American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts
1. Spencer • CAL 1,296
2. Scott • BOS 1,256
3. May • CHW 1,206
4. Powell • BAL 1,031
5. Cash • DET 1,020
Assists
1. Alomar • CAL 530
2. Brinkman • DET 513
3. Michael • NYY 474
4. Patek • KCR 459
5. Clarke • NYY 455
Errors Committed
1. Schaal • KCR 28
2. Richard • CHW 27
3. Campaneris • OAK 26
4. Patek • KCR 25
5. Harrah • WSA 24
Total Zone Runs
1. Nettles • CLE 30
2. Robinson • BAL 21
3. Alomar • CAL 20
4. Scott • BOS 14
Rodríguez • MIL 14
Def. Games as C
1. Freehan • DET 144
2. Fosse • CLE 126
3. Mitterwald • MIN 120
4. Munson • NYY 117
5. Rodríguez • MIL 114
Putouts as C
1. Freehan • DET 912
2. Fosse • CLE 748
3. Duncan • OAK 678
4. Mitterwald • MIN 656
5. Herrmann • CHW 556
Assists as C
1. Fosse • CLE 73
2. Rodríguez • MIL 67
Munson • NYY 67
4. Herrmann • CHW 56
5. Mitterwald • MIN 53
Errors Committed as C
1. Duncan • OAK 12
2. Fosse • CLE 10
Mitterwald • MIN 10
4. Roof • 2TM 8
Moses • CAL 8
Double Plays Turned as C
1. Fosse • CLE 16
2. Torborg • CAL 9
3. Rodríguez • MIL 8
4. Mitterwald • MIN 7
5. May • KCR 6
Freehan • DET 6
Passed Balls
1. Billings • WSA 16
Herrmann • CHW 16
3. Hendricks • BAL 14
4. Fosse • CLE 13
Egan • CHW 13
Stolen Bases Allowed as C
1. Freehan • DET 67
2. Fosse • CLE 56
3. Duncan • OAK 51
4. Egan • CHW 50
5. Mitterwald • MIN 48
Caught Stealing as C
1. Rodríguez • MIL 41
2. Fosse • CLE 38
3. Munson • NYY 36
Freehan • DET 36
5. Mitterwald • MIN 30
Caught Stealing %
1. Munson • NYY 61.0
2. Rodríguez • MIL 57.7
3. Etchebarren • BAL 55.0
4. Roof • 2TM 54.1
5. Kirkpatrick • KCR 45.0
Def. Games as 1B
1. Spencer • CAL 145
2. Scott • BOS 143
3. Cash • DET 131
4. May • CHW 130
5. Powell • BAL 124
Putouts as 1B
1. Spencer • CAL 1,296
2. Scott • BOS 1,256
3. May • CHW 1,189
4. Powell • BAL 1,031
5. Cash • DET 1,020
Assists as 1B
1. Spencer • CAL 93
2. Mincher • 2TM 82
3. Cash • DET 75
Scott • BOS 75
5. May • CHW 71
Errors Committed as 1B
1. May • CHW 18
2. Scott • BOS 11
3. Mincher • 2TM 9
Cash • DET 9
5. Chambliss • CLE 8
Double Plays Turned as 1B
1. Epstein • 2TM 123
2. Scott • BOS 122
3. Spencer • CAL 117
4. Cash • DET 105
5. Powell • BAL 97
Def. Games as 2B
1. Clarke • NYY 156
2. Green • OAK 143
3. Carew • MIN 142
4. Johnson • BAL 140
5. Alomar • CAL 137
Putouts as 2B
1. Clarke • NYY 386
2. Green • OAK 366
3. Johnson • BAL 361
4. Alomar • CAL 350
5. McAuliffe • DET 322
Assists as 2B
1. Clarke • NYY 455
2. Alomar • CAL 432
3. Green • OAK 384
4. Johnson • BAL 367
5. Griffin • BOS 344
Errors Committed as 2B
1. Andrews • CHW 17
2. Carew • MIN 16
Clarke • NYY 16
4. Theobald • MIL 15
5. Randle • WSA 12
Johnson • BAL 12
Double Plays Turned as 2B
1. Johnson • BAL 103
2. Alomar • CAL 100
3. Green • OAK 98
4. Clarke • NYY 97
5. Griffin • BOS 90
Def. Games as 3B
1. Schaal • KCR 161
2. McMullen • CAL 158
Nettles • CLE 158
4. Robinson • BAL 156
Petrocelli • BOS 156
Putouts as 3B
1. Nettles • CLE 159
2. Bando • OAK 141
3. McMullen • CAL 137
4. Robinson • BAL 131
5. Rodríguez • DET 127
Assists as 3B
1. Nettles • CLE 412
2. Melton • CHW 371
3. Robinson • BAL 354
4. McMullen • CAL 344
5. Rodríguez • DET 341
Errors Committed as 3B
1. Schaal • KCR 28
2. Rodríguez • DET 23
3. McMullen • CAL 17
4. Nettles • CLE 16
Melton • CHW 16
Robinson • BAL 16
Double Plays Turned as 3B
1. Nettles • CLE 54
2. Petrocelli • BOS 37
3. Robinson • BAL 35
4. Rodríguez • DET 33
5. Schaal • KCR 31
Def. Games as SS
1. Brinkman • DET 159
2. Cárdenas • MIN 153
3. Belanger • BAL 149
4. Patek • KCR 147
5. Michael • NYY 136
Putouts as SS
1. Patek • KCR 301
2. Belanger • BAL 280
3. Cárdenas • MIN 266
4. Michael • NYY 243
5. Brinkman • DET 235
Assists as SS
1. Brinkman • DET 513
2. Michael • NYY 474
3. Patek • KCR 459
4. Cárdenas • MIN 445
5. Belanger • BAL 443
Errors Committed as SS
1. Campaneris • OAK 26
Richard • CHW 26
3. Patek • KCR 25
4. Harrah • WSA 23
5. Fregosi • CAL 22
Double Plays Turned as SS
1. Patek • KCR 107
2. Brinkman • DET 91
3. Cárdenas • MIN 89
4. Michael • NYY 88
5. Campaneris • OAK 85
Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 146
2. White • NYY 145
3. Reichardt • CHW 116
4. Buford • BAL 115
Piniella • KCR 115
Rudi • OAK 115
Putouts as LF (s.1901)
1. White • NYY 313
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 281
3. Rudi • OAK 231
4. Buford • BAL 215
5. Piniella • KCR 200
Assists as LF (s.1901)
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 17
2. Horton • DET 8
3. Howard • WSA 7
White • NYY 7
5. Piniella • KCR 6
Tovar • MIN 6
Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)
1. Johnson • CAL 7
2. Horton • DET 6
3. Briggs • MIL 4
4. Piniella • KCR 3
Reichardt • CHW 3
Rettenmund • BAL 3
Tovar • MIN 3
Buford • BAL 3
Burroughs • WSA 3
Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 4
2. Piniella • KCR 2
3. Briggs • MIL 1
Foster • CLE 1
González • CAL 1
Horton • DET 1
Mangual • OAK 1
May • CHW 1
Motton • BAL 1
Oglivie • BOS 1
Rettenmund • BAL 1
Tovar • MIN 1
White • NYY 1
Williams • CHW 1
Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1. Otis • KCR 144
2. Murcer • NYY 143
3. Blair • BAL 139
Stanley • DET 139
5. Monday • OAK 111
Putouts as CF (s.1901)
1. Otis • KCR 401
2. Blair • BAL 331
3. Murcer • NYY 317
4. Stanley • DET 315
5. Unser • WSA 273
Assists as CF (s.1901)
1. Otis • KCR 10
Murcer • NYY 10
3. Stanley • DET 9
Smith • BOS 9
Pinson • CLE 9
Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)
1. Johnstone • CHW 7
Smith • BOS 7
3. Pinson • CLE 5
Murcer • NYY 5
May • MIL 5
Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)
1. Otis • KCR 4
2. Stanley • DET 3
3. Conigliaro • BOS 2
Holt • MIN 2
Rivers • CAL 2
Rettenmund • BAL 2
Pinson • CLE 2
Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1. Jackson • OAK 145
2. Kaline • DET 128
3. Oliva • MIN 121
4. Keough • KCR 92
5. Robinson • BAL 91
Putouts as RF (s.1901)
1. Jackson • OAK 285
2. Oliva • MIN 216
3. Kaline • DET 203
4. Robinson • BAL 175
5. Conigliaro • CAL 157
Assists as RF (s.1901)
1. Jackson • OAK 15
2. Kelly • CHW 7
Conigliaro • CAL 7
4. Oliva • MIN 6
Kaline • DET 6
May • MIL 6
Biittner • WSA 6
Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)
1. Oliva • MIN 7
Smith • BOS 7
3. Jackson • OAK 6
4. Biittner • WSA 5
5. Robinson • BAL 4
Foster • CLE 4
May • MIL 4
Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)
1. Jackson • OAK 3
Lahoud • BOS 3
Oliva • MIN 3
4. Tovar • MIN 2
Smith • BOS 2
May • MIL 2
Repoz • CAL 2
Def. Games as OF
1. Smith • BOS 159
2. Tovar • MIN 154
3. Unser • WSA 151
4. Yastrzemski • BOS 146
5. Jackson • OAK 145
White • NYY 145
Putouts as OF
1. Otis • KCR 404
2. Unser • WSA 394
3. Smith • BOS 386
4. Tovar • MIN 348
5. May • MIL 342
Assists as OF
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 16
2. Smith • BOS 15
Jackson • OAK 15
4. Tovar • MIN 14
5. Pinson • CLE 11
Errors Committed as OF
1. Smith • BOS 14
2. May • MIL 9
3. Unser • WSA 8
Johnstone • CHW 8
5. Horton • DET 7
Rettenmund • BAL 7
Jackson • OAK 7
Oliva • MIN 7
Johnson • CAL 7
Pinson • CLE 7
Double Plays Turned as OF
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 4
Otis • KCR 4
Rettenmund • BAL 4
4. May • MIL 3
Tovar • MIN 3
Jackson • OAK 3
Stanley • DET 3
Lahoud • BOS 3
Oliva • MIN 3
Def. Games as P
1. Sanders • MIL 83
2. Scherman • DET 69
3. Burgmeier • KCR 67
4. Abernathy • KCR 63
5. Fisher • CAL 57
Hennigan • CLE 57
Riddleberger • WSA 57
Putouts as P
1. McLain • WSA 27
Palmer • BAL 27
3. Bradley • CHW 24
Kline • NYY 24
5. Stottlemyre • NYY 23
Assists as P
1. Wright • CAL 67
2. Wood • CHW 65
3. Bahnsen • NYY 55
Stottlemyre • NYY 55
5. Peterson • NYY 54
Errors Committed as P
1. Chance • DET 6
Odom • OAK 6
3. Messersmith • CAL 5
Palmer • BAL 5
5. Colbert • CLE 4
May • CAL 4
McDowell • CLE 4
Murphy • CAL 4
Siebert • BOS 4
Bahnsen • NYY 4
Stottlemyre • NYY 4
Double Plays Turned as P
1. Drago • KCR 9
2. Peterson • NYY 7
3. Wright • CAL 6
Stottlemyre • NYY 6
5. Bahnsen • NYY 5
Hedlund • KCR 5
Cuellar • BAL 5
Total Zone Runs as C (s.1953)
1. Rodríguez • MIL 14
2. Munson • NYY 6
Roof • 2TM 6
4. Etchebarren • BAL 5
5. May • KCR 4
Range Factor/9Inn as C
1. Egan • CHW 7.22
2. Duncan • OAK 7.14
3. Herrmann • CHW 7.06
4. Fosse • CLE 7.02
5. Roof • 2TM 6.97
Range Factor/Game as C
1. Duncan • OAK 7.05
2. Freehan • DET 6.68
3. Fosse • CLE 6.52
4. Herrmann • CHW 6.31
5. Egan • CHW 6.29
Fielding % as C
1. Munson • NYY .998
2. Freehan • DET .996
3. Herrmann • CHW .995
4. Rodríguez • MIL .992
5. Stephenson • CAL .992
Total Zone Runs as 1B (s.1953)
1. Scott • BOS 14
2. Cater • NYY 7
3. Howard • WSA 5
4. Powell • BAL 5
5. Tepedino • MIL 3
Range Factor/9Inn as 1B
1. May • CHW 10.15
2. Spencer • CAL 9.99
3. Hopkins • KCR 9.76
4. Powell • BAL 9.62
5. Chambliss • CLE 9.49
Range Factor/Game as 1B
1. May • CHW 9.69
2. Spencer • CAL 9.58
3. Scott • BOS 9.31
4. Chambliss • CLE 9.24
5. Powell • BAL 8.85
Fielding % as 1B
1. Spencer • CAL .996
2. Powell • BAL .995
3. Epstein • 2TM .994
4. Cash • DET .992
5. Scott • BOS .992
Total Zone Runs as 2B (s.1953)
1. Alomar • CAL 15
2. Theobald • MIL 9
3. Griffin • BOS 7
4. Cullen • WSA 6
5. Clarke • NYY 5
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B
1. Alomar • CAL 5.74
2. McAuliffe • DET 5.49
3. Clarke • NYY 5.48
4. Theobald • MIL 5.46
5. Johnson • BAL 5.40
Range Factor/Game as 2B
1. Alomar • CAL 5.71
2. Clarke • NYY 5.39
3. Griffin • BOS 5.28
4. Green • OAK 5.24
5. Johnson • BAL 5.20
Fielding % as 2B
1. Rojas • KCR .991
2. Alomar • CAL .989
3. McAuliffe • DET .987
4. Griffin • BOS .986
5. Green • OAK .986
Total Zone Runs as 3B (s.1953)
1. Nettles • CLE 30
2. Robinson • BAL 21
3. Kenney • NYY 12
4. Melton • CHW 7
5. Bando • OAK 7
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B
1. Nettles • CLE 3.66
2. Melton • CHW 3.45
3. Kenney • NYY 3.37
4. Rodríguez • DET 3.19
5. Robinson • BAL 3.18
Range Factor/Game as 3B
1. Nettles • CLE 3.61
2. Melton • CHW 3.29
3. Robinson • BAL 3.11
4. Rodríguez • DET 3.06
5. McMullen • CAL 3.04
Fielding % as 3B
1. Petrocelli • BOS .976
2. Nettles • CLE .973
3. Bando • OAK .971
4. Melton • CHW .968
5. Robinson • BAL .968
Total Zone Runs as SS (s.1953)
1. Belanger • BAL 13
2. Campaneris • OAK 10
3. Brinkman • DET 6
4. Cullen • WSA 5
5. Michael • NYY 5
Range Factor/9Inn as SS
1. Michael • NYY 5.62
2. Patek • KCR 5.43
3. Belanger • BAL 5.09
4. Harrah • WSA 4.88
5. Campaneris • OAK 4.88
Range Factor/Game as SS
1. Michael • NYY 5.27
2. Patek • KCR 5.17
3. Belanger • BAL 4.85
4. Campaneris • OAK 4.74
5. Brinkman • DET 4.70
Fielding % as SS
1. Cárdenas • MIN .985
2. Brinkman • DET .980
3. Belanger • BAL .978
4. Michael • NYY .973
5. Aparicio • BOS .971
Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1953)
1. Rudi • OAK 15
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 14
3. White • NYY 9
4. Uhlaender • CLE 5
5. Cowan • CAL 4
Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1948)
1. Tovar • MIN 2.31
2. White • NYY 2.24
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 2.13
4. Rudi • OAK 2.12
5. Uhlaender • CLE 2.01
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)
1. White • NYY 2.21
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 2.04
3. Rudi • OAK 2.03
4. Buford • BAL 1.91
5. Tovar • MIN 1.85
Fielding % as LF (s.1901)
1. White • NYY 1.000
2. Rudi • OAK .996
3. Yastrzemski • BOS .993
4. Buford • BAL .987
5. Piniella • KCR .986
Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1953)
1. Blair • BAL 8
2. Cardenal • MIL 8
3. Smith • BOS 8
4. Berry • CAL 7
5. Tovar • MIN 7
Otis • KCR 7
Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1948)
1. Maddox • WSA 3.39
2. Smith • BOS 3.08
3. Stanley • DET 2.99
4. Otis • KCR 2.98
5. Berry • CAL 2.95
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)
1. Smith • BOS 2.94
2. Otis • KCR 2.85
3. May • MIL 2.69
4. Unser • WSA 2.62
5. Berry • CAL 2.46
Fielding % as CF (s.1901)
1. Blair • BAL .991
2. Otis • KCR .990
3. Stanley • DET .988
4. Murcer • NYY .985
5. Monday • OAK .984
Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1953)
1. Jackson • OAK 12
2. Unser • WSA 9
3. Repoz • CAL 5
4. Conigliaro • CAL 4
5. Lahoud • BOS 4
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1948)
1. Jackson • OAK 2.15
2. Robinson • BAL 2.12
3. Oliva • MIN 1.96
4. Kaline • DET 1.95
5. Keough • KCR 1.86
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)
1. Jackson • OAK 2.07
2. Robinson • BAL 1.95
3. Oliva • MIN 1.83
4. Keough • KCR 1.68
5. Kaline • DET 1.63
Fielding % as RF (s.1901)
1. Kaline • DET 1.000
2. Jackson • OAK .980
3. Oliva • MIN .969
Total Zone Runs as OF (s.1953)
1. Rudi • OAK 15
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 14
3. Jackson • OAK 11
4. White • NYY 9
5. Tovar • MIN 9
Range Factor/9Inn as OF
1. Maddox • WSA 3.05
2. Otis • KCR 3.00
3. Stanley • DET 3.00
4. Berry • CAL 2.96
5. Unser • WSA 2.84
Range Factor/Game as OF
1. Otis • KCR 2.88
2. Unser • WSA 2.68
3. Smith • BOS 2.52
4. May • MIL 2.48
5. Blair • BAL 2.43
Fielding % as OF
1. White • NYY 1.000
Kaline • DET 1.000
3. Rudi • OAK .996
4. Yastrzemski • BOS .993
5. Uhlaender • CLE .992
Range Factor/9Inn as P
1. Kline • NYY 2.96
2. Wright • CAL 2.77
3. Hedlund • KCR 2.76
4. Bahnsen • NYY 2.71
5. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.60
Range Factor/Game as P
1. Kline • NYY 2.35
2. Wright • CAL 2.30
3. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.23
4. Bahnsen • NYY 2.03
5. Hedlund • KCR 1.97
Fielding % as P
1. Blue • OAK 1.000
Kekich • NYY 1.000
Perry • MIN 1.000
Parsons • MIL 1.000
Dobson • OAK 1.000
Hunter • OAK 1.000
McLain • WSA 1.000
Lockwood • MIL 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 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