List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a second baseman leaders
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Putouts are most commonly recorded by second basemen by stepping on second base after receiving a throw from another infielder or the
As strikeout totals have risen in baseball, the frequency of other defensive outs including ground outs has declined; as a result, putout totals for second basemen have likewise declined, and seven of the top eight career leaders began their careers before 1961. Through 2021, only five of the top 19 single-season totals have been recorded since 1936, only eight of the top 70 since 1962, and only two of the top 154 since 1980; only four of the top 500 have been recorded since 2000. Bid McPhee,[2][3][4] who retired in 1899 and is the only second baseman ever to record 500 putouts in a season, is the all-time leader in career putouts as a second baseman with 6,552. Eddie Collins[5] (6,526) and Nellie Fox[6] (6,090) are the only other second basemen with over 6,000 career putouts.
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 second baseman in Major League Baseball |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame |
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Bold | Denotes active player[a] |
List
- Stats updated as of April 16, 2024.
Rank | Player (2023 POs) | Putouts as a second baseman | Other leagues, notes | ||
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MLB | American League | National League | |||
1 | Bid McPhee* | 6,552 | 0 | 3,441 | Includes 3,111 in American Association; holds the single-season record of 529 (set in 1886) |
2 | Eddie Collins* | 6,526 | 6,526 | 0 | |
3 | Nellie Fox* | 6,090 | 5,859 | 231 | |
4 | Joe Morgan* | 5,742 | 201 | 5,541 | |
5 | Nap Lajoie* | 5,496 | 4,543 | 953 | Held American League record, 1901-1902, 1903-1904, 1908-1921; held AL single-season record, 1901-1905, 1908-1922 |
6 | Charlie Gehringer* | 5,369 | 5,369 | 0 | |
7 | Bill Mazeroski* | 4,974 | 0 | 4,974 | Held National League record, 1970-1981 |
8 | Bobby Doerr* | 4,928 | 4,928 | 0 | |
9 | Willie Randolph | 4,859 | 4,366 | 493 | |
10 | Billy Herman* | 4,780 | 0 | 4,780 | Held National League record, 1943-1970; holds the NL single-season record (466 in 1933) |
11 | Lou Whitaker | 4,771 | 4,771 | 0 | |
12 | Frank White | 4,742 | 4,742 | 0 | |
13 | Fred Pfeffer | 4,719 | 0 | 4,278 | Includes 441 in Players' League; held National League record, 1889-1936; held NL single-season record, 1884-1912 |
14 | Red Schoendienst* | 4,616 | 0 | 4,616 | |
15 | Roberto Alomar* | 4,458 | 3,028 | 1,430 | |
16 | Frankie Frisch* | 4,348 | 0 | 4,348 | Held National League record, 1936-1943 |
17 | Bobby Grich | 4,217 | 4,217 | 0 | Holds the American League single-season record (484 in 1974) |
18 | Del Pratt | 4,069 | 4,069 | 0 | |
19 | Robinson Canó | 4,066 | 3,841 | 225 | |
20 | Jeff Kent | 4,016 | 35 | 3,981 | |
21 | Craig Biggio* | 3,992 | 0 | 3,992 | |
22 | Kid Gleason | 3,887 | 655 | 3,232 | |
23 | Cupid Childs | 3,865 | 0 | 3,493 | Includes 372 in American Association |
24 | Ryne Sandberg* | 3,807 | 0 | 3,807 | |
25 | George Cutshaw | 3,762 | 437 | 3,325 | |
26 | Johnny Evers* | 3,758 | 3 | 3,755 | |
27 | Lou Bierbauer | 3,726 | 0 | 1,828 | Includes 1,526 in American Association, 372 in Players' League |
28 | Larry Doyle | 3,635 | 0 | 3,635 | |
29 | Joe Gordon* | 3,600 | 3,600 | 0 | |
30 | Steve Sax | 3,574 | 1,199 | 2,375 | |
31 | Brandon Phillips | 3,548 | 304 | 3,244 | |
32 | Ray Durham | 3,506 | 2,126 | 1,380 | |
33 | Félix Millán | 3,495 | 0 | 3,495 | |
34 | Buddy Myer | 3,487 | 3,487 | 0 | |
35 | Cub Stricker | 3,447 | 0 | 843 | Includes 2,309 in American Association, 295 in Players' League |
36 | Hughie Critz | 3,446 | 0 | 3,446 | |
37 | Claude Ritchey | 3,444 | 0 | 3,444 | |
38 | Bret Boone | 3,443 | 1,465 | 1,978 | |
39 | Ski Melillo | 3,437 | 3,437 | 0 | |
40 | Chase Utley | 3,426 | 0 | 3,426 | |
41 | Miller Huggins* | 3,425 | 0 | 3,425 | |
42 | Frank Bolling | 3,423 | 1,863 | 1,560 | |
43 | Bucky Harris* | 3,412 | 3,412 | 0 | Held the American League single-season record, 1922-1974 |
44 | Manny Trillo | 3,403 | 218 | 3,185 | |
45 | Ian Kinsler | 3,397 | 3,301 | 96 | |
46 | Julián Javier | 3,380 | 0 | 3,380 | |
47 | Tony Lazzeri* | 3,351 | 3,315 | 36 | |
48 | Bobby Lowe | 3,336 | 396 | 2,940 | |
49 | Joe Quinn | 3,329 | 158 | 2,730 | Includes 441 in Players' League |
50 | Luis Castillo | 3,287 | 421 | 2,866 | |
51 | Tony Taylor | 3,274 | 369 | 2,905 | |
52 | Jerry Priddy | 3,226 | 3,226 | 0 | |
53 | Rogers Hornsby* | 3,206 | 31 | 3,175 | |
54 | Dave Cash | 3,185 | 0 | 3,185 | |
55 | Johnny Temple | 3,172 | 549 | 2,623 | |
56 | Davey Lopes | 3,142 | 563 | 2,579 | |
57 | Jim Gantner | 3,139 | 3,139 | 0 | |
58 | Bobby Richardson | 3,125 | 3,125 | 0 | |
59 | Cookie Rojas | 3,100 | 1,630 | 1,470 | |
60 | Jack Burdock | 3,075 | 0 | 2,522 | Includes 381 in National Association, 172 in American Association; held major league record, 1878-1889; held NL record, 1876-1889; held single-season record, 1873-1874, 1879-1884; held NL single-season record, 1876-1884 |
61 | Don Blasingame | 3,065 | 780 | 2,285 | |
62 | Tito Fuentes | 3,046 | 396 | 2,650 | |
63 | Eddie Stanky | 3,030 | 0 | 3,030 | |
64 | Bill Wambsganss | 2,986 | 2,986 | 0 | |
65 | Tom Herr | 2,932 | 140 | 2,792 | |
66 | Ted Sizemore | 2,928 | 69 | 2,859 | |
67 | Fred Dunlap | 2,909 | 0 | 2,559 | Includes 341 in Union Association, 8 in American Association, 1 in Players' League |
68 | Tony Cuccinello | 2,883 | 11 | 2,872 | |
69 | Davey Johnson | 2,837 | 2,273 | 564 | |
70 | Bobby Ávila | 2,820 | 2,717 | 103 | |
71 | Glenn Hubbard | 2,795 | 277 | 2,518 | |
72 | Joe Gerhardt | 2,794 | 0 | 1,446 | Includes 1,320 in American Association, 28 in National Association |
73 | Jimmy Williams | 2,759 | 2,759 | 0 | |
74 | Max Bishop | 2,752 | 2,752 | 0 | |
75 | Harold Reynolds | 2,749 | 2,749 | 0 | |
76 | Otto Knabe | 2,743 | 0 | 2,251 | Includes 492 in Federal League |
77 | Ron Hunt | 2,734 | 0 | 2,734 | |
78 | Glenn Beckert | 2,710 | 0 | 2,710 | |
79 | Bill Hallman | 2,701 | 0 | 2,351 | Includes 327 in American Association, 23 in Players' League |
80 | Tommy Helms | 2,688 | 4 | 2,684 | |
81 | Horace Clarke | 2,682 | 2,642 | 40 | |
Johnny Ray | 2,682 | 766 | 1,916 | ||
83 | Mark Ellis | 2,671 | 2,042 | 629 | |
84 | Tom Daly | 2,652 | 408 | 2,244 | |
85 | Orlando Hudson | 2,635 | 1,236 | 1,399 | |
86 | Eric Young | 2,623 | 41 | 2,582 | |
87 | Bill Doran | 2,619 | 28 | 2,591 | |
88 | Robby Thompson | 2,611 | 0 | 2,611 | |
89 | Delino DeShields | 2,608 | 349 | 2,259 | |
90 | Ron Oester | 2,591 | 0 | 2,591 | |
91 | Juan Samuel | 2,580 | 48 | 2,532 | |
92 | Dustin Pedroia | 2,574 | 2,574 | 0 | |
93 | Rod Carew* | 2,573 | 2,573 | 0 | |
94 | Sandy Alomar | 2,572 | 2,517 | 55 | |
95 | Rennie Stennett | 2,568 | 0 | 2,568 | |
96 | Bobby Knoop | 2,566 | 2,566 | 0 | |
97 | Jim Gilliam | 2,546 | 0 | 2,279 | Includes 267 in Negro National League (second) (incomplete) |
98 | Chuck Knoblauch | 2,529 | 2,529 | 0 | |
99 | Dick Green | 2,518 | 2,518 | 0 | |
100 | Hobe Ferris | 2,501 | 2,501 | 0 | Held American League record, 1902-1903, 1904-1908; held AL single-season record, 1907-1908 |
Other Hall of Famers
Player | Putouts as second baseman | Other leagues, notes | ||
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MLB | American League | National League | ||
Jackie Robinson* | 1,877 | 0 | 1,877 | |
Rabbit Maranville* | 1,268 | 0 | 1,268 | |
John Montgomery Ward* | 1,226 | 0 | 1,226 | |
Paul Molitor* | 926 | 926 | 0 | |
George Kelly* | 337 | 0 | 337 | |
Ed Delahanty* | 316 | 0 | 262 | Includes 54 in Players' League |
John Henry Lloyd* | 244 | 0 | 0 | Includes 244 in Eastern Colored League (incomplete) |
Roger Connor* | 239 | 0 | 239 | |
George Davis* | 239 | 195 | 44 | |
Ray Dandridge* | 86 | 0 | 0 | Includes 86 in Negro National League (second) (incomplete) |
Joe Cronin* | 58 | 1 | 57 | |
Martín Dihigo* | 39 | 0 | 0 | Includes 28 in American Negro League, 7 in Negro National League (second), 4 in Eastern Colored League (incomplete) |
Adrián Beltré* | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Grant* | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unavailable pre-Negro league figures |
Notes
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
References
- Baseball-Reference. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ "Bid McPhee Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ Moses, Ralph. "Bid McPhee Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Bid McPhee Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Eddie Collins Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Nellie Fox Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
External links
- "Career Leaders & Records for Putouts as 2B". Baseball-Reference.com.