Jake Beckley, the all-time leader in career putouts.

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[1][2][3] is the all-time leader in career putouts with 23,743. Cap Anson[4] (22,572), Ed Konetchy[5] (21,378), Eddie Murray[6] (21,265), Charlie Grimm[7] (20,722), and Stuffy McInnis[8] (20,120) are the only other players to record 20,000 career putouts.

Key

Rank Among leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2024 POs) Recorded putouts in 2024.
PO Career putouts.
* Elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold Active player.[a]

List

Freddy Freeman, the active leader in putouts and 43rd all-time.
Rank Player (2024 POs) PO
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 Albert Pujols 17,620
28 Willie McCovey* 17,567
29 Jeff Bagwell* 17,546
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 Freddie Freeman (687) 15,403
44 Carlos Delgado 15,236
45 Yadier Molina 15,232
46 Norm Cash 15,173
47 Tony Pérez* 15,127
48 Bill Buckner 15,126
49 Tino Martinez 15,001
50 Mark Teixeira 14,989
Rank Player (2024 POs) PO
51 Adrián González 14,983
52 Paul Goldschmidt (717) 14,965
53 Iván Rodríguez* 14,922
54 Derrek Lee 14,910
55 Johnny Mize* 14,862
56 Orlando Cepeda* 14,829
57 Joey Votto (0) 14,736
58 George Kelly* 14,690
59 Mark McGwire 14,464
60 Don Mattingly 14,270
61 Ernie Banks* 14,206
62 Eric Karros 14,056
63 Charles Comiskey* 13,900
64 Frank McCormick 13,803
Dan McGann 13,803
66 Kent Hrbek 13,725
67 Dolph Camilli 13,724
68 Joe Adcock 13,678
69 Rod Carew* 13,510
70 George McQuinn 13,414
71 Cecil Cooper 13,361
72 Elbie Fletcher 13,237
73 John Mayberry 13,169
74 Fred Luderus 13,126
75 Gus Suhr 13,104
76 Jason Kendall 13,067
77 Lee May 13,029
78 Bill White 13,015
79 Anthony Rizzo (450) 12,976
80 George Stovall 12,899
81 Brad Ausmus 12,856
82 J.T. Snow 12,855
83 Kitty Bransfield 12,805
84 Boog Powell 12,796
85 Ted Kluszewski 12,652
86 A. J. Pierzynski 12,600
87 Dick Hoblitzell 12,591
88 Eric Hosmer 12,555
89 Jack Fournier 12,535
90 Candy LaChance 12,506
91 Gary Carter* 12,490
92 Stan Musial* 12,439
93 Phil Cavarretta 12,435
94 Pete Rose 12,394
95 Carlos Santana (573) 12,373
95 Ryan Howard 12,351
97 Rudy York 12,308
98 Brian McCann 12,165
99 Walter Holke 12,158
100 Hal Trosky 12,125

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Jake Beckley Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Jake Beckley Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Fleitz, David. "Jake Beckley Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Cap Anson Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Ed Konetchy Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Eddie Murray Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Charlie Grimm Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Stuffy McInnis Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

External links

"Career Leaders & Records for Putouts". Baseball-Reference.com.

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