American League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Blue • SLB 1,491
2. Fonseca • CLE 1,486
3. Todt • BOS 1,467
4. Gehrig • NYY 1,458
5. Alexander • DET 1,443

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Melillo • SLB 519
2. Gehringer • DET 501
3. Lazzeri • NYY 467
4. Kerr • CHW 464
5. Cronin • WSH 459
Cissell • CHW 459

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Cronin • WSH 62
2. Cissell • CHW 55
3. Schuble • DET 47
4. Kress • SLB 43
5. Reeves • BOS 38

Def. Games as C

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Cochrane • PHA 135
2. Dickey • NYY 127
3. Sewell • CLE 124
4. Berg • CHW 106
5. Schang • SLB 85

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Cochrane • PHA 659
2. Dickey • NYY 476
3. Sewell • CLE 433
4. Tate • WSH 291
5. Berg • CHW 290

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Dickey • NYY 95
2. Berg • CHW 86
3. Sewell • CLE 81
4. Cochrane • PHA 77
5. Schang • SLB 56

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Sewell • CLE 18
2. Cochrane • PHA 13
3. Dickey • NYY 12
4. Tate • WSH 10
Phillips • DET 10

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Dickey • NYY 13
2. Berg • CHW 12
3. Sewell • CLE 11
4. Tate • WSH 10
5. Cochrane • PHA 9

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Cochrane • PHA 9
Sewell • CLE 9
3. Berg • CHW 6
4. Berry • BOS 5
Hargrave • DET 5
Schang • SLB 5
Ruel • WSH 5
Phillips • DET 5
Myatt • CLE 5

Stolen Bases Allowed as C

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases. From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1968 and for those we may not have any data.

1. Cochrane • PHA 69
2. Dickey • NYY 57
3. Sewell • CLE 55
4. Berg • CHW 45
5. Schang • SLB 40
Phillips • DET 40

Caught Stealing as C

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases. From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1968 and for those we may not have any data.

1. Sewell • CLE 48
2. Dickey • NYY 44
3. Berg • CHW 41
4. Cochrane • PHA 36
5. Schang • SLB 33

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Ruel • WSH 58.0
2. Tate • WSH 50.0
3. Berry • BOS 49.1
4. Berg • CHW 47.7
5. Sewell • CLE 46.6

Def. Games as 1B

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Alexander • DET 155
2. Gehrig • NYY 154
3. Todt • BOS 153
4. Blue • SLB 151
5. Fonseca • CLE 147

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Blue • SLB 1,491
2. Fonseca • CLE 1,486
3. Todt • BOS 1,467
4. Gehrig • NYY 1,458
5. Alexander • DET 1,443

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Fonseca • CLE 107
2. Todt • BOS 102
3. Alexander • DET 90
4. Blue • SLB 88
Judge • WSH 88

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Alexander • DET 18
2. Todt • BOS 14
3. Blue • SLB 10
4. Gehrig • NYY 9
5. Fonseca • CLE 8
Shires • CHW 8

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Fonseca • CLE 141
2. Gehrig • NYY 135
3. Alexander • DET 129
4. Todt • BOS 128
5. Blue • SLB 127

Def. Games as 2B

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Gehringer • DET 154
2. Lazzeri • NYY 147
3. Melillo • SLB 141
4. Bishop • PHA 129
5. Kerr • CHW 122

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Gehringer • DET 404
2. Lazzeri • NYY 368
3. Melillo • SLB 342
4. Kerr • CHW 307
5. Bishop • PHA 301

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Melillo • SLB 519
2. Gehringer • DET 501
3. Lazzeri • NYY 467
4. Kerr • CHW 459
5. Bishop • PHA 371

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Lazzeri • NYY 27
2. Melillo • SLB 24
3. Kerr • CHW 23
Gehringer • DET 23
5. Bishop • PHA 21
Myer • WSH 21

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Lazzeri • NYY 102
2. Melillo • SLB 98
3. Gehringer • DET 93
4. Kerr • CHW 84
5. Regan • BOS 66
Lind • CLE 66

Def. Games as 3B

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Sewell • CLE 152
2. O'Rourke • SLB 151
3. McManus • DET 150
4. Kamm • CHW 145
5. Reeves • BOS 131

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Kamm • CHW 221
2. McManus • DET 206
3. O'Rourke • SLB 171
4. Sewell • CLE 163
5. Reeves • BOS 152

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Sewell • CLE 336
2. McManus • DET 289
3. Kamm • CHW 270
4. Reeves • BOS 242
O'Rourke • SLB 242

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Reeves • BOS 38
2. O'Rourke • SLB 25
3. McManus • DET 14
4. Sewell • CLE 13
5. Hale • PHA 12

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. O'Rourke • SLB 30
2. McManus • DET 29
3. Sewell • CLE 28
4. Kamm • CHW 27
Reeves • BOS 27

Def. Games as SS

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Cissell • CHW 152
2. Kress • SLB 146
3. Cronin • WSH 143
4. Rhyne • BOS 113
5. Durocher • NYY 93

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Cissell • CHW 357
2. Kress • SLB 312
3. Cronin • WSH 285
4. Rhyne • BOS 220
5. Durocher • NYY 197

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Cissell • CHW 459
Cronin • WSH 459
3. Kress • SLB 441
4. Durocher • NYY 299
5. Rhyne • BOS 297

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Cronin • WSH 62
2. Cissell • CHW 55
3. Schuble • DET 46
4. Kress • SLB 43
5. Rhyne • BOS 36

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Kress • SLB 94
2. Cronin • WSH 92
3. Cissell • CHW 90
4. Rhyne • BOS 71
5. Tavener • CLE 59
Durocher • NYY 59

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Simmons • PHA 142
Goslin • WSH 142
3. Manush • SLB 141
4. Scarritt • BOS 136
5. Metzler • CHW 132

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Simmons • PHA 353
2. Manush • SLB 272
3. Metzler • CHW 258
4. Goslin • WSH 235
5. Scarritt • BOS 233

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Simmons • PHA 19
2. Metzler • CHW 18
3. Scarritt • BOS 15
4. Johnson • DET 13
5. Manush • SLB 10

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Johnson • DET 22
2. Scarritt • BOS 20
3. Metzler • CHW 13
4. Goslin • WSH 10
5. Falk • CLE 5
Meusel • NYY 5

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Scarritt • BOS 6
2. Metzler • CHW 4
3. Manush • SLB 3
4. Johnson • DET 2
Simmons • PHA 2

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Averill • CLE 152
2. Combs • NYY 141
3. Haas • PHA 139
4. West • WSH 135
5. Rice • DET 127

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Averill • CLE 385
2. Haas • PHA 372
3. Combs • NYY 352
4. Schulte • SLB 330
5. West • WSH 316

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. West • WSH 24
2. Rice • DET 14
3. Averill • CLE 12
Schulte • SLB 12
5. Rothrock • BOS 11

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Averill • CLE 15
Rice • DET 15
3. Combs • NYY 13
4. West • WSH 9
Watwood • CHW 9
Rothrock • BOS 9

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. West • WSH 8
2. Rice • DET 6
3. Combs • NYY 5
4. Averill • CLE 3
Rothrock • BOS 3

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Rice • WSH 147
2. Miller • PHA 135
3. Heilmann • DET 114
4. Barrett • BOS 101
5. Reynolds • CHW 100

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Miller • PHA 288
2. Rice • WSH 217
3. Heilmann • DET 163
4. Reynolds • CHW 159
5. McGowan • SLB 144

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Rice • WSH 19
2. Barrett • BOS 16
3. Reynolds • CHW 11
4. McGowan • SLB 10
5. Morgan • CLE 9
Miller • PHA 9

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Morgan • CLE 11
2. Falk • CLE 10
Reynolds • CHW 10
Miller • PHA 10
5. Rice • WSH 9

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Rice • WSH 5
2. Barrett • BOS 4
Reynolds • CHW 4
Miller • PHA 4
McGowan • SLB 4

Def. Games as OF

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Averill • CLE 152
2. Rice • WSH 147
3. Johnson • DET 146
4. Miller • PHA 145
Scarritt • BOS 145

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Averill • CLE 383
2. Johnson • DET 377
3. West • WSH 376
4. Haas • PHA 373
5. Schulte • SLB 361

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. West • WSH 25
Johnson • DET 25
3. Rice • WSH 20
4. Simmons • PHA 19
5. Barrett • BOS 17

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Johnson • DET 31
2. Scarritt • BOS 19
3. Reynolds • CHW 15
Rice • DET 15
5. Averill • CLE 14
Metzler • CHW 14
Falk • CLE 14

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. West • WSH 8
2. Rice • DET 6
Scarritt • BOS 6
4. Reynolds • CHW 5
Combs • NYY 5
Rice • WSH 5
McGowan • SLB 5
Johnson • DET 5

Def. Games as P

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Marberry • WSH 49
2. Earnshaw • PHA 44
3. Gray • SLB 43
Ferrell • CLE 43
5. Grove • PHA 42
Blaeholder • SLB 42

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Hudlin • CLE 24
2. Lyons • CHW 21
3. Marberry • WSH 15
Blaeholder • SLB 15
Whitehill • DET 15
Miller • CLE 15
Russell • BOS 15

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Hudlin • CLE 88
2. Blaeholder • SLB 74
3. Russell • BOS 69
4. Lyons • CHW 66
5. Ferrell • CLE 63

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Earnshaw • PHA 6
2. Lyons • CHW 5
Hudlin • CLE 5
Carroll • DET 5
Miller • CLE 5

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hudlin • CLE 8
2. Blaeholder • SLB 4
Ogden • SLB 4
McKain • CHW 4
Lyons • CHW 4
Gray • SLB 4
Gaston • BOS 4

Range Factor/9Inn as C

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Cochrane • PHA 5.77
2. Ruel • WSH 5.48
3. Tate • WSH 5.21
4. Dickey • NYY 5.19
5. Phillips • DET 4.94

Range Factor/Game as C

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Cochrane • PHA 5.45
2. Ruel • WSH 4.82
3. Tate • WSH 4.59
4. Phillips • DET 4.59
5. Dickey • NYY 4.50

Fielding % as C

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Schang • SLB .988
2. Cochrane • PHA .983
3. Berg • CHW .982
4. Dickey • NYY .979
5. Sewell • CLE .966

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Fonseca • CLE 11.05
2. Todt • BOS 10.96
3. Blue • SLB 10.61
4. Judge • WSH 10.44
5. Shires • CHW 10.43

Range Factor/Game as 1B

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Fonseca • CLE 10.84
2. Blue • SLB 10.46
3. Todt • BOS 10.25
4. Gehrig • NYY 10.00
5. Judge • WSH 9.94

Fielding % as 1B

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Judge • WSH .996
2. Foxx • PHA .995
3. Fonseca • CLE .995
4. Gehrig • NYY .994
5. Blue • SLB .994

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Kerr • CHW 6.71
2. Melillo • SLB 6.45
3. Gehringer • DET 6.00
4. Lazzeri • NYY 5.81
5. Myer • WSH 5.55

Range Factor/Game as 2B

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Kerr • CHW 6.28
2. Melillo • SLB 6.11
3. Gehringer • DET 5.88
4. Lazzeri • NYY 5.68
5. Myer • WSH 5.41

Fielding % as 2B

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Gehringer • DET .975
2. Melillo • SLB .973
3. Kerr • CHW .971
4. Bishop • PHA .970
5. Lazzeri • NYY .969

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Kamm • CHW 3.44
2. McManus • DET 3.38
3. Sewell • CLE 3.34
4. Reeves • BOS 3.34
5. Robertson • NYY 2.82

Range Factor/Game as 3B

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Kamm • CHW 3.39
2. McManus • DET 3.30
3. Sewell • CLE 3.28
4. Reeves • BOS 3.01
5. O'Rourke • SLB 2.74

Fielding % as 3B

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Kamm • CHW .978
2. Sewell • CLE .975
3. McManus • DET .972
4. O'Rourke • SLB .943
5. Reeves • BOS .912

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Tavener • CLE 6.26
2. Durocher • NYY 5.71
3. Gardner • CLE 5.68
4. Cissell • CHW 5.51
5. Cronin • WSH 5.34

Range Factor/Game as SS

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Cissell • CHW 5.37
2. Durocher • NYY 5.33
3. Cronin • WSH 5.20
4. Kress • SLB 5.16
5. Gardner • CLE 5.06

Fielding % as SS

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Kress • SLB .946
2. Cissell • CHW .937
3. Rhyne • BOS .935
4. Cronin • WSH .923

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Simmons • PHA 2.62
2. Johnson • DET 2.13
3. Jamieson • CLE 2.10
4. Metzler • CHW 2.09
5. Manush • SLB 2.00

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Simmons • PHA .989
2. Manush • SLB .986
3. Goslin • WSH .960
4. Metzler • CHW .955
5. Scarritt • BOS .925

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Schulte • SLB 2.95
2. Haas • PHA 2.75
3. Averill • CLE 2.61
4. Combs • NYY 2.57
5. West • WSH 2.52

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Schulte • SLB .988
2. Haas • PHA .982
3. West • WSH .974
4. Rothrock • BOS .971
5. Combs • NYY .965

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Miller • PHA 2.20
2. McGowan • SLB 1.95
3. Reynolds • CHW 1.70
4. Ruth • NYY 1.65
5. Rice • WSH 1.61

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Miller • PHA .967
2. Rice • WSH .963
3. Heilmann • DET .960

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Schulte • SLB 3.27
2. Rothrock • BOS 3.08
3. West • WSH 3.04
4. Hoffman • CHW 3.00
5. Rice • DET 2.88

Range Factor/Game as OF

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Schulte • SLB 3.22
2. West • WSH 2.88
3. Rice • DET 2.84
4. Rothrock • BOS 2.77
5. Haas • PHA 2.76

Fielding % as OF

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Schulte • SLB .989
2. Simmons • PHA .989
3. Manush • SLB .987
4. Ruth • NYY .984
5. Haas • PHA .982

Range Factor/9Inn as P

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Blaeholder • SLB 3.61
2. Hudlin • CLE 3.60
3. Russell • BOS 3.33
4. McKain • CHW 3.30
5. Lyons • CHW 3.02

Range Factor/Game as P

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Hudlin • CLE 2.80
2. Russell • BOS 2.40
3. Lyons • CHW 2.35
4. Faber • CHW 2.19
5. Miller • CLE 2.14

Fielding % as P

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Pennock • NYY 1.000
Brown • WSH 1.000
Walberg • PHA 1.000
Collins • SLB 1.000
Marberry • WSH 1.000
Russell • BOS 1.000
Sorrell • DET 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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements