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.
Stats updated as of July 3, 2024.
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 (610)
15,326
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
Iván Rodríguez *
14,922
53
Derrek Lee
14,910
54
Paul Goldschmidt (634)
14,882
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
Ryan Howard
12,351
96
Carlos Santana (523)
12,323
97
Rudy York
12,308
98
Brian McCann
12,165
99
Walter Holke
12,158
100
Hal Trosky
12,125
Notes
^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
References
External links
"Career Leaders & Records for Putouts" . Baseball-Reference.com .
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