National League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bottomley • STL 1,466
2. Burrus • BSN 1,416
3. Fournier • BRO 1,317
Grimm • CHC 1,317
5. Terry • NYG 1,270

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Adams • CHC 573
2. Critz • CIN 542
3. Wright • PIT 530
4. Stock • BRO 489
5. Bancroft • BSN 459

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Sand • PHI 60
2. Wright • PIT 56
3. Bancroft • BSN 44
4. Jackson • NYG 40
5. Freigau • CHC 39
Moore • PIT 39

Def. Games as C

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

1. Hartnett • CHC 110
2. Taylor • BRO 96
Snyder • NYG 96
Smith • PIT 96
5. O'Farrell • 2TM 95

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Hartnett • CHC 409
2. Snyder • NYG 336
3. O'Farrell • 2TM 330
4. Smith • PIT 317
5. DeBerry • BRO 309

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Hartnett • CHC 114
2. Taylor • BRO 102
3. Smith • PIT 77
4. Snyder • NYG 71
5. O'Farrell • 2TM 67

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hartnett • CHC 23
2. Taylor • BRO 17
3. Smith • PIT 13
4. Henline • PHI 12
5. Gibson • BSN 11

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hartnett • CHC 15
Smith • PIT 15
3. Taylor • BRO 12
4. González • 2TM 10
5. Wilson • PHI 9
Henline • PHI 9

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Wilson • PHI 9
Hargrave • CIN 9
Taylor • BRO 9
Smith • PIT 9
5. DeBerry • BRO 8

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. Taylor • BRO 62
2. DeBerry • BRO 50
3. Hargrave • CIN 47
4. Hartnett • CHC 45
Gibson • BSN 45

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. Taylor • BRO 59
2. Hartnett • CHC 53
3. Snyder • NYG 39
4. Smith • PIT 38
5. DeBerry • BRO 37

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. González • 2TM 59.6
2. Smith • PIT 55.1
3. Hartnett • CHC 54.1
4. Snyder • NYG 51.3
5. Taylor • BRO 48.8

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Bottomley • STL 153
2. Burrus • BSN 151
3. Fournier • BRO 145
4. Grimm • CHC 139
5. Terry • NYG 126

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bottomley • STL 1,466
2. Burrus • BSN 1,416
3. Fournier • BRO 1,317
Grimm • CHC 1,317
5. Terry • NYG 1,270

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Burrus • BSN 85
2. Fournier • BRO 82
3. Terry • NYG 77
4. Bottomley • STL 74
5. Grimm • CHC 73

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Bottomley • STL 21
2. Burrus • BSN 15
Fournier • BRO 15
Grimm • CHC 15
5. Terry • NYG 14

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Bottomley • STL 133
2. Grimm • CHC 125
3. Burrus • BSN 110
4. Fournier • BRO 105
5. Grantham • PIT 96

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Adams • CHC 144
Critz • CIN 144
3. Stock • BRO 141
4. Hornsby • STL 136
5. Moore • PIT 122

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Adams • CHC 354
2. Critz • CIN 340
3. Moore • PIT 307
4. Stock • BRO 305
5. Hornsby • STL 287

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Adams • CHC 551
2. Critz • CIN 542
3. Stock • BRO 477
4. Hornsby • STL 416
5. Moore • PIT 401

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Moore • PIT 36
2. Hornsby • STL 34
3. Critz • CIN 27
4. Stock • BRO 18
5. Fonseca • PHI 17

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Critz • CIN 96
2. Hornsby • STL 95
3. Adams • CHC 90
4. Moore • PIT 82
5. Stock • BRO 74

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Bell • STL 153
2. Traynor • PIT 150
3. Huber • PHI 120
4. Pinelli • CIN 109
5. Lindstrom • NYG 96
Freigau • CHC 96

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Traynor • PIT 226
2. Bell • STL 151
3. Lindstrom • NYG 123
4. Pinelli • CIN 113
5. Huber • PHI 107

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Traynor • PIT 303
2. Bell • STL 284
3. Pinelli • CIN 265
4. Huber • PHI 199
5. Marriott • BSN 187

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Bell • STL 36
2. Freigau • CHC 27
3. Johnston • BRO 24
Traynor • PIT 24
5. Marriott • BSN 22
Pinelli • CIN 22

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Traynor • PIT 41
2. Bell • STL 39
3. Pinelli • CIN 21
4. Freigau • CHC 20
5. Huber • PHI 16

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Wright • PIT 153
2. Sand • PHI 143
3. Bancroft • BSN 125
4. Caveney • CIN 111
5. Jackson • NYG 110

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Sand • PHI 352
2. Wright • PIT 338
3. Bancroft • BSN 300
4. Jackson • NYG 278
5. Caveney • CIN 209

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Wright • PIT 530
2. Bancroft • BSN 459
3. Sand • PHI 420
4. Jackson • NYG 367
5. Caveney • CIN 349

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Sand • PHI 60
2. Wright • PIT 56
3. Bancroft • BSN 44
4. Jackson • NYG 40
5. Caveney • CIN 35

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Wright • PIT 109
2. Sand • PHI 91
3. Bancroft • BSN 81
4. Caveney • CIN 72
5. Jackson • NYG 64

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Wheat • BRO 149
2. Barnhart • PIT 137
3. Meusel • NYG 118
4. Blades • STL 114
5. Harris • BSN 87

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Wheat • BRO 319
2. Barnhart • PIT 288
3. Blades • STL 223
4. Meusel • NYG 208
5. Harris • BSN 194

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Meusel • NYG 14
2. Blades • STL 12
3. Barnhart • PIT 10
Harris • BSN 10
5. Wheat • BRO 7

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Wheat • BRO 13
2. Barnhart • PIT 11
Meusel • NYG 11
4. Harris • BSN 9
5. Blades • STL 6

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Blades • STL 4
2. Harris • BSN 3
Jahn • CHC 3
4. Barnhart • PIT 2
Burns • PHI 2
Smith • CIN 2
Wheat • BRO 2

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Brown • BRO 153
2. Roush • CIN 134
3. Carey • PIT 130
4. Southworth • NYG 117
5. Brooks • CHC 89

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Brown • BRO 448
2. Carey • PIT 362
3. Roush • CIN 334
4. Southworth • NYG 271
5. Neis • BSN 251

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Carey • PIT 17
2. Roush • CIN 15
3. Felix • BSN 9
Harper • PHI 9
Southworth • NYG 9

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Carey • PIT 20
2. Brown • BRO 13
3. Southworth • NYG 11
4. Leach • PHI 9
5. Roush • CIN 8
Felix • BSN 8

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Brown • BRO 3
Felix • BSN 3
Roush • CIN 3
4. Brooks • CHC 2
Carey • PIT 2
Mueller • STL 2

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Cuyler • PIT 130
2. Youngs • NYG 127
3. Walker • CIN 119
4. Welsh • BSN 111
5. Cox • BRO 108

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Cuyler • PIT 307
2. Walker • CIN 255
3. Welsh • BSN 220
4. Heathcote • CHC 208
5. Youngs • NYG 205

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Youngs • NYG 24
2. Welsh • BSN 23
3. Cuyler • PIT 18
Heathcote • CHC 18
5. Cox • BRO 14
Williams • PHI 14

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Cuyler • PIT 13
2. Youngs • NYG 12
3. Welsh • BSN 10
4. Hafey • STL 8
5. Cox • BRO 7
Heathcote • CHC 7

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Heathcote • CHC 8
2. Welsh • BSN 7
3. Cuyler • PIT 5
4. Cox • BRO 4
Walker • CIN 4

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Cuyler • PIT 153
Brown • BRO 153
3. Wheat • BRO 149
4. Walker • CIN 141
5. Barnhart • PIT 138

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Brown • BRO 449
2. Carey • PIT 363
3. Cuyler • PIT 362
4. Roush • CIN 343
5. Walker • CIN 332

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Welsh • BSN 27
2. Youngs • NYG 23
3. Cuyler • PIT 21
Heathcote • CHC 21
5. Carey • PIT 20

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Carey • PIT 20
2. Brown • BRO 13
Cuyler • PIT 13
Wheat • BRO 13
5. Barnhart • PIT 12
Youngs • NYG 12

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Heathcote • CHC 8
2. Welsh • BSN 7
3. Smith • CIN 5
Harper • PHI 5
5. Blades • STL 4
Walker • CIN 4
Cox • BRO 4
Cuyler • PIT 4

Def. Games as P

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

1. Morrison • PIT 44
2. Bush • CHC 42
Donohue • CIN 42
4. Osborne • BRO 41
5. Kremer • PIT 40

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Grimes • BRO 18
2. Luque • CIN 15
3. Cooney • BSN 14
4. Ehrhardt • BRO 13
Mitchell • PHI 13

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Grimes • BRO 92
2. Luque • CIN 84
3. Ring • PHI 71
4. Ehrhardt • BRO 67
5. Rixey • CIN 64

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Grimes • BRO 7
Luque • CIN 7
3. Dean • NYG 6
4. Petty • BRO 5
Rhem • STL 5
Ryan • BSN 5

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Grimes • BRO 11
2. Mitchell • PHI 9
3. Yde • PIT 8
4. Kaufmann • CHC 6
Blake • CHC 6
Cooney • BSN 6

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Hartnett • CHC 4.99
2. González • 2TM 4.69
3. Snyder • NYG 4.67
4. Smith • PIT 4.61
5. Taylor • BRO 4.59

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Hartnett • CHC 4.75
2. Snyder • NYG 4.24
3. O'Farrell • 2TM 4.18
4. Taylor • BRO 4.13
5. Smith • PIT 4.10

Fielding % as C

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

1. Snyder • NYG .985
2. Wilson • PHI .982
3. Hargrave • CIN .979
4. O'Farrell • 2TM .975
5. Smith • PIT .968

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Terry • NYG 11.12
2. Holke • 2TM 10.75
3. Bottomley • STL 10.40
4. Grimm • CHC 10.36
5. Hawks • PHI 10.17

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Terry • NYG 10.69
2. Bottomley • STL 10.07
3. Grimm • CHC 10.00
4. Burrus • BSN 9.94
5. Holke • 2TM 9.69

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Burrus • BSN .990
2. Terry • NYG .990
3. Fournier • BRO .989
4. Grimm • CHC .989
5. Bottomley • STL .987

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Adams • CHC 6.42
2. Kelly • NYG 6.36
3. Critz • CIN 6.32
4. Friberg • PHI 6.17
5. Moore • PIT 6.01

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Adams • CHC 6.28
2. Kelly • NYG 6.17
3. Critz • CIN 6.13
4. Moore • PIT 5.80
5. Friberg • PHI 5.69

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Adams • CHC .983
2. Kelly • NYG .981
3. Stock • BRO .978
4. Critz • CIN .970
5. Hornsby • STL .954

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Traynor • PIT 3.58
2. Pinelli • CIN 3.51
3. Marriott • BSN 3.23
4. Freigau • CHC 2.99
5. Lindstrom • NYG 2.98

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Traynor • PIT 3.53
2. Pinelli • CIN 3.47
3. Marriott • BSN 3.18
4. Freigau • CHC 2.95
5. Bell • STL 2.84

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Traynor • PIT .957
2. Huber • PHI .947
3. Pinelli • CIN .945
4. Bell • STL .924

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Bancroft • BSN 6.40
2. Sand • PHI 6.06
3. Jackson • NYG 6.05
4. Wright • PIT 5.77
5. Mitchell • BRO 5.77

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Bancroft • BSN 6.07
2. Jackson • NYG 5.86
3. Wright • PIT 5.67
4. Sand • PHI 5.40
5. Caveney • CIN 5.03

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Bancroft • BSN .945
2. Jackson • NYG .942
3. Caveney • CIN .941
4. Wright • PIT .939
5. Sand • PHI .928

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Harris • BSN 2.34
2. Wheat • BRO 2.19
3. Barnhart • PIT 2.18
4. Blades • STL 2.06
5. Meusel • NYG 1.88

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Blades • STL .975
2. Barnhart • PIT .964
3. Wheat • BRO .962
4. Meusel • NYG .953

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Neis • BSN 3.35
2. Brown • BRO 2.97
3. Carey • PIT 2.92
4. Brooks • CHC 2.71
5. Roush • CIN 2.60

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Roush • CIN .978
2. Brown • BRO .972
3. Southworth • NYG .962
4. Carey • PIT .950

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Heathcote • CHC 2.57
2. Cuyler • PIT 2.50
3. Walker • CIN 2.22
4. Welsh • BSN 2.19
5. Williams • PHI 1.96

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Walker • CIN .978
2. Cox • BRO .967
3. Cuyler • PIT .962
4. Welsh • BSN .960
5. Youngs • NYG .950

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Neis • BSN 3.51
2. Felix • BSN 3.10
3. Brown • BRO 3.04
4. Carey • PIT 3.02
5. Brooks • CHC 2.94

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Neis • BSN 3.33
2. Felix • BSN 3.01
3. Brown • BRO 2.98
4. Carey • PIT 2.95
5. Brooks • CHC 2.90

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Walker • CIN .983
2. Blades • STL .979
3. Roush • CIN .978
4. Brown • BRO .972
5. Felix • BSN .972

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Grimes • BRO 4.01
2. Ehrhardt • BRO 3.46
3. Mitchell • PHI 3.39
4. Bush • CHC 3.12
5. Luque • CIN 3.06

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Grimes • BRO 3.33
2. Luque • CIN 2.75
3. Cooney • BSN 2.39
4. Mitchell • PHI 2.34
5. Ehrhardt • BRO 2.22

Fielding % as P

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

1. Alexander • CHC 1.000
Sherdel • STL 1.000
Kremer • PIT 1.000
Meadows • PIT 1.000
Nehf • NYG 1.000
Mitchell • PHI 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