List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a right fielder leaders
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The overwhelming majority of putouts recorded by right fielders, almost to exclusivity, result from catching fly balls. However, in extraordinary circumstances, an outfielder may record a putout by receiving a throw to force out or tag out a runner while covering a base if one or more infielders are out of position to retrieve an errant throw, or by tagging a runner stranded between bases in a rundown play; however, even in such circumstances, outfielders will more typically act as a backup to infielders than cover a base themselves. Historically, putout totals for outfielders rose after 1920 with the end of the dead-ball era; the same circumstances which had kept home run totals low, such as overused baseballs and legal adulterations including the spitball, had similarly hindered the type of power hitting which lent itself to long fly balls. As strikeout totals have risen in baseball in recent decades, the frequency of other defensive outs including flyouts has declined; as a result, putout totals for outfielders have generally declined, but right fielders have largely defied this trend. Eight of the top nine players, and 17 of the top 20, were active entirely after 1950. Through the 2022 season, none of the top 251 single-season right field putout totals were recorded before 1920, and only 45 were recorded before 1960; nine of the top twelve, and 40 of the top 79, have been recorded since 1996.
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Key
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2024 POs) | Number of recorded putouts during the 2024 Major League Baseball season |
MLB | Total career putouts as a right fielder in Major League Baseball |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame |
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† | Denotes total is missing figures for pre-1901 games |
Bold | Denotes active player[a] |
List
- Stats updated as of March 30, 2024.
Rank | Player (2024 POs) | Putouts as a right fielder | Other leagues, notes | ||
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MLB | American League | National League | |||
1 | Paul Waner* | 4,533 | 0 | 4,533 | |
2 | Roberto Clemente* | 4,459 | 0 | 4,459 | |
3 | Dwight Evans | 4,247 | 4,247 | 0 | |
4 | Hank Aaron* | 4,161 | 0 | 4,161 | |
5 | Tony Gwynn* | 4,052 | 0 | 4,052 | |
6 | Nick Markakis | 4,025 | 2,605 | 1,420 | |
7 | Sammy Sosa | 4,017 | 676 | 3,341 | |
8 | Ichiro Suzuki | 4,005 | 3,743 | 262 | Holds the single-season record of 381 (tied in 2005) |
9 | Al Kaline* | 3,865 | 3,865 | 0 | Held American League record, 1972-1988 |
10 | Mel Ott* | 3,767 | 0 | 3,767 | |
11 | Harry Hooper* | 3,755 | 3,755 | 0 | Held modern major league record, 1920-1938; held American League record, 1918-1972; held AL single-season record, 1915-1917 (tie), 1922-1923 |
12 | Bobby Abreu | 3,733 | 1,126 | 2,607 | |
13 | Dave Winfield* | 3,657 | 1,892 | 1,765 | |
14 | Dave Parker | 3,633 | 2 | 3,631 | Holds the single-season record of 381 (set in 1977) |
15 | Reggie Jackson* | 3,624 | 3,624 | 0 | |
16 | Paul O'Neill | 3,544 | 2,219 | 1,325 | |
17 | Jermaine Dye | 3,237 | 3,113 | 124 | Held American League single-season record, 1999-2004 |
18 | Vladimir Guerrero* | 3,166 | 1,220 | 1,946 | |
19 | Magglio Ordóñez | 3,155 | 3,155 | 0 | |
20 | Tom Brunansky | 3,146 | 2,557 | 589 | |
21 | Wally Moses | 3,138 | 3,138 | 0 | |
22 | Larry Walker* | 3,124 | 0 | 3,124 | |
23 | Shawn Green | 3,053 | 1,129 | 1,924 | |
24 | Johnny Callison | 2,954 | 170 | 2,784 | |
25 | Bobby Bonds | 2,917 | 1,191 | 1,726 | |
26 | Rusty Staub | 2,907 | 231 | 2,676 | |
27 | Hunter Pence | 2,889 | 15 | 2,874 | |
28 | Sam Rice* | 2,864 | 2,864 | 0 | Held American League single-season record, 1917-1922, 1923-1926 |
29 | Jay Bruce | 2,827 | 94 | 2,733 | |
30 | Jason Heyward (11) | 2,801 | 0 | 2,801 | |
31 | Jesse Barfield | 2,773 | 2,773 | 0 | |
32 | Tim Salmon | 2,700 | 2,700 | 0 | Held American League single-season record, 1997-1999 |
33 | Rubén Sierra | 2,626 | 2,603 | 23 | |
34 | Raúl Mondesí | 2,571 | 879 | 1,692 | |
35 | Bill Nicholson | 2,565 | 1 | 2,564 | |
36 | Harry Heilmann* | 2,562 | 2,290 | 272 | |
37 | Enos Slaughter* | 2,555 | 278 | 2,277 | |
38 | Jeromy Burnitz | 2,473 | 250 | 2,223 | |
39 | Carl Furillo | 2,467 | 0 | 2,467 | |
40 | Jay Buhner | 2,450 | 2,450 | 0 | |
41 | Alex Ríos | 2,446 | 2,446 | 0 | |
42 | Jeff Francoeur | 2,428 | 684 | 1,744 | |
43 | Al Cowens | 2,389 | 2,389 | 0 | |
44 | J. D. Drew | 2,352 | 1,018 | 1,334 | |
45 | Chuck Klein* | 2,342 | 0 | 2,342 | |
46 | Darryl Strawberry | 2,337 | 30 | 2,307 | |
47 | Curt Walker | 2,333 | 0 | 2,333 | Held modern National League record, 1929-1933 |
48 | Sam Crawford* † | 2,312 | 1,906 | 406 | Held modern major league record, 1914-1920; held modern National League record, 1902-1903; held American League record, 1913-1918 |
49 | Reggie Sanders | 2,310 | 197 | 2,113 | |
50 | Rocky Colavito | 2,295 | 2,278 | 17 | |
51 | Andre Dawson* | 2,280 | 42 | 2,238 | |
52 | Jackie Jensen | 2,264 | 2,264 | 0 | |
53 | Tony Oliva* | 2,260 | 2,260 | 0 | |
54 | Frank Robinson* | 2,251 | 1,094 | 1,157 | |
55 | Ken Singleton | 2,245 | 1,535 | 710 | |
56 | José Guillén | 2,213 | 914 | 1,299 | |
57 | Giancarlo Stanton (0) | 2,183 | 181 | 2,002 | |
58 | Babe Ruth* | 2,146 | 2,141 | 5 | |
59 | Tommy Griffith | 2,138 | 0 | 2,138 | Held modern National League record, 1924-1929 |
60 | Sixto Lezcano | 2,137 | 1,447 | 690 | |
61 | Kole Calhoun | 2,134 | 1,965 | 169 | |
62 | Ross Youngs* | 2,116 | 0 | 2,116 | |
63 | Dixie Walker | 2,097 | 266 | 1,831 | |
64 | Gary Sheffield | 2,042 | 562 | 1,480 | |
65 | Hank Bauer | 2,032 | 2,032 | 0 | |
66 | Roger Maris | 2,017 | 1,626 | 391 | |
67 | Harold Baines* | 1,982 | 1,982 | 0 | |
68 | Mookie Betts (0) | 1,972 | 1,270 | 702 | |
69 | Josh Reddick | 1,958 | 1,819 | 139 | |
70 | Brian Jordan | 1,956 | 94 | 1,862 | |
71 | Jack Clark | 1,939 | 29 | 1,910 | |
72 | Pete Fox | 1,929 | 1,929 | 0 | |
73 | Bing Miller | 1,925 | 1,925 | 0 | |
74 | Jayson Werth | 1,921 | 45 | 1,876 | |
75 | José Bautista | 1,907 | 1,742 | 165 | |
76 | Bruce Campbell | 1,903 | 1,903 | 0 | |
77 | Shin-Soo Choo | 1,893 | 1,893 | 0 | |
78 | Max Flack | 1,881 | 0 | 1,751 | Includes 130 in Federal League |
79 | Rob Deer | 1,871 | 1,825 | 46 | |
80 | Jack Tobin | 1,866 | 1,507 | 0 | Includes 359 in Federal League |
81 | Babe Herman | 1,857 | 0 | 1,857 | Held the single-season record, 1932-1977 |
82 | Ival Goodman | 1,851 | 0 | 1,851 | |
83 | Chief Wilson | 1,845 | 0 | 1,845 | Held modern National League record, 1916-1924; held the single-season record, 1909-1920 |
84 | Claudell Washington | 1,844 | 844 | 1,000 | |
85 | Glenn Wilson | 1,843 | 365 | 1,478 | |
86 | John Titus | 1,837 | 0 | 1,837 | Held modern major league record, 1911-1914; held modern National League record, 1909-1916 |
87 | Ken Griffey Sr. | 1,816 | 227 | 1,589 | |
88 | Nelson Cruz | 1,770 | 1,766 | 4 | |
89 | Austin Kearns | 1,766 | 80 | 1,686 | |
90 | Elmer Valo | 1,762 | 1,574 | 188 | |
91 | Don Mueller | 1,752 | 57 | 1,695 | |
92 | Frank Schulte | 1,736 | 115 | 1,621 | |
93 | Billy Southworth* | 1,724 | 3 | 1,721 | |
94 | Trot Nixon | 1,723 | 1,714 | 9 | |
95 | David Justice | 1,693 | 196 | 1,497 | |
96 | Brian Giles | 1,686 | 45 | 1,641 | |
97 | Reggie Smith | 1,670 | 373 | 1,297 | |
98 | Dante Bichette | 1,664 | 601 | 1,063 | |
99 | Matt Lawton | 1,659 | 1,353 | 306 | |
100 | Tommy Henrich | 1,658 | 1,658 | 0 |
Other Hall of Famers
Player | Putouts as a right fielder | Other leagues, notes | ||
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MLB | American League | National League | ||
Kiki Cuyler* | 1,640 | 0 | 1,640 | |
Casey Stengel* | 1,537 | 0 | 1,537 | |
Willie Keeler* † | 1,531 | 1,142 | 389 | |
Elmer Flick* † | 1,431 | 1,153 | 278 | Held modern major league record, 1901-1908; held modern National League record, 1901-1902; held modern single-season record, 1901-1909 |
Stan Musial* | 1,225 | 0 | 1,225 | |
Ty Cobb* | 1,103 | 1,103 | 0 | |
Billy Williams* | 657 | 0 | 657 | |
Kirby Puckett* | 528 | 528 | 0 | |
Ken Griffey Jr.* | 456 | 8 | 448 | |
Lou Brock* | 432 | 0 | 432 | |
Duke Snider * | 342 | 0 | 342 | |
Goose Goslin* | 309 | 309 | 0 | |
Ted Williams* | 282 | 282 | 0 | |
Max Carey* | 265 | 0 | 265 | |
Hack Wilson* | 257 | 0 | 257 | |
Chick Hafey* | 225 | 0 | 225 | |
Monte Irvin* | 217 | 0 | 189 | Includes 28 in Negro National League (second) (incomplete) |
Mickey Mantle* | 207 | 207 | 0 | |
Heinie Manush* | 206 | 30 | 176 | |
Larry Doby* | 199 | 199 | 0 | Negro League totals unavailable |
Honus Wagner* † | 153 | 0 | 153 | |
Freddie Lindstrom* | 146 | 0 | 146 | |
Jud Wilson* | 67 | 0 | 0 | Includes 41 in Eastern Colored League, 14 in Negro National League (second), 12 in American Negro League (incomplete) |
Frank Chance* † | 58 | 0 | 58 | |
Pete Hill* | 57 | 0 | 0 | Includes 57 in Negro National League (first) (incomplete) |
Joe Medwick* | 53 | 0 | 53 | |
Lloyd Waner* | 47 | 0 | 47 | |
Cristóbal Torriente* | 46 | 0 | 0 | Includes 46 in Negro National League (first) (incomplete) |
Willard Brown* | 41 | 35 | 0 | Includes 6 in Negro American League (incomplete) |
Ed Delahanty* † | 26 | 26 | 0 | |
Hugh Duffy* † | 14 | 0 | 14 | |
Sam Thompson* † | 14 | 14 | 0 | |
Joe Mauer* | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Todd Helton* | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Jesse Burkett* † | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Hamilton* † | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
King Kelly* † | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy McCarthy* † | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim O'Rourke* † | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Montgomery Ward* † | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
References
- ^ "Paul Waner Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ Wancho, Joseph. "Paul Waner Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Paul Waner Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Roberto Clemente Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Dwight Evans Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Hank Aaron Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Tony Gwynn Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Nick Markakis Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Sammy Sosa Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Ichiro Suzuki Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
External links
- "Career Leaders & Records for Putouts as RF (s.1901)". Baseball-Reference.com.