Major League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Tenney • NYG 1,624
2. Jones • SLB 1,616
3. Konetchy • STL 1,610
4. Freeman • WSH 1,561
5. Stovall • CLE 1,523

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Tinker • CHC 570
2. Wagner • BOS 569
3. McBride • WSH 568
4. Dahlen • BSN 553
5. Lajoie • CLE 543

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Ball • NYY 81
2. Nicholls • PHA 63
3. Wagner • BOS 61
4. Schaefer • DET 57
5. Bridwell • NYG 55

Def. Games as C

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

1. Gibson • PIT 140
2. Bresnahan • NYG 139
3. Sullivan • CHW 137
4. Dooin • PHI 132
5. Street • WSH 128

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bresnahan • NYG 657
2. Gibson • PIT 607
3. Kling • CHC 596
4. Street • WSH 578
5. Dooin • PHI 554

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Dooin • PHI 191
2. Schmidt • DET 184
3. Street • WSH 167
4. Sullivan • CHW 156
5. Kling • CHC 149

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Schmidt • DET 37
2. Dooin • PHI 26
3. Gibson • PIT 21
Street • WSH 21
5. Schlei • CIN 18

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Dooin • PHI 17
2. Street • WSH 14
3. Bowerman • BSN 12
Schmidt • DET 12
Bresnahan • NYG 12

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Bresnahan • NYG 17
2. Dooin • PHI 15
3. Criger • BOS 14
4. Schlei • CIN 13
5. Clarke • CLE 12
Spencer • SLB 12

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. Gibson • PIT 117
2. Schmidt • DET 115
3. Street • WSH 109
Sullivan • CHW 109
5. Dooin • PHI 101

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. Schmidt • DET 129
2. Dooin • PHI 128
3. Kling • CHC 112
4. Sullivan • CHW 107
Street • WSH 107

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Clarke • CLE 56.1
2. Dooin • PHI 55.9
3. Stephens • SLB 54.4
4. Criger • BOS 54.1
5. Schmidt • DET 52.9

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Tenney • NYG 156
2. Jones • SLB 155
3. Konetchy • STL 154
Freeman • WSH 154
5. Davis • PHA 147

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Tenney • NYG 1,624
2. Jones • SLB 1,616
3. Konetchy • STL 1,610
4. Freeman • WSH 1,561
5. Stovall • CLE 1,508

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Konetchy • STL 122
2. Tenney • NYG 117
3. Rossman • DET 102
4. McGann • BSN 93
5. Jones • SLB 90

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Freeman • WSH 41
2. Rossman • DET 29
3. Jordan • BRO 28
4. Konetchy • STL 24
Jones • SLB 24

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Stovall • CLE 79
Jones • SLB 79
3. Rossman • DET 70
4. Freeman • WSH 69
5. Tenney • NYG 68

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Lajoie • CLE 156
2. Knabe • PHI 151
3. Williams • SLB 148
4. Abbaticchio • PIT 144
5. Huggins • CIN 135

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Lajoie • CLE 450
2. Williams • SLB 352
3. Knabe • PHI 344
4. Ritchey • BSN 325
5. Huggins • CIN 302

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Lajoie • CLE 538
2. Knabe • PHI 470
3. Williams • SLB 445
4. Abbaticchio • PIT 423
5. Huggins • CIN 406

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. McConnell • BOS 38
2. Lajoie • CLE 37
3. Downs • DET 36
4. Doyle • NYG 33
5. Williams • SLB 31

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Lajoie • CLE 78
2. Williams • SLB 50
3. Ritchey • BSN 46
4. Huggins • CIN 45
5. Knabe • PHI 42
Abbaticchio • PIT 42

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Devlin • NYG 157
2. Steinfeldt • CHC 150
Leach • PIT 150
4. Ferris • SLB 148
5. Sheehan • BRO 145

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Ferris • SLB 222
2. Devlin • NYG 203
3. Leach • PIT 199
4. Grant • PHI 197
5. Byrne • STL 183

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Tannehill • CHW 341
2. Devlin • NYG 331
3. Ferris • SLB 316
4. Leach • PIT 293
5. Sheehan • BRO 280

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Lord • BOS 49
2. Byrne • STL 35
Grant • PHI 35
4. Sheehan • BRO 34
Sweeney • BSN 34

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Ferris • SLB 27
2. Grant • PHI 22
3. Leach • PIT 19
Devlin • NYG 19
5. Steinfeldt • CHC 15
Hannifin • BSN 15
Tannehill • CHW 15

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Tinker • CHC 157
2. McBride • WSH 155
3. Wagner • BOS 153
4. Wagner • PIT 151
5. Bridwell • NYG 147

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Wagner • BOS 373
2. McBride • WSH 372
3. Wagner • PIT 354
4. Tinker • CHC 314
5. Dahlen • BSN 291

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Tinker • CHC 570
2. Wagner • BOS 569
3. McBride • WSH 568
4. Dahlen • BSN 553
5. Wallace • SLB 510

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Ball • NYY 80
2. Wagner • BOS 61
3. Nicholls • PHA 56
4. Bridwell • NYG 55
5. McBride • WSH 52

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Dahlen • BSN 58
McBride • WSH 58
3. Wagner • BOS 51
4. Tinker • CHC 48
5. Wagner • PIT 47

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. McIntyre • DET 151
2. Clarke • PIT 150
Ganley • WSH 150
4. Stone • SLB 148
5. Magee • PHI 142

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Clarke • PIT 346
2. McIntyre • DET 330
3. Ganley • WSH 280
4. Magee • PHI 279
5. Stone • SLB 274

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Hummel • BRO 17
McIntyre • DET 17
3. Magee • PHI 15
Clarke • PIT 15
5. Clarke • CLE 13
Sheckard • CHC 13
Ganley • WSH 13
Bates • BSN 13

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Stone • SLB 16
2. Ganley • WSH 11
3. Sheckard • CHC 10
Dougherty • CHW 10
Bates • BSN 10
Clarke • PIT 10

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hummel • BRO 5
2. Thoney • BOS 4
Magee • PHI 4
Stone • SLB 4
McIntyre • DET 4

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Seymour • NYG 155
2. Jones • CHW 149
3. Osborn • PHI 146
4. Crawford • DET 131
5. Hemphill • NYY 126

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Osborn • PHI 342
2. Seymour • NYG 340
3. Kane • CIN 292
4. Jones • CHW 286
5. Thomas • 2TM 282

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Seymour • NYG 29
2. Birmingham • CLE 20
3. Shaw • STL 18
Milan • WSH 18
5. Sullivan • BOS 17
Beaumont • BSN 17
Jones • CHW 17

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Seymour • NYG 20
2. Hemphill • NYY 19
Murray • STL 19
4. Oldring • PHA 13
5. Birmingham • CLE 12
Osborn • PHI 12
Maloney • BRO 12
Milan • WSH 12

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Seymour • NYG 10
2. Shaw • STL 8
3. Milan • WSH 6
4. Birmingham • CLE 5
Thomas • 2TM 5
Hoffman • SLB 5

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Cobb • DET 150
2. Titus • PHI 149
3. Donlin • NYG 127
4. Gessler • BOS 126
5. Lumley • BRO 116

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Titus • PHI 216
2. Cobb • DET 214
3. Wilson • PIT 200
4. Donlin • NYG 197
5. Mitchell • CIN 188

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Cobb • DET 23
2. Titus • PHI 22
3. Donlin • NYG 20
4. Wilson • PIT 17
5. Clymer • WSH 16
Browne • BSN 16
Mitchell • CIN 16

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Cobb • DET 14
2. Browne • BSN 12
3. Wilson • PIT 10
4. Murray • STL 9
Gessler • BOS 9
Mitchell • CIN 9
Titus • PHI 9

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Browne • BSN 8
2. Cobb • DET 6
3. Clymer • WSH 5
4. Gessler • BOS 4
Hoffman • SLB 4
Wilson • PIT 4
Anderson • CHW 4
Lumley • BRO 4

Def. Games as OF

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

1. Donlin • NYG 155
Seymour • NYG 155
3. Murray • STL 154
4. Osborn • PHI 152
5. McIntyre • DET 151
Clarke • PIT 151

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Osborn • PHI 359
2. Clarke • PIT 350
3. Seymour • NYG 340
4. McIntyre • DET 329
5. Kane • CIN 292

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Seymour • NYG 29
2. Burch • BRO 24
3. Shaw • STL 23
Cobb • DET 23
5. Titus • PHI 22
Murray • STL 22

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Murray • STL 28
2. Hemphill • NYY 20
Seymour • NYG 20
4. Oldring • PHA 16
Stone • SLB 16

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Seymour • NYG 9
2. Hummel • BRO 8
Hoffman • SLB 8
Browne • BSN 8
5. Anderson • CHW 7
Shaw • STL 7
Clymer • WSH 7

Def. Games as P

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

1. Walsh • CHW 66
2. Mathewson • NYG 56
3. Vickers • PHA 53
4. McQuillan • PHI 48
Raymond • STL 48

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Walsh • CHW 41
2. Brown • CHC 35
3. White • CHW 28
4. Mathewson • NYG 27
5. Wiltse • NYG 25

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Walsh • CHW 190
2. Mathewson • NYG 141
3. White • CHW 116
4. Joss • CLE 109
Wilhelm • BRO 109

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Hughes • WSH 11
2. Keeley • WSH 10
Lake • NYY 10
Waddell • SLB 10
Winter • 2TM 10

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Walsh • CHW 9
2. White • CHW 7
Reulbach • CHC 7
4. Beebe • STL 5
Karger • STL 5
McIntire • BRO 5

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Schrecongost • 2TM 7.75
2. Powers • PHA 7.20
3. Bergen • BRO 6.73
4. Criger • BOS 6.64
5. Kling • CHC 6.53

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Schrecongost • 2TM 7.01
2. Kling • CHC 6.37
3. Powers • PHA 6.28
4. Bergen • BRO 6.13
5. Schmidt • DET 5.99

Fielding % as C

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

1. Bergen • BRO .989
2. Bresnahan • NYG .985
3. Sullivan • CHW .985
4. Spencer • SLB .983
5. Criger • BOS .980

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Donahue • CHW 12.71
2. Stovall • CLE 12.12
3. Konetchy • STL 11.60
4. Tenney • NYG 11.48
5. Stahl • 2TM 11.45

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Donahue • CHW 12.35
2. Stovall • CLE 12.08
3. Konetchy • STL 11.25
4. Stahl • 2TM 11.23
5. Tenney • NYG 11.16

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Stovall • CLE .990
2. Ganzel • CIN .990
3. Tenney • NYG .990
4. Chance • CHC .989
5. McGann • BSN .988

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. Lajoie • CLE 6.32
2. Ritchey • BSN 5.85
3. Gilbert • STL 5.53
4. Delahanty • WSH 5.52
5. Downs • DET 5.49

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. Lajoie • CLE 6.33
2. Ritchey • BSN 5.78
3. Downs • DET 5.43
4. Knabe • PHI 5.39
5. Williams • SLB 5.39

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Abbaticchio • PIT .969
2. Knabe • PHI .969
3. Ritchey • BSN .967
4. Lajoie • CLE .964
5. Williams • SLB .963

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Conroy • NYY 3.77
2. Sweeney • BSN 3.74
3. Byrne • STL 3.69
4. Ferris • SLB 3.64
5. Tannehill • CHW 3.53

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Sweeney • BSN 3.67
2. Ferris • SLB 3.64
3. Conroy • NYY 3.60
4. Byrne • STL 3.53
5. Tannehill • CHW 3.50

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Ferris • SLB .952
2. Devlin • NYG .947
3. Coughlin • DET .941
4. Steinfeldt • CHC .940
5. Conroy • NYY .939

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Wagner • BOS 6.32
2. McBride • WSH 6.16
3. Dahlen • BSN 6.05
4. Wallace • SLB 5.91
5. Ball • NYY 5.67

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Wagner • BOS 6.16
2. McBride • WSH 6.06
3. Dahlen • BSN 5.86
4. Wallace • SLB 5.81
5. Tinker • CHC 5.63

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Tinker • CHC .958
2. Dahlen • BSN .952
3. Wallace • SLB .951
4. McBride • WSH .948
5. Lewis • BRO .943

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Clarke • PIT 2.41
2. Paskert • CIN 2.39
3. McIntyre • DET 2.30
4. Thoney • BOS 2.17
5. Magee • PHI 2.07

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. McIntyre • DET .977
2. Delahanty • STL .977
3. Clarke • PIT .973
4. Magee • PHI .970
5. Clarke • CLE .966

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Thomas • 2TM 2.70
2. Kane • CIN 2.56
3. Maloney • BRO 2.47
4. Osborn • PHI 2.44
5. Seymour • NYG 2.38

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Kane • CIN .981
2. Thomas • 2TM .976
3. Crawford • DET .970
4. Jones • CHW .968
5. Osborn • PHI .967

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Wilson • PIT 1.99
2. Browne • BSN 1.84
3. Mitchell • CIN 1.77
4. Donlin • NYG 1.71
5. Hartzell • SLB 1.62
Barry • 2TM 1.62

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Donlin • NYG .977
2. Titus • PHI .964
3. Mitchell • CIN .958
4. Wilson • PIT .956
5. Lumley • BRO .955

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

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

1. Thomas • 2TM 2.71
2. Maloney • BRO 2.59
3. Kane • CIN 2.51
4. Osborn • PHI 2.47
5. Shaw • STL 2.46

Range Factor/Game as OF

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

1. Thomas • 2TM 2.70
2. Osborn • PHI 2.45
3. Maloney • BRO 2.42
4. Kane • CIN 2.42
5. Clarke • PIT 2.42

Fielding % as OF

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

1. Kane • CIN .981
2. Donlin • NYG .977
3. McIntyre • DET .977
4. Delahanty • STL .977
5. Thomas • 2TM .976

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Walsh • CHW 4.48
2. White • CHW 4.38
3. Willett • DET 4.34
4. Killian • DET 4.28
5. Fraser • CHC 4.14

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. White • CHW 3.51
2. Walsh • CHW 3.50
3. Corridon • PHI 3.37
4. Flaherty • BSN 3.19
5. Killian • DET 3.19

Fielding % as P

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

1. Brown • CHC 1.000
2. Willis • PIT .990
3. Mathewson • NYG .988
4. Fraser • CHC .987
5. White • CHW .986

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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