Players League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Connor • NYI 1,335
2. Beckley • PBB 1,280
3. Larkin • CLE 1,268
4. Farrar • PHQ 1,238
5. Brouthers • BOS 1,208

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bierbauer • BWW 468
2. Ward • BWW 450
3. Shindle • PHQ 444
Corcoran • PBB 444
5. Stricker • CLE 438

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Shindle • PHQ 122
2. Joyce • BWW 107
3. Ward • BWW 105
4. Delahanty • CLE 94
5. Stricker • CLE 90

Def. Games as C

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

1. Mack • BUF 112
2. Farrell • CHI 90
3. Sutcliffe • CLE 84
4. Ewing • NYI 81
5. Murphy • BOS 67

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Mack • BUF 449
2. Farrell • CHI 428
3. Ewing • NYI 372
4. Kinslow • BWW 298
5. Sutcliffe • CLE 264

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Mack • BUF 140
2. Farrell • CHI 132
3. Sutcliffe • CLE 115
4. Ewing • NYI 107
5. Kinslow • BWW 72

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Sutcliffe • CLE 50
2. Mack • BUF 48
3. Carroll • PBB 43
Farrell • CHI 43
5. Milligan • PHQ 39

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Milligan • PHQ 13
Mack • BUF 13
3. Farrell • CHI 12
4. Sutcliffe • CLE 9
5. Murphy • BOS 8

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Sutcliffe • CLE 55
2. Mack • BUF 45
3. Ewing • NYI 43
4. Milligan • PHQ 32
5. Farrell • CHI 26

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. Mack • BUF 265
2. Sutcliffe • CLE 213
3. Ewing • NYI 152
4. Farrell • CHI 147
5. Milligan • PHQ 114

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. Mack • BUF 132
2. Farrell • CHI 127
3. Sutcliffe • CLE 110
4. Ewing • NYI 99
5. Kinslow • BWW 66

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Kelly • BOS 48.6
2. Cook • BWW 47.9
3. Farrell • CHI 46.4
4. Murphy • BOS 43.1
5. Kinslow • BWW 41.3

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Farrar • PHQ 127
2. Brouthers • BOS 126
3. Larkin • CLE 125
4. Beckley • PBB 124
5. Connor • NYI 123

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Connor • NYI 1,335
2. Beckley • PBB 1,280
3. Larkin • CLE 1,268
4. Farrar • PHQ 1,238
5. Brouthers • BOS 1,208

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Connor • NYI 80
2. Brouthers • BOS 74
3. Beckley • PBB 58
Farrar • PHQ 58
5. Orr • BWW 42

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Brouthers • BOS 50
2. Farrar • PHQ 36
3. Comiskey • CHI 33
4. Beckley • PBB 32
5. Orr • BWW 30
Larkin • CLE 30

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Brouthers • BOS 79
Farrar • PHQ 79
Connor • NYI 79
4. Orr • BWW 67
5. Larkin • CLE 63

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Bierbauer • BWW 133
Quinn • BOS 133
3. Pfeffer • CHI 124
4. Wise • BUF 119
5. Stricker • CLE 109

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Quinn • BOS 441
Pfeffer • CHI 441
3. Bierbauer • BWW 372
4. Wise • BUF 328
5. Stricker • CLE 295

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bierbauer • BWW 468
2. Quinn • BOS 406
3. Pfeffer • CHI 387
4. Wise • BUF 375
5. Stricker • CLE 353

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Pfeffer • CHI 76
2. Wise • BUF 73
3. Robinson • PBB 69
4. Stricker • CLE 68
5. Bierbauer • BWW 62
Pickett • PHQ 62

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Bierbauer • BWW 77
2. Pfeffer • CHI 73
3. Quinn • BOS 71
4. Wise • BUF 58
5. Stricker • CLE 57

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Joyce • BWW 133
2. Nash • BOS 132
3. Kuehne • PBB 128
4. Mulvey • PHQ 120
5. Tebeau • CLE 110

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Tebeau • CLE 204
2. Nash • BOS 202
3. Joyce • BWW 176
4. Kuehne • PBB 163
5. Mulvey • PHQ 144

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Nash • BOS 307
2. Kuehne • PBB 306
3. Joyce • BWW 284
4. Tebeau • CLE 246
5. Mulvey • PHQ 227

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Joyce • BWW 107
2. Kuehne • PBB 82
3. Nash • BOS 78
4. Tebeau • CLE 66
5. Mulvey • PHQ 62

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Nash • BOS 37
2. Tebeau • CLE 25
3. Joyce • BWW 22
4. Kuehne • PBB 18
White • BUF 18

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Shindle • PHQ 130
2. Ward • BWW 128
3. Corcoran • PBB 126
4. Rowe • BUF 125
5. Irwin • BOS 96

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Ward • BWW 303
2. Shindle • PHQ 266
3. Rowe • BUF 228
4. Corcoran • PBB 213
5. Richardson • NYI 153

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Ward • BWW 450
2. Corcoran • PBB 444
3. Shindle • PHQ 442
4. Rowe • BUF 381
5. Irwin • BOS 331

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Shindle • PHQ 119
2. Ward • BWW 105
3. Corcoran • PBB 88
4. Delahanty • CLE 79
5. Rowe • BUF 67

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Shindle • PHQ 67
2. Ward • BWW 59
3. Rowe • BUF 56
4. Irwin • BOS 44
5. Corcoran • PBB 36

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Duffy • CHI 137
O'Neill • CHI 137
3. Wood • PHQ 132
4. Brown • BOS 131
5. Visner • PBB 130

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Hanlon • PBB 297
2. Hoy • BUF 289
3. Brown • BOS 285
4. Griffin • PHQ 278
5. Ryan • CHI 257

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Wood • PHQ 35
2. Duffy • CHI 34
3. Griffin • PHQ 33
4. Brown • BOS 32
5. O'Rourke • NYI 25
Ryan • CHI 25

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Beecher • BUF 55
2. Wood • PHQ 34
3. Browning • CLE 32
4. Brown • BOS 31
5. Hoy • BUF 30
Hanlon • PBB 30

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Griffin • PHQ 10
2. Wood • PHQ 9
Hoy • BUF 9
4. Brown • BOS 8
5. Ryan • CHI 5
Radford • CLE 5
Duffy • CHI 5

Def. Games as P

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

1. Baldwin • CHI 58
2. King • CHI 56
3. Weyhing • BWW 49
4. Gruber • CLE 48
5. Staley • PBB 47

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Baldwin • CHI 26
2. Kilroy • BOS 25
Maul • PBB 25
Van Haltren • BWW 25
5. Knell • PHQ 24

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. King • CHI 139
Baldwin • CHI 139
3. Gruber • CLE 109
4. Radbourn • BOS 99
5. Sanders • PHQ 93

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Cunningham • 2TM 21
2. Crane • NYI 16
3. Baldwin • CHI 15
4. Buffinton • PHQ 14
Gruber • CLE 14

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Cunningham • 2TM 5
Buffinton • PHQ 5
Van Haltren • BWW 5
Staley • PBB 5
Sanders • PHQ 5
King • CHI 5

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Farrell • CHI 6.29
2. Boyle • CHI 6.27
3. Ewing • NYI 6.15
4. Kinslow • BWW 5.86
5. Milligan • PHQ 5.74

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Farrell • CHI 6.22
2. Ewing • NYI 5.91
3. Kinslow • BWW 5.78
4. Milligan • PHQ 5.53
5. Boyle • CHI 5.34

Fielding % as C

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

1. Ewing • NYI .949
2. Farrell • CHI .929
3. Mack • BUF .925
4. Murphy • BOS .903
5. Sutcliffe • CLE .883

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Connor • NYI 11.67
2. Beckley • PBB 11.13
3. Larkin • CLE 10.72
4. Farrar • PHQ 10.58
5. Comiskey • CHI 10.54

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Connor • NYI 11.50
2. Beckley • PBB 10.79
3. Comiskey • CHI 10.49
4. Larkin • CLE 10.46
5. Farrar • PHQ 10.20

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Connor • NYI .985
2. Larkin • CLE .978
3. Beckley • PBB .977
4. Farrar • PHQ .973
5. Orr • BWW .972

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Pfeffer • CHI 6.71
2. Quinn • BOS 6.55
3. Bierbauer • BWW 6.42
4. Wise • BUF 6.22
5. Stricker • CLE 6.11

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Pfeffer • CHI 6.68
2. Quinn • BOS 6.37
3. Bierbauer • BWW 6.32
4. Stricker • CLE 5.94
5. Wise • BUF 5.91

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Quinn • BOS .942
2. Bierbauer • BWW .931
3. Pfeffer • CHI .916
4. Shannon • 2TM .911
5. Wise • BUF .906

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Tebeau • CLE 4.20
2. Nash • BOS 4.00
3. Kuehne • PBB 3.78
4. Joyce • BWW 3.51
5. Whitney • NYI 3.49

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Tebeau • CLE 4.09
2. Nash • BOS 3.86
3. Kuehne • PBB 3.66
4. Joyce • BWW 3.46
5. Whitney • NYI 3.42

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Tebeau • CLE .872
2. Nash • BOS .867
3. Mulvey • PHQ .857
4. Kuehne • PBB .851
5. Joyce • BWW .811

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Ward • BWW 5.93
2. Richardson • NYI 5.78
3. Shindle • PHQ 5.62
4. Corcoran • PBB 5.39
5. Delahanty • CLE 5.36

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Richardson • NYI 6.12
2. Ward • BWW 5.88
3. Shindle • PHQ 5.45
4. Corcoran • PBB 5.21
5. Delahanty • CLE 5.09

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Rowe • BUF .901
2. Corcoran • PBB .882
3. Irwin • BOS .878
4. Ward • BWW .878
5. Shindle • PHQ .856

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. McAleer • CLE 3.05
2. Hanlon • PBB 2.71
3. Hoy • BUF 2.71
4. Griffin • PHQ 2.68
5. Andrews • BWW 2.57

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. McAleer • CLE 3.07
2. Griffin • PHQ 2.70
3. Hanlon • PBB 2.59
4. Hoy • BUF 2.56
5. Andrews • BWW 2.52

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Fogarty • PHQ .963
2. Griffin • PHQ .954
3. Richardson • BOS .951
4. O'Rourke • NYI .930
5. O'Neill • CHI .926

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Bartson • CHI 4.16
2. Maul • PBB 3.90
3. Galvin • PBB 3.86
4. Van Haltren • BWW 3.75
5. Kilroy • BOS 3.30

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Maul • PBB 3.58
2. Galvin • PBB 3.58
3. Bartson • CHI 3.35
4. Van Haltren • BWW 3.32
5. Haddock • BUF 3.03

Fielding % as P

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

1. O'Brien • CLE .964
2. King • CHI .964
3. Keefe • NYI .950
4. Ewing • NYI .949
5. Staley • PBB .945

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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