List of Major League Baseball career assists as a first baseman leaders
In baseball, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is credited to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball (after it has been hit by the batter) before the recording of a putout, even if the contact was unintentional. For example, if a ball strikes a player's leg and bounces off him to another fielder, who tags the baserunner, the first player is credited with an assist. A fielder can receive a maximum of one assist per out recorded. An assist is also credited if a putout would have occurred, had another fielder not committed an error. For example, a shortstop might field a ground ball cleanly, but the first baseman might drop his throw. In this case, an error would be charged to the first baseman, and the shortstop would be credited with an assist.
First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team. A first baseman is the player on the team playing defense who fields the area nearest first base and is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base.
Eddie Murray[1][2][3] is the all-time leader with 1,865 career assists. Only 57 first basemen have recorded 1,000 or more career assists, with Joey Votto[4] and Albert Pujols[5] being the two active players with 1,000 or more career assists.
Key[]
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career assists. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2021 As) | Number of recorded assists during the 2021 Major League Baseball season. |
A | Total career assists. |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Denotes active player.[a] |
List[]
- Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.
Rank | Player (2021 As) | A |
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1 | Eddie Murray * | 1,865 |
2 | Todd Helton | 1,726 |
3 | Jeff Bagwell * | 1,704 |
4 | Joey Votto (99) | 1,692 |
5 | Keith Hernandez | 1,682 |
6 | Mark Grace | 1,665 |
7 | Albert Pujols (30) | 1,620 |
8 | Rafael Palmeiro | 1,587 |
9 | George Sisler * | 1,529 |
10 | Wally Joyner | 1,470 |
11 | Mickey Vernon | 1,448 |
12 | Fred McGriff | 1,447 |
13 | John Olerud | 1,418 |
14 | Adrian Gonzalez | 1,391 |
15 | Andres Galarraga | 1,376 |
16 | Derrek Lee | 1,367 |
17 | Fred Tenney | 1,363 |
18 | Eric Karros | 1,359 |
19 | Bill Buckner | 1,351 |
Chris Chambliss | 1,351 | |
21 | Norm Cash | 1,317 |
22 | Jake Beckley * | 1,316 |
23 | Joe Judge | 1,301 |
24 | Will Clark | 1,294 |
25 | Ed Konetchy | 1,292 |
26 | Gil Hodges * | 1,281 |
27 | Stuffy McInnis | 1,238 |
28 | Jimmie Foxx * | 1,222 |
Willie McCovey * | 1,222 | |
30 | Charlie Grimm | 1,214 |
31 | Anthony Rizzo (118) | 1,172 |
32 | Joe Kuhel | 1,163 |
33 | Tino Martinez | 1,159 |
34 | Wally Pipp | 1,152 |
35 | George Scott | 1,132 |
36 | Jake Daubert | 1,128 |
37 | Paul Konerko | 1,111 |
38 | Bill Terry * | 1,108 |
39 | Don Mattingly | 1,104 |
40 | George Burns | 1,094 |
41 | Lou Gehrig * | 1,087 |
42 | Vic Power | 1,078 |
43 | George McQuinn | 1,074 |
44 | Carlos Delgado | 1,064 |
Pete O'Brien | 1,064 | |
46 | Hal Chase | 1,049 |
Kent Hrbek | 1,049 | |
48 | Mark McGwire | 1,042 |
49 | Johnny Mize * | 1,032 |
50 | Steve Garvey | 1,026 |
Rank | Player (2021 As) | A |
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51 | Mike Hargrove | 1,026 |
52 | Lu Blue | 1,016 |
J. T. Snow | 1,016 | |
54 | Orlando Cepeda * | 1,026 |
55 | Frank McCormick | 1,001 |
56 | Cecil Cooper | 1,000 |
Lyle Overbay | 1,000 | |
58 | Cap Anson * | 983 |
59 | Elbie Fletcher | 975 |
60 | Mark Teixeira | 966 |
61 | Eric Hosmer (92) | 964 |
62 | Rudy York | 963 |
63 | Paul Goldschmidt (106) | 962 |
64 | Bill White | 960 |
65 | Dolph Camilli | 957 |
66 | Harry Davis | 950 |
67 | Richie Sexson | 944 |
68 | Tony Perez * | 936 |
69 | Adam LaRoche | 935 |
70 | Ferris Fain | 927 |
71 | Justin Morneau | 921 |
72 | Carlos Peña | 906 |
73 | Bill Skowron | 903 |
74 | Lee May | 894 |
75 | Freddie Freeman (101) | 888 |
76 | Joe Adcock | 879 |
77 | George Kelly * | 861 |
78 | Boog Powell | 859 |
79 | Roger Connor * | 857 |
80 | Fred Luderus | 847 |
81 | George Stovall | 846 |
81 | Fred Luderus | 843 |
83 | Ryan Howard | 828 |
84 | John Mayberry | 827 |
85 | Donn Clendenon | 819 |
Jason Thompson | 819 | |
87 | Jim Bottomley * | 814 |
Earl Torgeson | 814 | |
89 | Ernie Banks * | 809 |
90 | Ted Kluszewski | 799 |
Willie Upshaw | 799 | |
92 | Dan McGann | 798 |
93 | Jim Spencer | 797 |
94 | Phil Cavarretta | 796 |
95 | Jack Fournier | 788 |
96 | Sid Bream | 786 |
97 | Ed Kranepool | 779 |
98 | Rod Carew * | 774 |
99 | James Loney | 768 |
100 | David Segui | 766 |
Gus Suhr | 766 |
Notes[]
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
References[]
- ^ "Eddie Murray Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ^ Cohen, Alan. "Eddie Murray Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ^ "Eddie Murray Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Joey Votto Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ^ "Joey Votto Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
External links[]
- "Career Leaders & Records for Assists as 1B". Baseball-Reference.com.
- Major League Baseball statistics
- Major League Baseball lists