American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts
1. Spencer • CAL 1,212
2. Powell • BAL 1,209
3. Reese • MIN 1,118
4. Mincher • OAK 1,109
5. Hegan • MIL 1,104
Assists
1. Brinkman • WSA 569
2. Cárdenas • MIN 487
3. Aparicio • CHW 483
4. Alomar • CAL 481
5. Clarke • NYY 478
Errors Committed
1. Harper • MIL 28
Michael • NYY 28
3. O'Brien • CHW 25
4. Brinkman • WSA 23
Gutiérrez • DET 23
Heidemann • CLE 23
Total Zone Runs
1. Rodríguez • 2TM 30
2. Blair • BAL 26
3. Nettles • CLE 22
4. Oliva • MIN 21
5. Smith • BOS 21
Def. Games as C
1. Munson • NYY 125
2. Fosse • CLE 120
3. Mitterwald • MIN 117
4. Freehan • DET 114
5. Azcue • CAL 112
Putouts as C
1. Fosse • CLE 854
2. Freehan • DET 742
3. Mitterwald • MIN 740
4. Munson • NYY 631
5. Roof • MIL 596
Assists as C
1. Munson • NYY 80
2. Fosse • CLE 70
3. Mitterwald • MIN 62
4. Kirkpatrick • KCR 61
5. Azcue • CAL 51
Herrmann • CHW 51
Errors Committed as C
1. Kirkpatrick • KCR 12
2. Fosse • CLE 10
3. Duncan • OAK 9
4. Munson • NYY 8
Roof • MIL 8
French • WSA 8
Hendricks • BAL 8
Double Plays Turned as C
1. Casanova • WSA 12
Kirkpatrick • KCR 12
3. Munson • NYY 11
4. Azcue • CAL 10
Herrmann • CHW 10
Passed Balls
1. Azcue • CAL 17
Fosse • CLE 17
3. Herrmann • CHW 14
4. Josephson • CHW 11
5. Munson • NYY 10
Egan • CAL 10
Hendricks • BAL 10
Stolen Bases Allowed as C
1. Roof • MIL 59
2. Herrmann • CHW 58
3. McNertney • MIL 45
4. Kirkpatrick • KCR 43
5. Azcue • CAL 42
Josephson • CHW 42
Caught Stealing as C
1. Fosse • CLE 48
2. Mitterwald • MIN 39
3. Kirkpatrick • KCR 37
4. Freehan • DET 36
5. Munson • NYY 33
Caught Stealing %
1. French • WSA 55.6
2. Fosse • CLE 54.5
3. Mitterwald • MIN 53.4
4. Munson • NYY 51.6
5. Casanova • WSA 51.1
Def. Games as 1B
1. Reese • MIN 146
2. Powell • BAL 145
3. Spencer • CAL 142
4. Hegan • MIL 139
5. Mincher • OAK 137
Putouts as 1B
1. Spencer • CAL 1,212
2. Powell • BAL 1,209
3. Reese • MIN 1,118
4. Mincher • OAK 1,109
5. Epstein • WSA 1,100
Assists as 1B
1. Hegan • MIL 113
2. Mincher • OAK 91
3. Powell • BAL 89
4. Spencer • CAL 85
5. Reese • MIN 82
Errors Committed as 1B
1. Mincher • OAK 12
2. Cash • DET 10
Powell • BAL 10
Reese • MIN 10
Epstein • WSA 10
Double Plays Turned as 1B
1. Spencer • CAL 131
2. Powell • BAL 107
Mincher • OAK 107
4. Horton • CLE 106
5. Hegan • MIL 104
Epstein • WSA 104
Def. Games as 2B
1. Clarke • NYY 157
2. Alomar • CAL 153
3. Johnson • BAL 149
4. Andrews • BOS 148
5. Leon • CLE 141
Putouts as 2B
1. Johnson • BAL 379
Clarke • NYY 379
3. Alomar • CAL 375
4. Andrews • BOS 342
Leon • CLE 342
Assists as 2B
1. Clarke • NYY 478
2. Alomar • CAL 460
3. Knoop • CHW 403
4. Johnson • BAL 390
5. Leon • CLE 378
Errors Committed as 2B
1. Andrews • BOS 19
2. Alomar • CAL 18
Clarke • NYY 18
4. McAuliffe • DET 16
5. Leon • CLE 13
Green • OAK 13
Double Plays Turned as 2B
1. Alomar • CAL 119
2. Leon • CLE 102
Knoop • CHW 102
4. Johnson • BAL 101
5. Clarke • NYY 95
Def. Games as 3B
1. Robinson • BAL 156
2. Nettles • CLE 154
3. Rodríguez • 2TM 153
4. Bando • OAK 152
5. Killebrew • MIN 138
Putouts as 3B
1. Bando • OAK 158
2. Robinson • BAL 157
3. McMullen • 2TM 154
4. Nettles • CLE 134
5. Harper • MIL 123
Assists as 3B
1. Rodríguez • 2TM 377
2. Nettles • CLE 358
3. Robinson • BAL 321
4. McMullen • 2TM 306
5. Kenney • NYY 300
Errors Committed as 3B
1. Harper • MIL 24
2. Bando • OAK 20
3. McMullen • 2TM 19
4. Rodríguez • 2TM 18
Melton • CHW 18
Double Plays Turned as 3B
1. Rodríguez • 2TM 41
2. Nettles • CLE 40
3. McMullen • 2TM 39
4. Robinson • BAL 30
5. Harper • MIL 23
Def. Games as SS
1. Cárdenas • MIN 160
2. Brinkman • WSA 157
3. Fregosi • CAL 150
4. Aparicio • CHW 146
5. Belanger • BAL 143
Campaneris • OAK 143
Putouts as SS
1. Brinkman • WSA 301
2. Cárdenas • MIN 280
3. Campaneris • OAK 267
4. Fregosi • CAL 264
5. Petrocelli • BOS 262
Assists as SS
1. Brinkman • WSA 569
2. Cárdenas • MIN 487
3. Aparicio • CHW 483
4. Fregosi • CAL 468
5. Campaneris • OAK 414
Errors Committed as SS
1. Michael • NYY 28
2. Brinkman • WSA 23
Heidemann • CLE 23
Gutiérrez • DET 23
5. Fregosi • CAL 20
Petrocelli • BOS 20
Double Plays Turned as SS
1. Brinkman • WSA 103
2. Aparicio • CHW 99
Fregosi • CAL 99
4. Campaneris • OAK 92
5. Cárdenas • MIN 91
Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1. White • NYY 161
2. Johnson • CAL 155
3. May • CHW 141
4. Piniella • KCR 139
5. Buford • BAL 129
Putouts as LF (s.1901)
1. White • NYY 313
2. Johnson • CAL 259
3. Piniella • KCR 244
4. Buford • BAL 220
5. May • CHW 199
Assists as LF (s.1901)
1. May • CHW 12
2. Buford • BAL 11
Johnson • CAL 11
4. Horton • DET 10
5. Conigliaro • BOS 7
Piniella • KCR 7
Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)
1. Johnson • CAL 12
2. Walton • MIL 6
Foster • CLE 6
4. Howard • WSA 5
5. Piniella • KCR 4
Yastrzemski • BOS 4
Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)
1. Howard • WSA 4
2. Alou • OAK 2
Buford • BAL 2
May • CHW 2
Piniella • KCR 2
Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1. Otis • KCR 159
2. Murcer • NYY 155
3. Smith • BOS 145
4. Berry • CHW 137
5. Stanley • DET 132
Tovar • MIN 132
Putouts as CF (s.1901)
1. Otis • KCR 387
2. Murcer • NYY 376
3. Blair • BAL 366
4. Smith • BOS 358
5. Berry • CHW 329
Assists as CF (s.1901)
1. Otis • KCR 16
2. Murcer • NYY 15
3. Smith • BOS 14
4. Blair • BAL 11
5. Tovar • MIN 10
Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)
1. Smith • BOS 9
2. Tovar • MIN 8
3. Monday • OAK 5
4. Blair • BAL 4
Otis • KCR 4
Johnstone • CAL 4
Jackson • OAK 4
Berry • CHW 4
Conigliaro • BOS 4
Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)
1. Otis • KCR 6
2. Blair • BAL 3
Johnstone • CAL 3
Murcer • NYY 3
Stroud • WSA 3
Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1. Oliva • MIN 154
2. Conigliaro • BOS 145
3. Robinson • BAL 119
4. Pinson • CLE 115
Kelly • KCR 115
Putouts as RF (s.1901)
1. Oliva • MIN 346
2. Kelly • KCR 250
3. Conigliaro • BOS 248
4. Robinson • BAL 221
5. Pinson • CLE 206
Assists as RF (s.1901)
1. Oliva • MIN 12
2. Williams • CHW 11
3. Robinson • BAL 9
4. Jackson • OAK 8
Kelly • KCR 8
Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)
1. Oliva • MIN 12
2. Kelly • KCR 8
Jackson • OAK 8
4. Conigliaro • BOS 6
Williams • CHW 6
Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)
1. Oliva • MIN 4
2. Melton • CHW 3
Pinson • CLE 3
Robinson • BAL 3
5. Kelly • KCR 2
Northrup • DET 2
Def. Games as OF
1. White • NYY 161
2. Otis • KCR 159
3. Oliva • MIN 157
4. Johnson • CAL 156
5. Murcer • NYY 155
Putouts as OF
1. Otis • KCR 388
2. Murcer • NYY 375
3. Tovar • MIN 370
4. Blair • BAL 368
5. Smith • BOS 361
Assists as OF
1. Murcer • NYY 15
Otis • KCR 15
Smith • BOS 15
4. Buford • BAL 13
5. Oliva • MIN 12
May • CHW 12
Williams • CHW 12
Tovar • MIN 12
Errors Committed as OF
1. Oliva • MIN 12
Johnson • CAL 12
Jackson • OAK 12
4. Kelly • KCR 10
5. Smith • BOS 9
Tovar • MIN 9
Double Plays Turned as OF
1. Otis • KCR 6
2. Howard • WSA 4
Oliva • MIN 4
4. Robinson • BAL 3
Blair • BAL 3
Buford • BAL 3
Alou • OAK 3
Pinson • CLE 3
Johnstone • CAL 3
Stroud • WSA 3
Murcer • NYY 3
Melton • CHW 3
Def. Games as P
1. Wood • CHW 77
2. Grant • OAK 72
3. Knowles • WSA 71
4. Williams • MIN 68
5. Fisher • CAL 67
Perranoski • MIN 67
Putouts as P
1. Siebert • BOS 25
2. Culp • BOS 22
Horlen • CHW 22
Murphy • CAL 22
Odom • OAK 22
Stottlemyre • NYY 22
Assists as P
1. John • CHW 65
2. Peterson • NYY 52
3. Stottlemyre • NYY 51
4. Perry • MIN 47
5. Lolich • DET 46
Errors Committed as P
1. John • CHW 8
2. Culp • BOS 5
Janeski • CHW 5
Murphy • CAL 5
5. Bahnsen • NYY 4
Kaat • MIN 4
López • BAL 4
McDowell • CLE 4
Messersmith • CAL 4
Odom • OAK 4
Lasher • 2TM 4
Double Plays Turned as P
1. Peterson • NYY 7
2. Janeski • CHW 6
3. Drago • KCR 5
Kaat • MIN 5
5. Palmer • BAL 4
McNally • BAL 4
Culp • BOS 4
Rooker • KCR 4
Total Zone Runs as C (s.1953)
1. Mitterwald • MIN 11
2. Munson • NYY 9
3. Casanova • WSA 8
4. Fosse • CLE 6
5. Freehan • DET 5
Range Factor/9Inn as C
1. Fosse • CLE 7.81
2. Mitterwald • MIN 7.55
3. Moses • BOS 7.45
4. Freehan • DET 7.17
5. Rodríguez • KCR 7.13
Range Factor/Game as C
1. Fosse • CLE 7.70
2. Moses • BOS 7.08
3. Freehan • DET 6.88
4. Mitterwald • MIN 6.85
5. Rodríguez • KCR 6.44
Fielding % as C
1. Freehan • DET .997
2. Mitterwald • MIN .996
3. Azcue • CAL .991
4. Moses • BOS .990
5. Fosse • CLE .989
Total Zone Runs as 1B (s.1953)
1. Hegan • MIL 15
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 4
3. Mincher • OAK 4
4. Ellis • NYY 2
5. Cash • DET 2
Spencer • CAL 2
Range Factor/9Inn as 1B
1. Epstein • WSA 10.08
2. Cater • NYY 10.08
3. Hegan • MIL 9.95
4. Oliver • KCR 9.84
5. Spencer • CAL 9.70
Range Factor/Game as 1B
1. Epstein • WSA 9.59
2. Oliver • KCR 9.43
3. Spencer • CAL 9.13
4. Powell • BAL 8.95
5. Mincher • OAK 8.76
Fielding % as 1B
1. Spencer • CAL .995
2. Hegan • MIL .994
3. Horton • CLE .994
4. Oliver • KCR .993
5. Cater • NYY .992
Total Zone Runs as 2B (s.1953)
1. Alomar • CAL 16
2. Cullen • WSA 14
3. Green • OAK 11
4. Thompson • MIN 10
5. Rojas • KCR 7
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B
1. Knoop • CHW 5.93
2. Cullen • WSA 5.91
3. Alomar • CAL 5.51
4. Rojas • KCR 5.45
5. Leon • CLE 5.44
Range Factor/Game as 2B
1. Clarke • NYY 5.46
2. Alomar • CAL 5.46
3. Knoop • CHW 5.39
4. Kubiak • MIL 5.18
5. Johnson • BAL 5.16
Fielding % as 2B
1. Cullen • WSA .994
2. Johnson • BAL .990
3. Knoop • CHW .984
4. Leon • CLE .982
5. Clarke • NYY .979
Total Zone Runs as 3B (s.1953)
1. Rodríguez • 2TM 27
2. Nettles • CLE 21
3. McMullen • 2TM 12
4. Kenney • NYY 10
5. Harper • MIL 7
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B
1. Kenney • NYY 3.59
2. McMullen • 2TM 3.45
3. Nettles • CLE 3.37
4. Harper • MIL 3.27
5. Rodríguez • 2TM 3.24
Range Factor/Game as 3B
1. McMullen • 2TM 3.36
2. Rodríguez • 2TM 3.24
3. Nettles • CLE 3.19
4. Harper • MIL 3.11
5. Robinson • BAL 3.06
Fielding % as 3B
1. Nettles • CLE .967
2. Robinson • BAL .966
3. Rodríguez • 2TM .965
4. McMullen • 2TM .960
5. Kenney • NYY .960
Total Zone Runs as SS (s.1953)
1. Brinkman • WSA 20
2. Fregosi • CAL 13
3. Cárdenas • MIN 10
4. Campaneris • OAK 10
5. Belanger • BAL 9
Range Factor/9Inn as SS
1. Brinkman • WSA 5.59
2. Aparicio • CHW 5.52
3. Michael • NYY 5.26
4. Fregosi • CAL 5.02
5. Campaneris • OAK 4.93
Range Factor/Game as SS
1. Brinkman • WSA 5.54
2. Michael • NYY 5.10
3. Aparicio • CHW 5.03
4. Fregosi • CAL 4.88
5. Cárdenas • MIN 4.79
Fielding % as SS
1. Peña • 2TM .979
2. Cárdenas • MIN .978
3. Aparicio • CHW .976
4. Brinkman • WSA .974
5. Fregosi • CAL .973
Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1953)
1. Conigliaro • BOS 10
2. Rudi • OAK 7
3. Holt • MIN 6
4. White • NYY 6
5. Yastrzemski • BOS 5
Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1948)
1. White • NYY 1.98
2. Alou • OAK 1.95
3. Buford • BAL 1.86
4. Piniella • KCR 1.85
5. Johnson • CAL 1.80
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)
1. White • NYY 1.98
2. Piniella • KCR 1.81
3. Buford • BAL 1.79
4. Johnson • CAL 1.74
5. Horton • DET 1.62
Fielding % as LF (s.1901)
1. White • NYY .994
2. Buford • BAL .991
3. May • CHW .991
4. Piniella • KCR .984
5. Howard • WSA .972
Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1953)
1. Blair • BAL 26
2. Smith • BOS 21
3. Stroud • WSA 10
4. Holt • MIN 8
5. Tovar • MIN 5
Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1948)
1. Blair • BAL 3.13
2. Tovar • MIN 2.82
3. Stroud • WSA 2.80
4. May • MIL 2.70
5. Smith • BOS 2.69
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)
1. Blair • BAL 2.95
2. Smith • BOS 2.57
3. Otis • KCR 2.53
4. Murcer • NYY 2.52
5. Stanley • DET 2.51
Fielding % as CF (s.1901)
1. Stanley • DET 1.000
2. Murcer • NYY .992
3. Uhlaender • CLE .990
4. Otis • KCR .990
5. Blair • BAL .990
Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1953)
1. Oliva • MIN 21
2. Alou • OAK 9
3. Pinson • CLE 8
4. Kelly • KCR 7
5. Woods • NYY 5
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1948)
1. Oliva • MIN 2.40
2. Kelly • KCR 2.36
3. Kaline • DET 2.11
4. Pinson • CLE 2.03
5. Robinson • BAL 2.01
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)
1. Oliva • MIN 2.32
2. Kelly • KCR 2.24
3. Robinson • BAL 1.93
4. Pinson • CLE 1.85
5. Kaline • DET 1.77
Fielding % as RF (s.1901)
1. Robinson • BAL .987
2. Pinson • CLE .986
3. Conigliaro • BOS .977
4. Kelly • KCR .970
5. Oliva • MIN .968
Total Zone Runs as OF (s.1953)
1. Blair • BAL 26
2. Oliva • MIN 21
3. Smith • BOS 21
4. Holt • MIN 15
5. Alou • OAK 14
Range Factor/9Inn as OF
1. Blair • BAL 3.13
2. May • 2TM 2.73
3. Smith • BOS 2.72
4. Stroud • WSA 2.72
5. Tovar • MIN 2.67
Range Factor/Game as OF
1. Blair • BAL 2.95
2. Smith • BOS 2.59
3. Otis • KCR 2.53
4. Tovar • MIN 2.53
5. Murcer • NYY 2.52
Fielding % as OF
1. Stanley • DET 1.000
2. Repoz • CAL .995
3. Holt • MIN .995
4. White • NYY .994
5. Northrup • DET .993
Range Factor/9Inn as P
1. Horlen • CHW 3.34
2. John • CHW 2.67
3. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.42
4. Janeski • CHW 2.28
5. Kaat • MIN 2.27
Range Factor/Game as P
1. Horlen • CHW 2.29
2. John • CHW 2.16
3. Stottlemyre • NYY 1.97
4. Peterson • NYY 1.64
5. Palmer • BAL 1.62
Fielding % as P
1. Bosman • WSA 1.000
Johnson • KCR 1.000
Coleman • WSA 1.000
4. Stottlemyre • NYY .986
5. Horlen • CHW .985

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements