American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts
1. Palmeiro • BAL 1,435
2. Clark • DET 1,265
3. Giambi • OAK 1,255
4. Martinez • NYY 1,180
5. Vaughn • BOS 1,176
Assists
1. Easley • DET 480
2. Alomar • BAL 449
3. Bordick • BAL 446
4. Cruz • DET 445
Rodriguez • SEA 445
Errors Committed
1. Caruso • CHW 35
2. Davis • SEA 34
3. Sprague • OAK 26
Tejada • OAK 26
5. Garciaparra • BOS 25
Total Zone Runs
1. Ventura • CHW 33
2. Cairo • TBD 22
3. Valentin • BOS 21
4. Rodríguez • TEX 19
5. Lofton • CLE 19
Def. Games as C
1. Rodríguez • TEX 139
2. Fletcher • TOR 121
3. Steinbach • MIN 119
4. Hinch • OAK 118
5. Alomar • CLE 111
Putouts as C
1. Rodríguez • TEX 864
2. Fletcher • TOR 832
3. Alomar • CLE 712
4. Walbeck • ANA 682
5. Wilson • SEA 677
Assists as C
1. Rodríguez • TEX 72
2. Hatteberg • BOS 61
3. Difelice • TBD 52
Steinbach • MIN 52
5. Fletcher • TOR 51
Errors Committed as C
1. Kreuter • 2TM 9
Sweeney • KCR 9
Hinch • OAK 9
4. Oliver • 2TM 8
Borders • CLE 8
Fletcher • TOR 8
Double Plays Turned as C
1. Difelice • TBD 8
Hinch • OAK 8
3. Rodríguez • TEX 7
Macfarlane • 2TM 7
Alomar • CLE 7
Hatteberg • BOS 7
Passed Balls
1. Nevin • ANA 20
2. Varitek • BOS 18
3. Hatteberg • BOS 17
4. Difelice • TBD 13
5. Rodríguez • TEX 10
Stolen Bases Allowed as C
1. Fletcher • TOR 101
2. Hoiles • BAL 98
3. Walbeck • ANA 96
4. Webster • BAL 83
5. Hatteberg • BOS 81
Caught Stealing as C
1. Rodríguez • TEX 49
2. Walbeck • ANA 41
3. Hatteberg • BOS 39
4. Bako • DET 36
5. Hinch • OAK 35
Caught Stealing %
1. Rodríguez • TEX 56.3
2. Fasano • KCR 43.9
3. Posada • NYY 40.0
4. Difelice • TBD 39.5
5. Flaherty • TBD 37.7
Def. Games as 1B
1. Palmeiro • BAL 159
2. Giambi • OAK 146
3. Martinez • NYY 142
Clark • DET 142
Vaughn • BOS 142
Putouts as 1B
1. Palmeiro • BAL 1,435
2. Clark • DET 1,265
3. Giambi • OAK 1,255
4. Martinez • NYY 1,180
5. Vaughn • BOS 1,176
Assists as 1B
1. Palmeiro • BAL 124
2. Segui • SEA 116
3. Clark • DET 102
4. Martinez • NYY 93
5. Vaughn • BOS 90
Errors Committed as 1B
1. Giambi • OAK 14
2. Clark • DET 13
Clark • TEX 13
4. Vaughn • BOS 12
5. Thome • CLE 10
Delgado • TOR 10
Martinez • NYY 10
Double Plays Turned as 1B
1. McGriff • TBD 140
2. Clark • DET 134
3. Palmeiro • BAL 127
4. Giambi • OAK 120
5. Clark • TEX 112
Def. Games as 2B
1. Durham • CHW 158
2. Offerman • KCR 152
3. Cora • 2TM 151
4. Knoblauch • NYY 149
5. Cairo • TBD 148
Putouts as 2B
1. Easley • DET 285
2. Durham • CHW 282
3. Cairo • TBD 278
4. Offerman • KCR 277
5. Knoblauch • NYY 275
Assists as 2B
1. Alomar • BAL 449
2. Offerman • KCR 440
3. Easley • DET 439
4. Durham • CHW 438
5. Cairo • TBD 429
Errors Committed as 2B
1. Cora • 2TM 20
2. Offerman • KCR 19
3. Durham • CHW 18
4. Cairo • TBD 16
5. McLemore • TEX 15
Double Plays Turned as 2B
1. Durham • CHW 128
2. Offerman • KCR 113
3. Cairo • TBD 109
4. Easley • DET 102
5. Alomar • BAL 86
Knoblauch • NYY 86
Def. Games as 3B
1. Ventura • CHW 161
Ripken • BAL 161
3. Valentin • BOS 153
4. Brosius • NYY 150
5. Fryman • CLE 144
Putouts as 3B
1. Valentin • BOS 121
2. Sprague • 2TM 110
3. Brosius • NYY 107
4. Ventura • CHW 102
5. Ripken • BAL 101
Assists as 3B
1. Ventura • CHW 330
2. Brosius • NYY 292
Valentin • BOS 292
4. Ripken • BAL 265
5. Davis • SEA 254
Errors Committed as 3B
1. Davis • SEA 32
2. Sprague • 2TM 26
3. Palmer • KCR 22
Brosius • NYY 22
5. Alvarez • DET 19
Blowers • OAK 19
Double Plays Turned as 3B
1. Ventura • CHW 38
2. Brosius • NYY 29
3. Valentin • BOS 28
4. Davis • SEA 26
5. Ripken • BAL 22
Def. Games as SS
1. Rodriguez • SEA 160
2. Gonzalez • TOR 158
3. Disarcina • ANA 157
4. Vizquel • CLE 151
5. Bordick • BAL 150
Putouts as SS
1. Vizquel • CLE 273
2. Rodriguez • SEA 268
3. Meares • MIN 263
4. Gonzalez • TOR 259
5. Disarcina • ANA 253
Assists as SS
1. Bordick • BAL 446
2. Rodriguez • SEA 445
Cruz • DET 445
4. Vizquel • CLE 442
5. Disarcina • ANA 437
Errors Committed as SS
1. Caruso • CHW 35
2. Tejada • OAK 26
3. Garciaparra • BOS 25
4. Meares • MIN 24
5. Rodriguez • SEA 18
Double Plays Turned as SS
1. Disarcina • ANA 103
2. Cruz • DET 100
3. Gonzalez • TOR 98
4. Vizquel • CLE 94
5. Meares • MIN 92
Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1. Belle • CHW 159
2. Surhoff • BAL 157
3. O'Leary • BOS 155
4. Greer • TEX 154
5. Henderson • OAK 142
Putouts as LF (s.1901)
1. Belle • CHW 316
2. Greer • TEX 304
3. O'Leary • BOS 298
4. Henderson • OAK 289
5. Surhoff • BAL 257
Cordova • MIN 257
Assists as LF (s.1901)
1. Surhoff • BAL 12
2. Belle • CHW 11
3. Gonzalez • DET 9
O'Leary • BOS 9
5. Giles • CLE 7
Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)
1. Belle • CHW 8
2. Cordova • MIN 6
3. Stewart • TOR 5
Giles • CLE 5
5. Canseco • TOR 4
Hill • SEA 4
Henderson • OAK 4
Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)
1. Belle • CHW 3
Curtis • NYY 3
3. Canseco • TOR 2
Erstad • ANA 2
Surhoff • BAL 2
Raines • NYY 2
Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1. Griffey • SEA 158
2. Lofton • CLE 154
3. Edmonds • ANA 153
4. Goodwin • TEX 150
5. Hunter • DET 139
Putouts as CF (s.1901)
1. Griffey • SEA 412
2. Edmonds • ANA 393
3. Hunter • DET 383
4. Goodwin • TEX 372
5. Lofton • CLE 343
Assists as CF (s.1901)
1. Lofton • CLE 19
2. McCracken • TBD 12
3. Hunter • DET 11
Griffey • SEA 11
5. Edmonds • ANA 10
Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)
1. Lofton • CLE 8
2. Christenson • OAK 5
Hunter • DET 5
Edmonds • ANA 5
Griffey • SEA 5
Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)
1. Lofton • CLE 4
2. Griffey • SEA 3
3. Christenson • OAK 2
Goodwin • TEX 2
Lawton • MIN 2
McCracken • TBD 2
Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1. Grieve • OAK 151
2. O'Neill • NYY 150
3. Ramirez • CLE 148
4. Higginson • DET 136
Ordóñez • CHW 136
Putouts as RF (s.1901)
1. O'Neill • NYY 295
2. Ramirez • CLE 292
3. Higginson • DET 275
4. Ordóñez • CHW 274
5. Lawton • MIN 264
Assists as RF (s.1901)
1. Higginson • DET 15
2. Green • TOR 13
3. O'Neill • NYY 11
4. Ramirez • CLE 10
5. Martinez • TBD 9
Lawton • MIN 9
Anderson • ANA 9
Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)
1. Ramirez • CLE 7
2. Anderson • ANA 6
Higginson • DET 6
Green • TOR 6
5. Ordóñez • CHW 5
Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)
1. O'Neill • NYY 6
2. Green • TOR 4
3. Bragg • BOS 3
Lawton • MIN 3
Higginson • DET 3
Dye • KCR 3
Def. Games as OF
1. Belle • CHW 159
2. Damon • KCR 158
Griffey • SEA 158
4. Green • TOR 157
Surhoff • BAL 157
Putouts as OF
1. Griffey • SEA 409
2. Lawton • MIN 398
3. Edmonds • ANA 392
4. Hunter • DET 386
5. Lewis • BOS 382
Assists as OF
1. Lofton • CLE 19
2. Higginson • DET 18
McCracken • TBD 18
4. Green • TOR 14
5. Lawton • MIN 12
Surhoff • BAL 12
Errors Committed as OF
1. Lofton • CLE 8
Belle • CHW 8
3. Ramirez • CLE 7
Green • TOR 7
5. Anderson • ANA 6
Higginson • DET 6
Cordova • MIN 6
Stewart • TOR 6
McDonald • OAK 6
Double Plays Turned as OF
1. O'Neill • NYY 6
2. Lawton • MIN 5
3. Lofton • CLE 4
Green • TOR 4
5. Belle • CHW 3
McCracken • TBD 3
Higginson • DET 3
Griffey • SEA 3
Dye • KCR 3
Curtis • NYY 3
Bragg • BOS 3
Anderson • ANA 3
Def. Games as P
1. Runyan • DET 88
2. Quantrill • TOR 82
3. Swindell • 2TM 81
4. Guardado • MIN 79
5. Plesac • TOR 78
Putouts as P
1. Erickson • BAL 23
2. Olivares • ANA 21
3. Carpenter • TOR 20
Rapp • KCR 20
Rogers • OAK 20
Assists as P
1. Rogers • OAK 66
2. Erickson • BAL 51
3. Nagy • CLE 46
4. Arrojo • TBD 40
5. Avery • BOS 39
Candiotti • OAK 39
Olivares • ANA 39
Errors Committed as P
1. Johnson • SEA 8
2. Ayala • SEA 5
Baldwin • CHW 5
Olivares • ANA 5
5. Arrojo • TBD 4
Lowe • BOS 4
Martinez • BOS 4
Swift • SEA 4
Guzmán • 2TM 4
Double Plays Turned as P
1. Arrojo • TBD 5
Avery • BOS 5
Erickson • BAL 5
Florie • DET 5
Hawkins • MIN 5
Pettitte • NYY 5
Pichardo • KCR 5
Total Zone Runs as C (s.1953)
1. Rodríguez • TEX 19
2. Posada • NYY 7
3. Flaherty • TBD 6
4. Alomar • CLE 5
Difelice • TBD 5
Steinbach • MIN 5
Range Factor/9Inn as C
1. Fletcher • TOR 8.18
2. Wilson • SEA 8.03
3. Girardi • NYY 7.95
4. Walbeck • ANA 7.88
5. Hoiles • BAL 7.74
Range Factor/Game as C
1. Wilson • SEA 7.57
2. Girardi • NYY 7.42
3. Fletcher • TOR 7.30
4. Walbeck • ANA 7.00
5. Alomar • CLE 6.79
Fielding % as C
1. Hoiles • BAL .995
2. Wilson • SEA .994
3. Posada • NYY .994
4. Rodríguez • TEX .994
5. Flaherty • TBD .993
Total Zone Runs as 1B (s.1953)
1. Palmeiro • BAL 16
2. McGriff • TBD 9
3. King • KCR 8
4. Delgado • TOR 8
5. Segui • SEA 5
Range Factor/9Inn as 1B
1. Palmeiro • BAL 10.18
2. Cordero • CHW 10.00
3. Clark • DET 9.97
4. King • KCR 9.69
5. Giambi • OAK 9.66
Range Factor/Game as 1B
1. Palmeiro • BAL 9.81
2. Clark • DET 9.63
3. Thome • CLE 9.26
4. Cordero • CHW 9.20
5. McGriff • TBD 9.12
Fielding % as 1B
1. Segui • SEA .999
2. McGriff • TBD .995
3. King • KCR .995
4. Palmeiro • BAL .994
5. Martinez • NYY .992
Total Zone Runs as 2B (s.1953)
1. Cairo • TBD 22
2. Easley • DET 16
3. Alomar • BAL 11
4. Martin • ANA 8
5. Benjamin • BOS 7
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B
1. Easley • DET 5.53
2. Bell • 2TM 5.35
3. Cairo • TBD 5.16
4. Alomar • BAL 5.10
5. McLemore • TEX 4.95
Range Factor/Game as 2B
1. Easley • DET 5.17
2. Alomar • BAL 4.86
3. Cairo • TBD 4.78
4. Bell • 2TM 4.77
5. McLemore • TEX 4.76
Fielding % as 2B
1. Easley • DET .985
2. Alomar • BAL .985
3. Bell • 2TM .982
4. Knoblauch • NYY .981
5. Walker • MIN .978
Total Zone Runs as 3B (s.1953)
1. Ventura • CHW 33
2. Valentin • BOS 21
3. Smith • TBD 12
Randa • DET 12
5. Brosius • NYY 12
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B
1. Tatís • TEX 2.87
2. Smith • TBD 2.86
3. Ventura • CHW 2.81
4. Valentin • BOS 2.81
5. Brosius • NYY 2.74
Range Factor/Game as 3B
1. Tatís • TEX 2.74
2. Valentin • BOS 2.70
3. Ventura • CHW 2.68
4. Brosius • NYY 2.66
5. Smith • TBD 2.42
Fielding % as 3B
1. Ripken • BAL .979
2. Randa • DET .976
3. Ventura • CHW .966
4. Valentin • BOS .965
5. Fryman • CLE .963
Total Zone Runs as SS (s.1953)
1. Stocker • TBD 15
2. Cruz • DET 15
3. Bordick • BAL 14
4. Garciaparra • BOS 11
5. Vizquel • CLE 9
Range Factor/9Inn as SS
1. Stocker • TBD 4.99
2. Cruz • DET 4.96
3. Bordick • BAL 4.96
4. Tejada • OAK 4.92
5. Vizquel • CLE 4.89
Range Factor/Game as SS
1. Tejada • OAK 4.81
2. Cruz • DET 4.75
3. Stocker • TBD 4.74
4. Vizquel • CLE 4.74
5. Bordick • BAL 4.55
Fielding % as SS
1. Vizquel • CLE .993
2. Bordick • BAL .990
3. Jeter • NYY .986
4. Cruz • DET .983
5. Disarcina • ANA .980
Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1953)
1. Giles • CLE 19
2. Curtis • NYY 8
3. Whiten • CLE 6
4. Phillips • TOR 4
5. McCracken • TBD 3
Kelly • TBD 3
Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1948)
1. Cordova • MIN 2.40
2. Henderson • OAK 2.37
3. Curtis • NYY 2.35
4. Giles • CLE 2.28
5. Stewart • TOR 2.24
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)
1. Cordova • MIN 2.28
2. Giles • CLE 2.12
3. Belle • CHW 2.06
4. Henderson • OAK 2.05
5. Greer • TEX 2.01
Fielding % as LF (s.1901)
1. Greer • TEX .990
2. O'Leary • BOS .990
3. Surhoff • BAL .989
4. Gonzalez • DET .988
5. Henderson • OAK .986
Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1953)
1. Lofton • CLE 19
2. Hunter • DET 17
3. Cameron • CHW 11
4. Lewis • BOS 7
5. McDonald • OAK 7
Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1948)
1. Goodwin • TEX 2.95
2. Lewis • BOS 2.94
3. Cameron • CHW 2.94
4. Hunter • DET 2.92
5. Christenson • OAK 2.84
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)
1. Hunter • DET 2.83
2. Griffey • SEA 2.68
3. Lewis • BOS 2.66
4. Edmonds • ANA 2.63
5. Nixon • MIN 2.61
Fielding % as CF (s.1901)
1. Lewis • BOS 1.000
2. Damon • KCR .994
3. Goodwin • TEX .992
4. Williams • NYY .990
5. Griffey • SEA .988
Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1953)
1. Bragg • BOS 12
2. O'Neill • NYY 11
3. Martinez • TBD 8
4. Lawton • MIN 7
5. Dye • KCR 6
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1948)
1. Lawton • MIN 2.87
2. Ordóñez • CHW 2.35
3. Anderson • ANA 2.31
4. Higginson • DET 2.18
5. O'Neill • NYY 2.12
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)
1. Lawton • MIN 2.73
2. Anderson • ANA 2.21
3. Higginson • DET 2.13
4. Ordóñez • CHW 2.07
5. Ramirez • CLE 2.04
Fielding % as RF (s.1901)
1. Bragg • BOS .995
2. Grieve • OAK .993
3. O'Neill • NYY .987
4. Ordóñez • CHW .983
5. González • TEX .982
Total Zone Runs as OF (s.1953)
1. Lofton • CLE 19
2. Giles • CLE 18
3. Hunter • DET 17
4. Bragg • BOS 15
5. Cameron • CHW 12
Range Factor/9Inn as OF
1. Hunter • DET 2.95
2. Goodwin • TEX 2.94
3. Cameron • CHW 2.92
4. Christenson • OAK 2.88
5. Griffey • SEA 2.80
Range Factor/Game as OF
1. Hunter • DET 2.86
2. Lawton • MIN 2.72
3. Griffey • SEA 2.66
4. Edmonds • ANA 2.63
5. Nixon • MIN 2.61
Fielding % as OF
1. Bragg • BOS .996
2. Grieve • OAK .993
3. Lewis • BOS .992
4. Goodwin • TEX .992
5. McCracken • TBD .992
Range Factor/9Inn as P
1. Rogers • OAK 3.24
2. Olivares • ANA 2.95
3. Nagy • CLE 2.70
4. Erickson • BAL 2.65
5. Arrojo • TBD 2.54
Range Factor/Game as P
1. Rogers • OAK 2.53
2. Erickson • BAL 2.06
3. Nagy • CLE 1.91
4. Arrojo • TBD 1.78
5. Mussina • BAL 1.72
Fielding % as P
1. Oquist • OAK 1.000
Mussina • BAL 1.000
Thompson • DET 1.000
Hawkins • MIN 1.000
Milton • MIN 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