Major League Fielding Leaders

Putouts
1. Werden • LOU 1,335
2. LaChance • BRO 1,289
3. Tenney • BSN 1,250
4. Lajoie • PHI 1,117
5. Doyle • BLN 1,105
Assists
1. Cross • STL 516
2. DeMontreville • WHS 455
3. Ely • PIT 451
4. Reitz • BLN 449
5. Davis • NYG 438
Errors Committed
1. DeMontreville • WHS 91
2. Stafford • LOU 77
3. Cross • STL 75
4. Joyce • NYG 67
5. Long • BSN 66
Def. Games as C
1. Warner • NYG 111
2. Wilson • LOU 105
3. Bergen • BSN 85
4. Sugden • PIT 81
5. Zimmer • CLV 80
Putouts as C
1. Warner • NYG 523
2. Bergen • BSN 351
3. Wilson • LOU 341
4. Kittridge • CHC 324
5. Sugden • PIT 317
Assists as C
1. Warner • NYG 127
2. Wilson • LOU 116
3. Grim • BRO 98
4. Farrell • WHS 91
5. McGuire • WHS 88
Errors Committed as C
1. Warner • NYG 32
2. Wilson • LOU 29
3. Sugden • PIT 25
4. McGuire • WHS 21
5. Kittridge • CHC 20
Double Plays Turned as C
1. Warner • NYG 17
2. Zimmer • CLV 10
Farrell • WHS 10
4. Peitz • CIN 8
Grim • BRO 8
Passed Balls
1. Wilson • LOU 34
2. Bowerman • BLN 21
3. Bergen • BSN 20
Warner • NYG 20
5. McFarland • 2TM 19
Stolen Bases Allowed as C
1. Wilson • LOU 187
2. Sugden • PIT 165
3. McGuire • WHS 150
4. Douglass • STL 146
5. Kittridge • CHC 143
Grim • BRO 143
Caught Stealing as C
1. Warner • NYG 114
2. Wilson • LOU 111
3. Grim • BRO 96
4. Farrell • WHS 88
5. McGuire • WHS 86
Caught Stealing %
1. Warner • NYG 52.3
2. Vaughn • CIN 44.8
Lake • BSN 44.8
4. Ganzel • BSN 44.2
5. Peitz • CIN 43.6
Def. Games as 1B
1. Werden • LOU 133
2. Tenney • BSN 128
3. LaChance • BRO 126
4. Beckley • 2TM 114
Doyle • BLN 114
Putouts as 1B
1. Werden • LOU 1,335
2. LaChance • BRO 1,289
3. Tenney • BSN 1,248
4. Doyle • BLN 1,105
5. Lajoie • PHI 1,079
Assists as 1B
1. Werden • LOU 120
2. Tenney • BSN 81
3. Doyle • BLN 75
4. Clark • NYG 65
5. LaChance • BRO 64
Errors Committed as 1B
1. LaChance • BRO 30
2. Anson • CHC 25
Doyle • BLN 25
4. Beckley • 2TM 24
Werden • LOU 24
Double Plays Turned as 1B
1. LaChance • BRO 76
2. Werden • LOU 72
Doyle • BLN 72
4. Tenney • BSN 69
Clark • NYG 69
Def. Games as 2B
1. Padden • PIT 134
2. Gleason • NYG 130
3. Reitz • BLN 128
4. Lowe • BSN 123
5. Childs • CLV 114
Putouts as 2B
1. Padden • PIT 369
2. Childs • CLV 319
3. Gleason • NYG 312
4. Reitz • BLN 282
5. Hallman • 2TM 271
Assists as 2B
1. Reitz • BLN 449
2. Lowe • BSN 404
3. Padden • PIT 402
4. Gleason • NYG 396
5. Childs • CLV 384
Errors Committed as 2B
1. Gleason • NYG 53
2. Padden • PIT 48
3. Childs • CLV 42
4. Hallman • 2TM 35
5. Lowe • BSN 34
Double Plays Turned as 2B
1. Reitz • BLN 62
2. Hallman • 2TM 46
3. O'Brien • WHS 43
Gleason • NYG 43
5. Childs • CLV 42
Def. Games as 3B
1. Collins • BSN 134
Irwin • CIN 134
Shindle • BRO 134
4. Wallace • CLV 130
5. Hartman • STL 125
Putouts as 3B
1. Collins • BSN 214
2. Wallace • CLV 190
3. Irwin • CIN 186
4. Shindle • BRO 185
5. Clingman • LOU 178
Assists as 3B
1. Collins • BSN 303
2. Clingman • LOU 273
3. Hartman • STL 255
4. Wallace • CLV 249
5. Shindle • BRO 241
Errors Committed as 3B
1. Joyce • NYG 64
Hartman • STL 64
3. Collins • BSN 47
4. Shindle • BRO 45
5. Everitt • CHC 42
Double Plays Turned as 3B
1. Collins • BSN 20
2. Irwin • CIN 19
3. Reilly • WHS 17
Joyce • NYG 17
5. Clingman • LOU 16
McGraw • BLN 16
Def. Games as SS
1. Ely • PIT 133
2. Cross • STL 132
3. Davis • NYG 130
4. McKean • CLV 125
5. Jennings • BLN 116
Putouts as SS
1. Davis • NYG 339
2. Jennings • BLN 335
3. Cross • STL 329
4. Ely • PIT 308
5. Long • BSN 274
Assists as SS
1. Cross • STL 516
2. Ely • PIT 451
3. Davis • NYG 438
4. Jennings • BLN 425
5. Smith • BRO 399
Errors Committed as SS
1. DeMontreville • WHS 78
2. Stafford • 2TM 77
3. Cross • STL 75
4. Long • BSN 66
5. Davis • NYG 62
Double Plays Turned as SS
1. Davis • NYG 67
2. Jennings • BLN 54
3. Dahlen • CHC 48
4. Cross • STL 47
DeMontreville • WHS 47
Def. Games as OF
1. Ryan • CHC 136
McCreery • 2TM 136
3. Jones • BRO 135
4. Griffin • BRO 134
5. Cooley • PHI 131
Stenzel • BLN 131
Putouts as OF
1. Hoy • CIN 359
2. Griffin • BRO 353
3. Cooley • PHI 322
4. Selbach • WHS 305
5. Hamilton • BSN 296
Assists as OF
1. Van Haltren • NYG 31
2. Ryan • CHC 28
3. McCreery • 2TM 23
Delahanty • PHI 23
5. Jones • BRO 22
Errors Committed as OF
1. McCreery • 2TM 31
2. Smith • PIT 28
3. Hoy • CIN 26
4. Lally • STL 24
Clarke • LOU 24
Double Plays Turned as OF
1. Jones • BRO 8
2. Ryan • CHC 7
3. Cooley • PHI 6
Griffin • BRO 6
5. Hoy • CIN 5
Brown • WHS 5
Wagner • LOU 5
Donovan • PIT 5
Def. Games as P
1. Mercer • WHS 47
2. Donahue • STL 46
Young • CLV 46
Nichols • BSN 46
5. Kennedy • BRO 44
McJames • WHS 44
Putouts as P
1. Fraser • LOU 35
2. Nichols • BSN 29
3. Cunningham • LOU 27
4. Mercer • WHS 24
Donahue • STL 24
Assists as P
1. Seymour • NYG 100
2. Donahue • STL 97
3. Taylor • PHI 89
4. Young • CLV 88
5. Kennedy • BRO 87
Errors Committed as P
1. Seymour • NYG 20
2. Taylor • PHI 16
Corbett • BLN 16
4. Mercer • WHS 15
5. Killen • PIT 13
Double Plays Turned as P
1. Friend • CHC 6
2. Seymour • NYG 5
Fraser • LOU 5
4. Callahan • CHC 4
Mercer • WHS 4
Klobedanz • BSN 4
Kennedy • BRO 4
Hoffer • BLN 4
Hart • STL 4
Ehret • CIN 4
Range Factor/9Inn as C
1. Warner • NYG 6.18
2. Donahue • CHC 5.60
3. Kittridge • CHC 5.50
4. McGuire • WHS 5.50
5. Farrell • WHS 5.36
Range Factor/Game as C
1. Warner • NYG 5.86
2. McGuire • WHS 5.18
3. Donahue • CHC 5.13
4. Kittridge • CHC 5.05
5. Farrell • WHS 4.94
Fielding % as C
1. Peitz • CIN .979
2. Zimmer • CLV .976
3. Bergen • BSN .963
4. Warner • NYG .953
5. Kittridge • CHC .952
Range Factor/9Inn as 1B
1. Werden • LOU 11.55
2. Tebeau • CLV 11.20
3. LaChance • BRO 11.13
4. Grady • STL 10.92
5. Doyle • BLN 10.81
Range Factor/Game as 1B
1. Werden • LOU 10.94
2. LaChance • BRO 10.74
3. Tebeau • CLV 10.39
4. Tenney • BSN 10.38
5. Doyle • BLN 10.35
Fielding % as 1B
1. Tebeau • CLV .994
2. Tenney • BSN .988
3. Lajoie • PHI .984
4. Clark • NYG .984
5. Werden • LOU .984
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B
1. Childs • CLV 6.41
2. McPhee • CIN 6.27
3. Connor • CHC 6.24
4. Shoch • BRO 6.11
5. Padden • PIT 6.03
Range Factor/Game as 2B
1. Shoch • BRO 6.29
2. Connor • CHC 6.17
3. Childs • CLV 6.17
4. McPhee • CIN 5.88
5. Padden • PIT 5.75
Fielding % as 2B
1. Reitz • BLN .962
2. Lowe • BSN .952
3. Hallman • 2TM .945
4. Childs • CLV .944
5. Padden • PIT .941
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B
1. Clingman • LOU 4.21
2. Collins • BSN 3.94
3. Reilly • WHS 3.90
4. Wallace • CLV 3.58
5. Hartman • STL 3.56
Range Factor/Game as 3B
1. Clingman • LOU 3.92
2. Collins • BSN 3.86
3. Reilly • WHS 3.69
4. Joyce • NYG 3.41
5. Wallace • CLV 3.38
Fielding % as 3B
1. Clingman • LOU .947
2. Irwin • CIN .940
3. Wallace • CLV .928
4. Collins • BSN .917
5. Reilly • WHS .905
Range Factor/9Inn as SS
1. Cross • STL 6.84
2. Dahlen • CHC 6.82
3. Jennings • BLN 6.65
4. DeMontreville • WHS 6.36
5. Davis • NYG 6.24
Range Factor/Game as SS
1. Dahlen • CHC 6.75
2. Jennings • BLN 6.55
3. Cross • STL 6.40
4. DeMontreville • WHS 6.12
5. Davis • NYG 5.98
Fielding % as SS
1. Jennings • BLN .933
2. Ely • PIT .927
3. Davis • NYG .926
4. McKean • CLV .920
5. Cross • STL .918
Range Factor/9Inn as OF
1. Hoy • CIN 3.02
2. Griffin • BRO 2.86
3. Selbach • WHS 2.67
4. Cooley • PHI 2.64
5. Brodie • PIT 2.58
Range Factor/Game as OF
1. Hoy • CIN 2.88
2. Griffin • BRO 2.73
3. Cooley • PHI 2.58
4. Selbach • WHS 2.57
5. Burke • CIN 2.47
Fielding % as OF
1. Brodie • PIT .983
2. Duffy • BSN .975
3. Keeler • BLN .970
4. Delahanty • PHI .970
5. Hamilton • BSN .962
Range Factor/9Inn as P
1. Fraser • LOU 3.78
2. Seymour • NYG 3.76
3. Tannehill • PIT 3.30
4. Cunningham • LOU 3.26
5. Donahue • STL 3.13
Range Factor/Game as P
1. Fraser • LOU 3.33
2. Seymour • NYG 2.97
3. Dunn • BRO 2.88
4. Cunningham • LOU 2.83
5. Griffith • CHC 2.63
Fielding % as P
1. Fisher • BRO 1.000
2. Briggs • CHC .977
3. Donahue • STL .976
4. Fifield • PHI .968
5. Nichols • BSN .968

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

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