National League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Lockman • NYG 1,435
2. Hodges • BRO 1,322
3. Waitkus • PHI 1,281
4. Fondy • CHC 1,257
5. Kluszewski • CIN 1,121

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. McMillan • CIN 495
2. Hamner • PHI 470
3. Ryan • PHI 462
4. Schoendienst • STL 460
5. Hemus • STL 459

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hamner • PHI 38
2. Hemus • STL 30
3. Dark • NYG 27
4. Groat • PIT 25
5. McMillan • CIN 24

Def. Games as C

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

1. Rice • STL 147
2. Campanella • BRO 122
3. Westrum • NYG 112
4. Garagiola • PIT 105
5. Burgess • PHI 104

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Rice • STL 677
2. Campanella • BRO 662
3. Westrum • NYG 481
4. Atwell • CHC 451
5. Burgess • PHI 439

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Rice • STL 81
2. Westrum • NYG 64
3. Garagiola • PIT 63
4. Campanella • BRO 55
Cooper • BSN 55

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Seminick • CIN 13
2. Atwell • CHC 12
Westrum • NYG 12
4. Burgess • PHI 11
Garagiola • PIT 11

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Westrum • NYG 11
2. Garagiola • PIT 9
3. Rice • STL 8
Cooper • BSN 8
5. Seminick • CIN 7
Campanella • BRO 7

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Westrum • NYG 13
2. Atwell • CHC 11
3. Campanella • BRO 9
4. Yvars • NYG 8
5. Rice • STL 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. Atwell • CHC 48
2. Garagiola • PIT 43
3. Burgess • PHI 29
4. Seminick • CIN 27
Rice • STL 27

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. Garagiola • PIT 35
2. Campanella • BRO 33
3. Rice • STL 30
4. Burgess • PHI 27
5. Westrum • NYG 25

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Campanella • BRO 64.7
2. Westrum • NYG 62.5
3. Cooper • BSN 53.3
4. Rice • STL 52.6
5. Burgess • PHI 48.2

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Lockman • NYG 154
2. Hodges • BRO 153
3. Waitkus • PHI 146
4. Fondy • CHC 143
5. Kluszewski • CIN 133

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Lockman • NYG 1,435
2. Hodges • BRO 1,322
3. Waitkus • PHI 1,281
4. Fondy • CHC 1,257
5. Kluszewski • CIN 1,121

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Hodges • BRO 116
2. Lockman • NYG 111
3. Fondy • CHC 103
4. Waitkus • PHI 95
5. Sisler • STL 84

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Sisler • STL 17
2. Fondy • CHC 14
3. Lockman • NYG 13
4. Waitkus • PHI 12
5. Bartirome • PIT 11
Hodges • BRO 11
Torgeson • BSN 11

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Lockman • NYG 155
2. Hodges • BRO 152
3. Waitkus • PHI 119
4. Sisler • STL 116
Kluszewski • CIN 116

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Ryan • PHI 154
2. Robinson • BRO 146
3. Schoendienst • STL 142
4. Williams • NYG 138
5. Hatton • CIN 120

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Schoendienst • STL 399
2. Robinson • BRO 353
3. Ryan • PHI 348
4. Hatton • CIN 316
5. Williams • NYG 279

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Ryan • PHI 462
2. Schoendienst • STL 424
3. Robinson • BRO 400
4. Williams • NYG 375
5. Hatton • CIN 289

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Ryan • PHI 23
2. Robinson • BRO 20
3. Schoendienst • STL 19
4. Williams • NYG 18
5. Miksis • CHC 14

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Robinson • BRO 113
2. Schoendienst • STL 108
3. Williams • NYG 102
4. Ryan • PHI 95
5. Hatton • CIN 68

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Adams • CIN 154
2. Jones • PHI 147
3. Mathews • BSN 142
4. Jackson • CHC 104
5. Cox • BRO 100

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Jones • PHI 216
2. Adams • CIN 176
3. Mathews • BSN 160
4. Cox • BRO 100
5. Jackson • CHC 91

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Adams • CIN 328
2. Jones • PHI 281
3. Mathews • BSN 259
4. Jackson • CHC 203
5. Thomson • NYG 184

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Adams • CIN 20
2. Mathews • BSN 19
3. Thomson • NYG 17
4. Jones • PHI 16
5. Jackson • CHC 13

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Jones • PHI 31
2. Adams • CIN 28
3. Cox • BRO 26
4. Mathews • BSN 21
5. Thomson • NYG 13
Jackson • CHC 13

Def. Games as SS

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

1. McMillan • CIN 154
2. Hamner • PHI 151
3. Dark • NYG 150
4. Hemus • STL 148
5. Reese • BRO 145

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Dark • NYG 324
2. McMillan • CIN 297
3. Reese • BRO 282
4. Hamner • PHI 267
5. Hemus • STL 253

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. McMillan • CIN 495
2. Hamner • PHI 470
3. Hemus • STL 452
4. Dark • NYG 423
5. Logan • BSN 385

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hamner • PHI 38
2. Hemus • STL 29
3. Dark • NYG 27
4. Groat • PIT 25
5. McMillan • CIN 24

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Dark • NYG 116
2. Hemus • STL 104
3. Hamner • PHI 102
4. McMillan • CIN 101
5. Reese • BRO 89

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Sauer • CHC 151
2. Kiner • PIT 149
3. Gordon • BSN 142
4. Ennis • PHI 120
5. Pafko • BRO 108

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Sauer • CHC 319
2. Gordon • BSN 256
3. Kiner • PIT 238
4. Ennis • PHI 218
5. Adcock • CIN 193

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Sauer • CHC 17
2. Pafko • BRO 11
3. Gordon • BSN 9
4. Ennis • PHI 8
Kiner • PIT 8

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Ennis • PHI 8
Kiner • PIT 8
Rhodes • NYG 8
4. Sauer • CHC 6
5. Rice • STL 4

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Sauer • CHC 3
2. Whisenant • BSN 2
3. Adcock • CIN 1
Clark • PHI 1
Ennis • PHI 1
Irvin • NYG 1
Lowrey • STL 1

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Ashburn • PHI 154
2. Jethroe • BSN 151
3. Snider • BRO 141
4. Musial • STL 106
5. Jeffcoat • CHC 95

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Ashburn • PHI 413
2. Jethroe • BSN 410
3. Snider • BRO 339
4. Musial • STL 245
5. Del Greco • PIT 232

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Ashburn • PHI 19
2. Jeffcoat • CHC 16
3. Snider • BRO 11
Del Greco • PIT 11
5. Jethroe • BSN 10

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Jethroe • BSN 13
2. Ashburn • PHI 9
3. Del Greco • PIT 6
4. Baumholtz • CHC 5
5. Thompson • NYG 4

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Ashburn • PHI 5
2. Del Greco • PIT 3
Jethroe • BSN 3
Snider • BRO 3
5. Jeffcoat • CHC 2
Mays • NYG 2
Musial • STL 2

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Slaughter • STL 137
2. Furillo • BRO 131
3. Bell • PIT 123
4. Marshall • 2TM 121
5. Mueller • NYG 120

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Slaughter • STL 247
2. Furillo • BRO 226
3. Mueller • NYG 221
4. Marshall • 2TM 214
5. Wyrostek • 2TM 208

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Marshall • 2TM 15
2. Furillo • BRO 12
3. Wyrostek • 2TM 11
Slaughter • STL 11
5. Thorpe • BSN 9

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Bell • PIT 6
Wyrostek • 2TM 6
3. Marshall • 2TM 5
4. Daniels • BSN 3
Davis • PIT 3
Furillo • BRO 3
Hartung • NYG 3
Hermanski • CHC 3
Mueller • NYG 3
Pafko • BRO 3
Slaughter • STL 3

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Marshall • 2TM 5
2. Hermanski • CHC 3
Mueller • NYG 3
Slaughter • STL 3
Thorpe • BSN 3

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Ashburn • PHI 154
2. Sauer • CHC 151
Jethroe • BSN 151
4. Kiner • PIT 149
Ennis • PHI 149

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Ashburn • PHI 428
2. Jethroe • BSN 413
3. Snider • BRO 341
4. Sauer • CHC 327
5. Musial • STL 298

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Ashburn • PHI 23
2. Pafko • BRO 18
3. Sauer • CHC 17
4. Jeffcoat • CHC 16
Marshall • 2TM 16
Wyrostek • 2TM 16

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Jethroe • BSN 13
2. Ashburn • PHI 9
Rhodes • NYG 9
Ennis • PHI 9
5. Kiner • PIT 8

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Marshall • 2TM 5
Ashburn • PHI 5
3. Mueller • NYG 4
4. Baumholtz • CHC 3
Thorpe • BSN 3
Snider • BRO 3
Slaughter • STL 3
Del Greco • PIT 3
Sauer • CHC 3
Hermanski • CHC 3
Jethroe • BSN 3

Def. Games as P

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

1. Wilhelm • NYG 71
2. Black • BRO 56
3. Yuhas • STL 54
4. Smith • CIN 53
5. Main • PIT 48

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Dickson • PIT 29
2. Staley • STL 27
3. Roberts • PHI 26
4. Wilson • BSN 21
5. Spahn • BSN 18
Maglie • NYG 18

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Dickson • PIT 62
2. Hearn • NYG 57
3. Spahn • BSN 56
4. Staley • STL 55
5. Rush • CHC 54

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Surkont • BSN 5
Spahn • BSN 5
3. Black • BRO 4
Rush • CHC 4
Ramsdell • CHC 4
Koslo • NYG 4
Dickson • PIT 4
Mizell • STL 4
Meyer • PHI 4
Main • PIT 4

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Koslo • NYG 7
Dickson • PIT 7
3. Hearn • NYG 6
Meyer • PHI 6
5. Jansen • NYG 5
Staley • STL 5
Loes • BRO 5

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Campanella • BRO 6.10
2. Rice • STL 5.73
3. Yvars • NYG 5.64
4. Cooper • BSN 5.64
5. McCullough • PIT 5.44

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Campanella • BRO 5.88
2. Cooper • BSN 5.30
3. Rice • STL 5.16
4. Atwell • CHC 4.96
5. Westrum • NYG 4.87

Fielding % as C

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

1. Campanella • BRO .994
2. Rice • STL .992
3. Cooper • BSN .983
4. Westrum • NYG .978
5. Burgess • PHI .978

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Bartirome • PIT 10.51
2. Lockman • NYG 10.30
3. Sisler • STL 10.19
4. Torgeson • BSN 9.93
5. Waitkus • PHI 9.90

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Lockman • NYG 10.04
2. Sisler • STL 9.70
3. Torgeson • BSN 9.56
4. Fondy • CHC 9.51
5. Waitkus • PHI 9.42

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Kluszewski • CIN .993
2. Hodges • BRO .992
3. Lockman • NYG .992
4. Waitkus • PHI .991
5. Fondy • CHC .990

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Schoendienst • STL 6.10
2. Merson • PIT 5.65
3. Robinson • BRO 5.49
4. Dittmer • BSN 5.47
5. Ryan • PHI 5.42

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Schoendienst • STL 5.80
2. Dittmer • BSN 5.50
3. Ryan • PHI 5.26
4. Robinson • BRO 5.16
5. Hatton • CIN 5.04

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Hatton • CIN .990
2. Schoendienst • STL .977
3. Robinson • BRO .974
4. Williams • NYG .973
5. Ryan • PHI .972

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Jones • PHI 3.39
2. Adams • CIN 3.36
3. Jackson • CHC 3.02
4. Thomson • NYG 2.99
5. Mathews • BSN 2.97

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Jones • PHI 3.38
2. Adams • CIN 3.27
3. Mathews • BSN 2.95
4. Thomson • NYG 2.92
5. Jackson • CHC 2.83

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Jones • PHI .969
2. Adams • CIN .962
3. Jackson • CHC .958
4. Mathews • BSN .957

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Groat • PIT 5.50
2. Logan • BSN 5.36
3. McMillan • CIN 5.26
4. Dark • NYG 5.09
5. Hamner • PHI 5.03

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Logan • BSN 5.40
2. Groat • PIT 5.33
3. McMillan • CIN 5.14
4. Dark • NYG 4.98
5. Hamner • PHI 4.88

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Logan • BSN .972
2. McMillan • CIN .971
3. Reese • BRO .969
4. Dark • NYG .965
5. Hemus • STL .960

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1948)

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

1. Adcock • CIN 2.48
2. Sauer • CHC 2.24
3. Gordon • BSN 1.95
4. Ennis • PHI 1.92
5. Pafko • BRO 1.74

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Adcock • CIN 2.28
2. Sauer • CHC 2.23
3. Ennis • PHI 1.88
4. Gordon • BSN 1.87
5. Kiner • PIT 1.65

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Pafko • BRO 1.000
2. Gordon • BSN .996
3. Sauer • CHC .982
4. Kiner • PIT .969
5. Ennis • PHI .966

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1948)

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

1. Jeffcoat • CHC 2.91
2. Ashburn • PHI 2.83
3. Del Greco • PIT 2.80
4. Jethroe • BSN 2.79
5. Snider • BRO 2.53

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Ashburn • PHI 2.81
2. Jethroe • BSN 2.78
3. Del Greco • PIT 2.70
4. Snider • BRO 2.48
5. Jeffcoat • CHC 2.38

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Snider • BRO .992
2. Musial • STL .988
3. Ashburn • PHI .980
4. Jethroe • BSN .970

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1948)

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

1. Wyrostek • 2TM 2.51
2. Furillo • BRO 2.14
3. Marshall • 2TM 2.00
4. Mueller • NYG 1.99
5. Slaughter • STL 1.95

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Wyrostek • 2TM 2.28
2. Mueller • NYG 1.91
3. Marshall • 2TM 1.89
4. Slaughter • STL 1.88
5. Furillo • BRO 1.82

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Slaughter • STL .989
2. Furillo • BRO .988
3. Mueller • NYG .987
4. Marshall • 2TM .979
5. Bell • PIT .971

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Jeffcoat • CHC 3.01
2. Ashburn • PHI 2.96
3. Del Greco • PIT 2.90
4. Jethroe • BSN 2.81
5. Borkowski • CIN 2.63

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Ashburn • PHI 2.93
2. Jethroe • BSN 2.80
3. Del Greco • PIT 2.76
4. Baumholtz • CHC 2.55
5. Snider • BRO 2.51

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Gordon • BSN .996
2. Snider • BRO .992
3. Borkowski • CIN .991
4. Slaughter • STL .989
5. Pafko • BRO .988

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Staley • STL 3.08
2. Dickson • PIT 2.95
3. Hearn • NYG 2.86
4. Minner • CHC 2.74
5. Erskine • BRO 2.66

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Staley • STL 2.34
2. Dickson • PIT 2.12
3. Rush • CHC 1.97
4. Minner • CHC 1.96
5. Hearn • NYG 1.92

Fielding % as P

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

1. Hacker • CHC 1.000
Hearn • NYG 1.000
Klippstein • CHC 1.000
Roe • BRO 1.000
Simmons • 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