List of Major League Baseball career putouts as an outfielder

Willie Mays, the all time leader in putouts by an outfielder.

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.

An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. An outfielder's duty is to try to catch long fly balls before they hit the ground or to quickly catch or retrieve and return to the infield any other balls entering the outfield. Outfielders normally play behind the six other members of the defense who play in or near the infield. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball is numbered. The outfield positions are 7 (left field), 8 (center field) and 9 (right field). These numbers are shorthand designations useful in baseball scorekeeping and are not necessarily the same as the squad numbers worn on player uniforms.

Willie Mays is the all-time leader in putouts as an outfielder with 7,095 career. Mays is the only outfielder to record more than 7,000 career putouts. Tris Speaker (6,788), Rickey Henderson (6,468), Max Carey (6,363), Ty Cobb (6,361), and Richie Ashburn (6,089) are the only other outfielders to record more than 6,000 career putouts.

Key

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

List

Carlos Beltrán, the active leader and 16th all time in putouts by an outfielder.
Rank Player PO as OF
1 Willie Mays * 7,095
2 Tris Speaker * 6,788
3 Rickey Henderson * 6,468
4 Max Carey * 6,363
5 Ty Cobb * 6,361
6 Richie Ashburn * 6,089
7 Steve Finley 5,664
8 Barry Bonds 5,637
9 Ken Griffey Jr. * 5,606
10 Hank Aaron * 5,539
11 Willie Davis 5,449
12 Doc Cramer 5,412
13 Brett Butler 5,296
14 Torii Hunter 5,263
15 Andre Dawson * 5,158
16 Carlos Beltrán 5,144
17 Vada Pinson 5,097
18 Willie Wilson 5,060
19 Al Kaline * 5,035
20 Zack Wheat * 4,996
21 Chet Lemon 4,993
22 Al Simmons * 4,988
23 Dave Winfield * 4,975
24 Mike Cameron 4,954
Andruw Jones 4,954
26 Amos Otis 4,936
27 Ichiro Suzuki 4,934
28 Marquis Grissom 4,880
29 Paul Waner * 4,872
30 Lloyd Waner * 4,860
31 Kenny Lofton 4,856
32 Fred Clarke * 4,795
33 Goose Goslin * 4,792
34 Sam Rice * 4,774
35 Devon White 4,739
36 Johnny Damon 4,717
37 Bernie Williams 4,710
38 Roberto Clemente * 4,696
39 Fred Lynn 4,556
40 Edd Roush * 4,537
41 Jim Edmonds 4,536
42 Sammy Sosa 4,522
43 Joe DiMaggio * 4,516
44 Tony Gwynn * 4,512
45 Mel Ott * 4,511
46 Luis Gonzalez 4,482
47 Garry Maddox 4,449
48 Babe Ruth * 4,444
49 Mickey Mantle * 4,438
50 Lou Brock * 4,394
Rank Player PO as OF
51 Kirby Puckett * 4,392
52 José Cruz 4,391
53 Dwight Evans 4,371
54 Paul Blair 4,343
55 Sam West 4,300
56 Willie McGee 4,260
57 Jimmy Sheckard 4,203
58 Tim Raines 4,201
59 Cy Williams 4,180
60 Ted Williams * 4,158
61 César Cedeño 4,131
62 Duke Snider * 4,099
63 Clyde Milan 4,095
64 Reggie Jackson * 4,062
65 Garret Anderson 4,057
66 Dale Murphy 4,053
67 Kiki Cuyler * 4,034
68 Curt Flood 4,021
69 Bob Johnson 4,003
70 Wally Moses 4,000
71 Joe Medwick * 3,994
72 Harry Hooper * 3,981
73 Frank Robinson * 3,978
74 Earl Averill * 3,968
75 Dummy Hoy 3,964
76 Jesse Burkett * 3,961
77 Bobby Abreu 3,952
78 Carl Yastrzemski * 3,941
79 Enos Slaughter * 3,925
80 George Burns 3,918
81 Jimmy Wynn 3,912
82 Bill Bruton 3,905
83 Juan Pierre 3,879
84 Dom DiMaggio 3,859
85 Jimmy Piersall 3,851
86 Heinie Manush * 3,841
87 Rick Manning 3,831
88 George Foster 3,809
89 Sherry Magee 3,800
90 Dave Parker 3,791
91 Bill Virdon 3,777
92 Lloyd Moseby 3,765
93 Bobby Veach 3,754
94 George Hendrick 3,751
95 Dode Paskert 3,734
96 Stan Musial * 3,730
97 Vernon Wells 3,726
98 Paul O'Neill 3,724
99 Brady Anderson 3,713
100 Curtis Granderson 3,712

Notes

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

References

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