List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a pitcher

Greg Maddux, the all-time leader in putouts by a pitcher.

In baseball statistics, a putout (denoted by PO or fly out when appropriate) is given to a defensive player who records an out by a Tagging a runner with the ball when he is not touching a base (a tagout), catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base to put out a batter or runner (a Force out), catching a thrown ball and tagging a base to record an out on an appeal play, catching a third strike (a strikeout), catching a batted ball on the fly (a flyout), or being positioned closest to a runner called out for interference.

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important defensive player, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and closer.

Greg Maddux is the all-time leader in putouts by a pitcher with 546 career. Maddux is the only pitcher to record more than 400 or 500 career putouts.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of player.
PO as P	Total career putouts as a pitcher.
*	denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1]

List

Kyle Lohse, the active leader in putouts by a pitcher and 100th all-time.

• Stats updated as of the 2016 season.

Rank	Player	PO as P
1	Greg Maddux *	546
2	Kevin Brown	388
3	Jack Morris	387
4	Phil Niekro *	386
5	Ferguson Jenkins *	363
6	Gaylord Perry *	349
7	Don Sutton *	334
8	Orel Hershiser	332
9	Rick Reuschel	328
	Tom Seaver *	328
11	Tony Mullane	326
12	Pud Galvin *	325
13	Roger Clemens	320
	John Smoltz *	320
15	Dennis Martínez	319
16	Chick Fraser	317
17	Robin Roberts *	316
18	Kid Nichols *	313
19	Jim Palmer *	292
20	Bob Gibson *	291
	Juan Marichal *	291
22	Bert Blyleven *	287
23	Christy Mathewson *	281
24	Jamie Moyer	279
25	Mike Moore	278
26	Walter Johnson *	276
27	Dave Stieb	272
28	Vic Willis	271
29	Doug Drabek	266
30	Doyle Alexander	264
31	Bob Lemon *	263
	Jim McCormick	263
33	Tom Glavine *	262
	Jim Kaat	262
35	Tim Keefe *	260
36	Tim Hudson	258
	Kenny Rogers	258
38	Larry Jackson	257
39	Dan Petry	255
40	Joe Niekro	253
41	Mike Boddicker	245
	Ted Breitenstein	245
	Lew Burdette	245
	Milt Pappas	245
45	Adonis Terry	244
46	Bob Welch	243
47	Mel Stottlemyre	242
48	Freddie Fitzsimmons	237
	Mark Gubicza	237
	Tommy John	237

Rank	Player	PO as P
	Steve Rogers	237
52	Murry Dickson	236
	Bobby Mathews	236
	Doc White	236
55	Charlie Hough	235
56	Bob Forsch	234
57	Ed Walsh *	233
58	Mike Mussina	231
59	Tom Candiotti	230
	Charles Radbourn *	230
61	George Mullin	229
	Eddie Plank *	229
	Cy Young *	229
64	Bob Friend	228
	Roy Halladay	228
66	Tim Wakefield	227
67	Frank Tanana	226
68	Burleigh Grimes *	225
	Catfish Hunter *	225
70	Dwight Gooden	224
71	Scott Erickson	223
	Mike Torrez	223
73	Warren Spahn	222
74	John Clarkson *	221
	Derek Lowe	221
	Luis Tiant	221
77	David Cone	220
	Nolan Ryan *	220
79	Ted Lyons *	219
80	Tommy Bond	218
81	Mickey Welch *	217
82	George Bradley	216
	Guy Hecker	216
84	Bronson Arroyo	215
	Mike Morgan	215
86	Brad Radke	213
87	Tim Belcher	212
	Vern Law	212
89	Bob Buhl	211
	Liván Hernández	211
	Albert Spalding *	211
	Rick Sutcliffe	211
93	Camilo Pascual	210
94	Mel Harder	209
	Harry Howell	209
96	Bullet Joe Bush	208
	Dennis Eckersley *	208
98	Jim Bunning *	206
	Rick Wise	206
100	Kyle Lohse	205

Notes

1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

References

• Baseball-Reference.com