List of Major League Baseball career putouts leaders
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.
Jake Beckley is the all-time leader in career putouts with 23,743. Cap Anson (22,572), Ed Konetchy (21,378), Eddie Murray (21,265), Charlie Grimm (20,722), and Stuffy McInnis (20,120) are the only other players to record 20,000 career putouts.
Key
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2020 POs) | Number of recorded putouts during the 2020 Major League Baseball season. |
PO | Total career putouts. |
* | denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1] |
List
- Stats updated as of the 2020 season
Rank | Player (2020 POs) | PO |
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1 | Jake Beckley * | 23,743 |
2 | Cap Anson * | 22,572 |
3 | Ed Konetchy | 21,378 |
4 | Eddie Murray * | 21,265 |
5 | Charlie Grimm | 20,722 |
6 | Stuffy McInnis | 20,120 |
7 | Mickey Vernon | 19,819 |
8 | Jake Daubert | 19,634 |
9 | Lou Gehrig * | 19,525 |
10 | Joe Kuhel | 19,386 |
11 | Joe Judge | 19,265 |
12 | Steve Garvey | 19,004 |
13 | Fred McGriff | 18,985 |
14 | George Sisler * | 18,914 |
15 | Todd Helton | 18,905 |
16 | Wally Pipp | 18,779 |
17 | Mark Grace | 18,503 |
18 | Hal Chase | 18,346 |
19 | Jim Bottomley * | 18,337 |
20 | Fred Tenney | 18,278 |
21 | Andrés Galarraga | 18,224 |
22 | Rafael Palmeiro | 18,128 |
23 | Roger Connor * | 18,115 |
24 | Keith Hernandez | 17,916 |
25 | Jimmie Foxx * | 17,797 |
26 | Chris Chambliss | 17,771 |
27 | Willie McCovey * | 17,567 |
28 | Jeff Bagwell * | 17,546 |
29 | Albert Pujols (165) | 17,066 |
30 | George Burns | 16,970 |
31 | Will Clark | 16,695 |
32 | Tommy Tucker | 16,433 |
33 | Dan Brouthers * | 16,422 |
34 | John Olerud | 16,165 |
35 | Wally Joyner | 16,081 |
36 | Bill Terry * | 15,999 |
37 | Paul Konerko | 15,965 |
38 | Harry Davis | 15,866 |
39 | Gil Hodges | 15,722 |
40 | Lu Blue | 15,647 |
41 | George Scott | 15,601 |
42 | Fred Merkle | 15,513 |
43 | Carlos Delgado | 15,236 |
44 | Norm Cash | 15,173 |
45 | Tony Pérez * | 15,127 |
46 | Bill Buckner | 15,126 |
47 | Tino Martinez | 15,001 |
48 | Mark Teixeira | 14,989 |
49 | Adrián González | 14,983 |
50 | Iván Rodríguez * | 14,922 |
Rank | Player (2020 POs) | PO |
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51 | Derrek Lee | 14,910 |
52 | Johnny Mize * | 14,862 |
53 | Orlando Cepeda * | 14,829 |
54 | George Kelly * | 14,690 |
55 | Mark McGwire | 14,464 |
56 | Don Mattingly | 14,270 |
57 | Ernie Banks * | 14,206 |
58 | Eric Karros | 14,056 |
59 | Charles Comiskey * | 13,900 |
60 | Yadier Molina (310) | 13,850 |
61 | Frank McCormick | 13,803 |
Dan McGann | 13,803 | |
63 | Kent Hrbek | 13,725 |
64 | Dolph Camilli | 13,724 |
65 | Joe Adcock | 13,678 |
66 | Rod Carew * | 13,510 |
67 | George McQuinn | 13,414 |
68 | Cecil Cooper | 13,361 |
69 | Elbie Fletcher | 13,237 |
70 | John Mayberry | 13,169 |
71 | Fred Luderus | 13,126 |
72 | Gus Suhr | 13,104 |
73 | Joey Votto (299) | 13,095 |
74 | Jason Kendall | 13,067 |
75 | Lee May | 13,029 |
76 | Bill White | 13,015 |
77 | George Stovall | 12,899 |
78 | Brad Ausmus | 12,856 |
79 | J.T. Snow | 12,855 |
80 | Kitty Bransfield | 12,805 |
81 | Boog Powell | 12,796 |
82 | Ted Kluszewski | 12,652 |
83 | A. J. Pierzynski | 12,600 |
84 | Dick Hoblitzell | 12,591 |
85 | Jack Fournier | 12,535 |
86 | Candy LaChance | 12,506 |
87 | Gary Carter * | 12,490 |
88 | Stan Musial * | 12,439 |
89 | Phil Cavarretta | 12,435 |
90 | Pete Rose | 12,394 |
91 | Ryan Howard | 12,351 |
92 | Rudy York | 12,308 |
93 | Brian McCann | 12,165 |
94 | Walter Holke | 12,158 |
95 | Hal Trosky | 12,125 |
96 | Adam LaRoche | 12,072 |
97 | Earl Sheely | 12,067 |
98 | Bill Skowron | 12,052 |
99 | Jason Thompson | 11,818 |
100 | Lyle Overbay | 11,760 |
Notes
- A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.