
2. Lavan • STL 50
3. Fletcher • 2TM 48
4. Kopf • CIN 47
5. Maranville • BSN 45
Bancroft • 2TM 45

Def. Games as C

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

1. Wingo • CIN 107
2. O'Neil • BSN 105
3. Clemons • STL 103
4. Schmidt • PIT 92
5. Miller • BRO 89

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Miller • BRO 418
2. Clemons • STL 408
3. Wingo • CIN 368
4. Schmidt • PIT 323
5. O'Farrell • CHC 317

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. O'Neil • BSN 153
2. Wingo • CIN 115
3. Clemons • STL 111
4. Schmidt • PIT 109
5. Wheat • PHI 105

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Wingo • CIN 21
2. O'Farrell • CHC 19
3. Dillhoefer • STL 18
O'Neil • BSN 18
5. Wheat • PHI 15

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Wingo • CIN 14
2. Gowdy • BSN 12
Smith • NYG 12
4. Clemons • STL 11
5. Withrow • PHI 10
Schmidt • PIT 10
O'Neil • BSN 10

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Miller • BRO 13
2. Clemons • STL 11
3. Smith • NYG 10
4. Wheat • PHI 9
5. Wingo • CIN 7
Tragesser • PHI 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. Clemons • STL 83
2. Miller • BRO 78
3. Wheat • PHI 77
4. Wingo • CIN 70
5. O'Neil • BSN 69

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. O'Neil • BSN 84
2. Wingo • CIN 67
3. O'Farrell • CHC 57
4. Clemons • STL 53
Gowdy • BSN 53
Schmidt • PIT 53

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Killefer • CHC 60.5
2. Snyder • NYG 56.8
3. Gowdy • BSN 55.8
4. Elliott • BRO 55.4
5. O'Neil • BSN 54.9

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Kelly • NYG 155
2. Grimm • PIT 148
3. Holke • BSN 143
4. Daubert • CIN 140
5. Paulette • PHI 139

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Kelly • NYG 1,759
2. Holke • BSN 1,528
3. Grimm • PIT 1,496
4. Paulette • PHI 1,428
5. Fournier • STL 1,373

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Kelly • NYG 103
2. Paulette • PHI 99
3. Grimm • PIT 95
4. Fournier • STL 88
5. Holke • BSN 81

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Fournier • STL 25
2. Paulette • PHI 18
3. Daubert • CIN 15
Merkle • CHC 15
5. Holke • BSN 14
Konetchy • BRO 14

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Kelly • NYG 115
2. Fournier • STL 100
3. Grimm • PIT 95
4. Paulette • PHI 94
5. Holke • BSN 92

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Hornsby • STL 149
2. Kilduff • BRO 134
3. Doyle • NYG 133
4. Cutshaw • PIT 129
5. Rath • CIN 126

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Hornsby • STL 343
2. Cutshaw • PIT 336
3. Kilduff • BRO 316
4. Rath • CIN 310
5. Doyle • NYG 278

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Hornsby • STL 524
2. Kilduff • BRO 454
3. Cutshaw • PIT 423
4. Rath • CIN 399
5. Doyle • NYG 389

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hornsby • STL 34
2. Pick • BSN 28
3. Kilduff • BRO 26
4. Cutshaw • PIT 25
5. Doyle • NYG 23

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hornsby • STL 76
2. Kilduff • BRO 69
3. Cutshaw • PIT 62
4. Doyle • NYG 61
5. Rath • CIN 60

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Stock • STL 155
2. Boeckel • BSN 149
3. Johnston • BRO 146
4. Groh • CIN 144
5. Deal • CHC 128

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Boeckel • BSN 219
2. Groh • CIN 179
3. Whitted • PIT 166
4. Johnston • BRO 159
5. Stock • STL 158

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Stock • STL 300
2. Johnston • BRO 282
3. Deal • CHC 268
4. Boeckel • BSN 266
5. Groh • CIN 252

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Boeckel • BSN 33
2. Johnston • BRO 31
3. Stock • STL 30
4. Miller • PHI 17
5. Whitted • PIT 16

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Boeckel • BSN 30
Groh • CIN 30
3. Frisch • NYG 23
Stock • STL 23
5. Deal • CHC 22

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Bancroft • 2TM 150
2. Fletcher • 2TM 143
3. Lavan • STL 138
4. Maranville • BSN 133
5. Olson • BRO 125

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bancroft • 2TM 362
2. Maranville • BSN 354
3. Lavan • STL 327
4. Fletcher • 2TM 302
5. Olson • BRO 275

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bancroft • 2TM 598
2. Fletcher • 2TM 522
3. Lavan • STL 489
4. Maranville • BSN 462
5. Olson • BRO 404

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Lavan • STL 50
2. Fletcher • 2TM 48
3. Olson • BRO 47
Kopf • CIN 47
5. Bancroft • 2TM 45
Maranville • BSN 45

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Bancroft • 2TM 95
2. Lavan • STL 77
3. Fletcher • 2TM 63
4. Maranville • BSN 62
5. Kopf • CIN 50

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Burns • NYG 154
Duncan • CIN 154
3. Wheat • BRO 148
4. Robertson • CHC 134
5. Bigbee • PIT 128

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Burns • NYG 325
2. Duncan • CIN 314
3. Bigbee • PIT 277
4. Wheat • BRO 268
5. Robertson • CHC 205

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bigbee • PIT 15
Duncan • CIN 15
3. McHenry • STL 14
4. Burns • NYG 13
5. LeBourveau • PHI 12
Mann • BSN 12
Robertson • CHC 12

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Meusel • PHI 15
2. Duncan • CIN 13
3. Wheat • BRO 9
4. LeBourveau • PHI 8
Robertson • CHC 8
McHenry • STL 8

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Burns • NYG 5
Wheat • BRO 5
3. Bigbee • PIT 4
Duncan • CIN 4
5. Meusel • PHI 2
Robertson • CHC 2
Shotton • STL 2

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Myers • BRO 152
2. Williams • PHI 147
Powell • BSN 147
4. Roush • CIN 139
5. Paskert • CHC 136

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Roush • CIN 387
2. Myers • BRO 355
3. Williams • PHI 350
4. Carey • PIT 346
5. Powell • BSN 306

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Powell • BSN 24
2. Williams • PHI 21
3. Paskert • CHC 20
4. Roush • CIN 19
5. Myers • BRO 15

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Powell • BSN 18
2. Paskert • CHC 15
3. Williams • PHI 12
Carey • PIT 12
5. Roush • CIN 11

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Roush • CIN 6
2. Myers • BRO 5
Powell • BSN 5
4. Williams • PHI 4
5. Heathcote • STL 3
Paskert • CHC 3

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Youngs • NYG 153
2. Neale • CIN 148
3. Southworth • PIT 142
4. Flack • CHC 130
5. Stengel • PHI 112

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Southworth • PIT 338
2. Neale • CIN 321
3. Youngs • NYG 271
4. Flack • CHC 192
5. Stengel • PHI 173

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Youngs • NYG 21
2. Neale • CIN 20
3. Flack • CHC 16
4. Stengel • PHI 15
5. Heathcote • STL 12
Sullivan • BSN 12

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Youngs • NYG 22
2. Stengel • PHI 11
3. Schultz • STL 9
4. Flack • CHC 8
5. Heathcote • STL 7
Cruise • BSN 7
Meusel • PHI 7

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Neale • CIN 7
Youngs • NYG 7
3. Meusel • PHI 4
Neis • BRO 4
5. Cruise • BSN 3
Schultz • STL 3
Southworth • PIT 3

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Burns • NYG 154
Duncan • CIN 154
3. Youngs • NYG 153
4. Myers • BRO 152
5. Neale • CIN 150

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Roush • CIN 410
2. Williams • PHI 388
3. Myers • BRO 386
4. Powell • BSN 370
5. Neale • CIN 347

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Youngs • NYG 26
Heathcote • STL 26
3. Powell • BSN 25
4. Paskert • CHC 23
5. Williams • PHI 22

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Youngs • NYG 22
2. Meusel • PHI 21
3. Powell • BSN 18
4. McHenry • STL 16
5. Paskert • CHC 15

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Youngs • NYG 7
Neale • CIN 7
3. Roush • CIN 6
Meusel • PHI 6
5. Burns • NYG 5
Wheat • BRO 5
Powell • BSN 5
Myers • BRO 5

Def. Games as P

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

1. Haines • STL 47
2. Alexander • CHC 46
Douglas • NYG 46
4. Cooper • PIT 44
Scott • BSN 44

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Nehf • NYG 18
2. Grimes • BRO 17
Doak • STL 17
4. Barnes • NYG 16
5. Tyler • CHC 15

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Alexander • CHC 105
2. Fillingim • BSN 104
3. Grimes • BRO 95
4. Barnes • NYG 93
5. Rixey • PHI 90

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Vaughn • CHC 10
2. Meadows • PHI 7
Grimes • BRO 7
4. Scott • BSN 6
Goodwin • STL 6

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Nehf • NYG 11
2. Barnes • NYG 9
3. Ruether • CIN 6
Fillingim • BSN 6
5. Doak • STL 5

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Killefer • CHC 6.94
2. Dillhoefer • STL 5.83
3. Miller • BRO 5.81
4. Wheat • PHI 5.73
5. Clemons • STL 5.61

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Killefer • CHC 6.30
2. Miller • BRO 5.43
3. Clemons • STL 5.04
4. Wheat • PHI 4.96
5. Dillhoefer • STL 4.91

Fielding % as C

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

1. Miller • BRO .986
2. Snyder • NYG .978
3. Clemons • STL .977
4. Smith • NYG .976
5. Schmidt • PIT .971

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Kelly • NYG 11.88
2. Paulette • PHI 11.29
3. Merkle • CHC 11.28
4. Holke • BSN 11.23
5. Grimm • PIT 10.79

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Kelly • NYG 12.01
2. Merkle • CHC 11.29
3. Holke • BSN 11.25
4. Paulette • PHI 10.99
5. Konetchy • BRO 10.85

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Grimm • PIT .995
2. Kelly • NYG .994
3. Holke • BSN .991
4. Konetchy • BRO .990
5. Daubert • CIN .990

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Pick • BSN 5.84
2. Cutshaw • PIT 5.82
3. Kilduff • BRO 5.81
4. Hornsby • STL 5.78
5. Rath • CIN 5.66

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Cutshaw • PIT 5.88
2. Pick • BSN 5.87
3. Hornsby • STL 5.82
4. Kilduff • BRO 5.75
5. Rath • CIN 5.63

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Rath • CIN .977
2. Cutshaw • PIT .968
3. Kilduff • BRO .967
4. Doyle • NYG .967
5. Hornsby • STL .962

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Frisch • NYG 3.27
2. Boeckel • BSN 3.23
3. Whitted • PIT 3.18
4. Deal • CHC 3.13
5. Miller • PHI 3.07

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Frisch • NYG 3.26
2. Boeckel • BSN 3.26
3. Whitted • PIT 3.16
4. Deal • CHC 3.10
5. Johnston • BRO 3.02

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Deal • CHC .973
2. Groh • CIN .969
3. Frisch • NYG .967
4. Whitted • PIT .961
5. Stock • STL .939

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Bancroft • 2TM 6.41
2. Maranville • BSN 6.29
3. Fletcher • 2TM 5.92
4. Lavan • STL 5.89
5. Hollocher • CHC 5.88

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Bancroft • 2TM 6.40
2. Maranville • BSN 6.14
3. Hollocher • CHC 5.95
4. Lavan • STL 5.91
5. Fletcher • 2TM 5.76

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Bancroft • 2TM .955
2. Maranville • BSN .948
3. Fletcher • 2TM .945
4. Lavan • STL .942
5. Olson • BRO .935

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Bigbee • PIT 2.28
2. Burns • NYG 2.19
3. Duncan • CIN 2.14
4. McHenry • STL 2.06
5. Meusel • PHI 2.04

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Burns • NYG .983
2. Mann • BSN .980
3. Bigbee • PIT .980
4. Wheat • BRO .969
5. Robertson • CHC .964

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Roush • CIN 2.92
2. Carey • PIT 2.80
3. Williams • PHI 2.52
4. Myers • BRO 2.43
5. Powell • BSN 2.24

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Myers • BRO .976
2. Roush • CIN .974
3. Williams • PHI .969
4. Carey • PIT .968
5. Paskert • CHC .950

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Southworth • PIT 2.46
2. Neale • CIN 2.30
3. Youngs • NYG 1.91
4. Schultz • STL 1.82
5. Stengel • PHI 1.68

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Southworth • PIT .991
2. Neale • CIN .986
3. Flack • CHC .963
4. Stengel • PHI .945
5. Youngs • NYG .930

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Roush • CIN 3.10
2. Williams • PHI 2.79
3. Carey • PIT 2.75
4. Powell • BSN 2.72
5. Myers • BRO 2.68

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Roush • CIN 3.08
2. Williams • PHI 2.79
3. Carey • PIT 2.75
4. Powell • BSN 2.69
5. Myers • BRO 2.65

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Southworth • PIT .991
2. Neale • CIN .987
3. Burns • NYG .983
4. Mann • BSN .980
5. Myers • BRO .978

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Benton • NYG 4.06
2. Tyler • CHC 3.68
3. Fillingim • BSN 3.64
4. Fisher • CIN 3.36
5. Barnes • NYG 3.35

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Fillingim • BSN 2.97
2. Tyler • CHC 2.93
3. Grimes • BRO 2.80
4. Benton • NYG 2.64
5. Barnes • NYG 2.53

Fielding % as P

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

1. Cooper • PIT .989
2. Hamilton • PIT .986
3. Eller • CIN .983
4. Sherdel • STL .983
5. Alexander • CHC .983

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