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Major League Fielding Leaders

Putouts
1. Terry • NYG 1,592
2. Trosky • CLE 1,487
3. Greenberg • DET 1,454
4. Foxx • PHA 1,388
5. Burns • SLB 1,365
Assists
1. Rogell • DET 518
2. Gehringer • DET 516
3. Critz • NYG 510
4. McNair • PHA 489
5. Hale • CLE 488
Errors Committed
1. Koenig • CIN 48
2. Werber • BOS 43
Jackson • NYG 43
4. Hale • CLE 41
Chiozza • PHI 41
McNair • PHA 41
Vaughan • PIT 41
Def. Games as C
1. Lopez • BRO 137
2. Hartnett • CHC 129
3. Ferrell • BOS 128
4. Cochrane • DET 124
5. Mancuso • NYG 122
Putouts as C
1. Hartnett • CHC 605
2. Lopez • BRO 542
3. Ferrell • BOS 531
4. Dickey • NYY 527
5. Cochrane • DET 517
Assists as C
1. Hemsley • SLB 92
2. Hartnett • CHC 86
3. Ferrell • BOS 72
4. Cochrane • DET 69
5. Mancuso • NYG 67
Errors Committed as C
1. Hemsley • SLB 16
2. Hayes • PHA 15
3. Madjeski • 2TM 12
Mancuso • NYG 12
5. Lopez • BRO 11
Double Plays Turned as C
1. Hemsley • SLB 15
2. Dickey • NYY 13
3. Madjeski • 2TM 11
Hartnett • CHC 11
5. Berry • PHA 9
Passed Balls
1. Mancuso • NYG 11
2. Madjeski • 2TM 9
Hartnett • CHC 9
Lopez • BRO 9
5. Lombardi • CIN 8
Hemsley • SLB 8
Stolen Bases Allowed as C
1. Madjeski • 2TM 55
2. Dickey • NYY 48
3. Ferrell • BOS 44
4. Berry • PHA 41
5. Grace • PIT 36
Hemsley • SLB 36
Hayes • PHA 36
Caught Stealing as C
1. Hemsley • SLB 40
2. Hartnett • CHC 36
3. Cochrane • DET 31
Mancuso • NYG 31
5. Madjeski • 2TM 29
Caught Stealing %
1. Hartnett • CHC 59.0
2. Phillips • WSH 56.3
3. Hogan • BSN 53.7
4. Hemsley • SLB 52.6
5. Cochrane • DET 51.7
Def. Games as 1B
1. Burns • SLB 154
Collins • STL 154
Trosky • CLE 154
4. Terry • NYG 153
Gehrig • NYY 153
Greenberg • DET 153
Putouts as 1B
1. Terry • NYG 1,592
2. Trosky • CLE 1,487
3. Greenberg • DET 1,454
4. Foxx • PHA 1,378
5. Burns • SLB 1,365
Assists as 1B
1. Collins • STL 110
2. Terry • NYG 105
3. Leslie • BRO 93
4. Trosky • CLE 86
5. Foxx • PHA 85
Errors Committed as 1B
1. Trosky • CLE 22
2. Camilli • 2TM 18
3. Morgan • BOS 16
Greenberg • DET 16
5. Bottomley • CIN 15
Double Plays Turned as 1B
1. Trosky • CLE 145
2. Foxx • PHA 133
3. Burns • SLB 132
4. Terry • NYG 131
5. Gehrig • NYY 126
Def. Games as 2B
1. Gehringer • DET 154
2. Melillo • SLB 141
3. Hale • CLE 137
Critz • NYG 137
5. Myer • WSH 135
Putouts as 2B
1. Melillo • SLB 412
2. Hale • CLE 408
3. Myer • WSH 367
4. Gehringer • DET 355
5. Critz • NYG 353
Assists as 2B
1. Gehringer • DET 516
2. Critz • NYG 510
3. Hale • CLE 480
4. Melillo • SLB 462
5. Myer • WSH 420
Errors Committed as 2B
1. Hale • CLE 41
2. Chiozza • PHI 31
3. Cissell • BOS 24
4. Boken • 2TM 22
5. Warstler • PHA 20
Myer • WSH 20
Double Plays Turned as 2B
1. Melillo • SLB 110
2. Hale • CLE 107
3. Myer • WSH 101
4. Gehringer • DET 100
5. Critz • NYG 90
Def. Games as 3B
1. Owen • DET 154
2. Higgins • PHA 144
3. Clift • SLB 141
4. Werber • BOS 130
5. Kamm • CLE 118
Putouts as 3B
1. Owen • DET 202
2. Clift • SLB 150
3. Higgins • PHA 147
4. Werber • BOS 136
5. Traynor • PIT 116
Assists as 3B
1. Werber • BOS 323
2. Owen • DET 253
3. Kamm • CLE 248
4. Higgins • PHA 247
5. Clift • SLB 245
Errors Committed as 3B
1. Higgins • PHA 37
2. Clift • SLB 30
3. Werber • BOS 29
4. Owen • DET 21
5. Walters • 2TM 20
Travis • WSH 20
Double Plays Turned as 3B
1. Higgins • PHA 34
2. Owen • DET 33
3. Clift • SLB 28
4. Werber • BOS 25
5. Kamm • CLE 24
Def. Games as SS
1. Rogell • DET 154
2. McNair • PHA 151
3. Vaughan • PIT 149
4. Durocher • STL 146
Bartell • PHI 146
Urbanski • BSN 146
Knickerbocker • CLE 146
Putouts as SS
1. Bartell • PHI 350
2. Vaughan • PIT 329
3. Durocher • STL 320
4. McNair • PHA 305
5. Urbanski • BSN 298
Assists as SS
1. Rogell • DET 518
2. McNair • PHA 489
3. Cronin • WSH 486
4. Bartell • PHI 483
5. Vaughan • PIT 480
Errors Committed as SS
1. Jackson • NYG 43
2. Vaughan • PIT 41
McNair • PHA 41
4. Bartell • PHI 40
5. Cronin • WSH 38
Double Plays Turned as SS
1. McNair • PHA 109
2. Knickerbocker • CLE 106
3. Rogell • DET 99
4. Bartell • PHI 93
5. Durocher • STL 86
Cronin • WSH 86
Def. Games as LF (s.1901)
1. Goslin • DET 145
2. Medwick • STL 144
3. Johnson • PHA 139
4. Johnson • BOS 137
5. Simmons • CHW 133
Putouts as LF (s.1901)
1. Johnson • PHA 302
2. Medwick • STL 271
3. Lee • BSN 264
4. Goslin • DET 249
5. Simmons • CHW 247
Assists as LF (s.1901)
1. Johnson • PHA 16
2. Simmons • CHW 14
Johnson • BOS 14
Goslin • DET 14
5. Pepper • SLB 12
Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)
1. Johnson • BOS 15
2. Medwick • STL 14
3. Moore • NYG 12
Goslin • DET 12
5. Johnson • PHA 11
Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)
1. Pepper • SLB 4
2. Allen • PHI 3
Simmons • CHW 3
Johnson • PHA 3
5. Blakely • CIN 2
Vosmik • CLE 2
Manush • WSH 2
Klein • CHC 2
Goslin • DET 2
Def. Games as CF (s.1901)
1. Averill • CLE 154
2. Cramer • PHA 151
3. Berger • BSN 150
4. Waner • PIT 139
5. Cuyler • CHC 137
Putouts as CF (s.1901)
1. Cramer • PHA 388
2. Averill • CLE 384
3. Hafey • CIN 340
4. Waner • PIT 334
5. Berger • BSN 321
Assists as CF (s.1901)
1. Davis • 2TM 15
2. West • SLB 14
3. Averill • CLE 12
4. Cramer • PHA 11
5. Cuyler • CHC 9
Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)
1. Averill • CLE 13
2. Hafey • CIN 12
3. Solters • BOS 11
4. Watkins • NYG 9
Waner • PIT 9
Cuyler • CHC 9
Berger • BSN 9
White • DET 9
West • SLB 9
Chapman • NYY 9
Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)
1. Davis • 2TM 6
2. Averill • CLE 3
West • SLB 3
4. Bankhead • NEG 2
Hafey • CIN 2
Cuyler • CHC 2
Berger • BSN 2
White • DET 2
Def. Games as RF (s.1901)
1. Rothrock • STL 149
2. Waner • PIT 145
3. Ott • NYG 137
4. Campbell • SLB 123
5. Moore • 2TM 118
Putouts as RF (s.1901)
1. Rothrock • STL 283
2. Waner • PIT 271
3. Ott • NYG 218
4. Moore • 2TM 200
5. Fox • DET 188
Assists as RF (s.1901)
1. Moore • 2TM 18
2. Waner • PIT 16
3. Boyle • BRO 15
4. Campbell • SLB 14
5. Stone • WSH 13
Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)
1. Campbell • SLB 17
2. Rothrock • STL 9
3. Stone • WSH 8
Ott • NYG 8
Thompson • BSN 8
Boyle • BRO 8
Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)
1. Rothrock • STL 6
2. Wilson • 2TM 3
Frederick • BRO 3
Thompson • BSN 3
Fox • DET 3
Coleman • PHA 3
Campbell • SLB 3
Johnson • ND 3
Def. Games as OF
1. Averill • CLE 154
Rothrock • STL 154
3. Ott • NYG 153
4. Cramer • PHA 152
5. Berger • BSN 150
Putouts as OF
1. Averill • CLE 410
2. Waner • PIT 405
3. Cramer • PHA 385
Berger • BSN 385
5. Hafey • CIN 380
Assists as OF
1. Boyle • BRO 20
2. Allen • PHI 19
3. Moore • 2TM 18
4. Johnson • PHA 17
5. Goslin • DET 15
Pepper • SLB 15
Cuyler • CHC 15
Waner • PIT 15
Errors Committed as OF
1. Campbell • SLB 17
2. Goslin • DET 15
Johnson • BOS 15
Solters • BOS 15
5. Medwick • STL 14
Double Plays Turned as OF
1. Fox • DET 4
Rothrock • STL 4
Pepper • SLB 4
4. Campbell • SLB 3
Davis • 2TM 3
Johnson • ND 3
Thompson • BSN 3
Averill • CLE 3
Frederick • BRO 3
Johnson • PHA 3
Cuyler • CHC 3
Reynolds • BOS 3
Allen • PHI 3
Simmons • CHW 3
West • SLB 3
Stone • WSH 3
Wilson • 2TM 3
Def. Games as P
1. Russell • WSH 54
2. Davis • PHI 51
3. Dean • STL 50
Hansen • PHI 50
5. French • PIT 49
Hubbell • NYG 49
Putouts as P
1. Fitzsimmons • NYG 24
2. Carleton • STL 21
Davis • PHI 21
Schumacher • NYG 21
5. Murphy • NYY 19
Assists as P
1. Davis • PHI 95
2. Hubbell • NYG 82
3. Frey • CIN 74
4. Fitzsimmons • NYG 71
Schumacher • NYG 71
Errors Committed as P
1. Davis • PHI 8
2. Harder • CLE 7
3. Cain • PHA 5
Weaver • WSH 5
5. Cascarella • PHA 4
Coffman • SLB 4
Earnshaw • CHW 4
Lyons • CHW 4
Babich • BRO 4
Dean • STL 4
Hallahan • STL 4
Lee • CHC 4
Double Plays Turned as P
1. Davis • PHI 12
2. Fitzsimmons • NYG 10
3. Hudlin • CLE 8
4. Blaeholder • SLB 6
Murphy • NYY 6
Frey • CIN 6
Range Factor/9Inn as C
1. Dukes • NEG 7.96
2. Gibson • PC 7.67
3. Hayes • 2TM 7.22
4. Brooks • 2TM 6.77
5. Casey • PS 6.53
Range Factor/Game as C
1. Gibson • PC 7.05
2. Dukes • NEG 6.05
3. Brown • CAG 6.00
4. Hayes • 2TM 5.92
5. Casey • PS 5.90
Fielding % as C
1. Hartnett • CHC .996
2. Hayes • 2TM .994
3. Williams • NEG .990
4. Ferrell • BOS .990
5. Pytlak • CLE .989
Range Factor/9Inn as 1B
1. McAllister • CRS 11.42
2. Terry • NYG 11.29
3. Suttles • CAG 11.28
4. Starks • ND 11.15
5. Foxx • PHA 10.77
Range Factor/Game as 1B
1. Terry • NYG 11.09
2. Suttles • CAG 10.68
3. Jordan • BSN 10.52
4. Foxx • PHA 10.45
5. Bonura • CHW 10.36
Fielding % as 1B
1. Bonura • CHW .996
2. Gehrig • NYY .994
3. Terry • NYG .994
4. Suhr • PIT .994
5. Leslie • BRO .993
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B
1. Hale • CLE 6.65
2. Critz • NYG 6.48
3. Melillo • SLB 6.42
4. Cissell • BOS 6.37
5. Cuccinello • BRO 6.36
Range Factor/Game as 2B
1. Hale • CLE 6.48
2. Critz • NYG 6.30
3. Melillo • SLB 6.20
4. Herman • CHC 5.97
5. Cuccinello • BRO 5.87
Fielding % as 2B
1. Melillo • SLB .981
2. Gehringer • DET .981
3. Critz • NYG .978
4. Frisch • STL .977
5. Myer • WSH .975
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B
1. Werber • BOS 3.61
2. Dandridge • ND 3.28
3. Kamm • CLE 3.25
4. Travis • WSH 3.20
5. Vergez • NYG 3.17
Range Factor/Game as 3B
1. Werber • BOS 3.53
2. Kamm • CLE 3.03
3. Travis • WSH 3.01
4. Whitney • BSN 2.99
5. Owen • DET 2.95
Fielding % as 3B
1. Kamm • CLE .978
2. Dandridge • ND .975
3. Whitney • BSN .968
4. Johnson • PC .958
5. Owen • DET .956
Range Factor/9Inn as SS
1. Jackson • NYG 5.92
2. Bartell • PHI 5.89
3. Cronin • WSH 5.85
4. Williams • PC 5.77
5. Frey • BRO 5.71
Range Factor/Game as SS
1. Cronin • WSH 5.76
2. Bartell • PHI 5.71
3. Jackson • NYG 5.70
4. Frey • BRO 5.57
5. Jurges • CHC 5.50
Fielding % as SS
1. Wells • CAG .966
2. Lary • BOS .965
3. Knickerbocker • CLE .962
4. Rogell • DET .962
5. Urbanski • BSN .961
Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1948)
1. Harris • PC 1.59
2. Burbage • ND 1.57
3. White • PS 1.54
4. Lillard • CAG 1.28
5. Parker • NEG 1.13
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)
1. Johnson • PHA 2.29
2. Lee • BSN 2.09
3. Simmons • CHW 1.96
4. Medwick • STL 1.95
5. Pepper • SLB 1.90
Fielding % as LF (s.1901)
1. Simmons • CHW .985
2. Lee • BSN .982
3. Manush • WSH .976
4. Vosmik • CLE .975
5. Johnson • PHA .967
Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1948)
1. Stearnes • CAG 2.46
2. Washington • PS 2.28
3. Arnold • ND 2.02
4. Bell • PC 1.87
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)
1. Hafey • CIN 2.82
2. Davis • 2TM 2.70
3. Cramer • PHA 2.64
4. Averill • CLE 2.57
5. Koenecke • BRO 2.51
Fielding % as CF (s.1901)
1. Koenecke • BRO .993
2. Stearnes • CAG .989
3. Davis • 2TM .987
4. Cramer • PHA .985
5. Schulte • WSH .983
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1948)
1. Wright • NEG 2.22
2. Johnson • ND 1.84
3. Page • PC 1.76
4. Hines • CAG 1.73
5. Crutchfield • PC 1.63
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)
1. Boyle • BRO 2.39
2. Wright • NEG 2.00
3. Waner • PIT 1.98
4. Rothrock • STL 1.97
5. Stone • WSH 1.96
Fielding % as RF (s.1901)
1. Wright • NEG 1.000
2. Waner • PIT .983
3. Moore • 2TM .978
4. Dunn • PS .974
5. Fox • DET .971
Range Factor/9Inn as OF
1. Davis • 2TM 3.28
2. Waner • PIT 3.12
3. Byrd • NYY 2.86
4. Hafey • CIN 2.82
5. Averill • CLE 2.79
Range Factor/Game as OF
1. Davis • 2TM 3.13
2. Waner • PIT 2.97
3. Hafey • CIN 2.76
4. Averill • CLE 2.74
5. Schulte • WSH 2.66
Fielding % as OF
1. Koenecke • BRO .994
2. Davis • 2TM .988
3. Byrd • NYY .988
4. Simmons • CHW .987
5. Schulte • WSH .986
Range Factor/9Inn as P
1. Cockrell • PS 4.79
2. Foster • CAG 4.31
3. Bailey • CAG 3.89
4. Davis • PHI 3.81
5. Matlock • PC 3.76
Range Factor/Game as P
1. Cockrell • PS 3.67
2. Matlock • PC 3.11
3. Fitzsimmons • NYG 2.50
4. Foster • CAG 2.45
5. Trent • CAG 2.42
Fielding % as P
1. Bailey • CAG 1.000
Miller • NEG 1.000
McDonald • PS 1.000
Matlock • PC 1.000
Kincannon • PC 1.000
Trent • CAG 1.000
Griffith • NEG 1.000
Cockrell • PS 1.000
Crowder • 2TM 1.000
Bell • PC 1.000
Hildebrand • CLE 1.000
Bailey • ND 1.000
Warneke • CHC 1.000
Malone • CHC 1.000
Leonard • BRO 1.000
Johnson • CIN 1.000
Rhodes • BOS 1.000
Rowe • DET 1.000
Tietje • CHW 1.000
Welch • BOS 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