List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a center fielder 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.
A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the center fielder is assigned the number 8.
Willie Mays[1][2][3] is the all-time leader in putouts as a center fielder with 7,024 career putouts. Mays is the only center fielder to record more than 7,000 career putouts as a center fielder.
Key[]
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2021 POs) | Number of recorded putouts during the 2021 Major League Baseball season. |
PO as CF | Total career putouts as a center fielder. |
* | 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 POs) | PO as CF |
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1 | Willie Mays * | 7,024 |
2 | Tris Speaker * | 6,757 |
3 | Richie Ashburn * | 5,803 |
4 | Steve Finley | 5,348 |
5 | Willie Davis | 5,279 |
6 | Ty Cobb * | 5,156 |
7 | Ken Griffey Jr. * | 5,147 |
8 | Brett Butler | 4,947 |
9 | Kenny Lofton | 4,758 |
10 | Amos Otis | 4,743 |
11 | Marquis Grissom | 4,706 |
12 | Mike Cameron | 4,700 |
13 | Doc Cramer | 4,661 |
14 | Max Carey * | 4,580 |
15 | Bernie Williams | 4,576 |
16 | Andruw Jones | 4,456 |
17 | Devon White | 4,413 |
18 | Garry Maddox | 4,387 |
19 | Jim Edmonds | 4,341 |
20 | Edd Roush * | 4,327 |
21 | Paul Blair | 4,270 |
22 | Lloyd Waner * | 4,225 |
23 | Joe DiMaggio * | 4,161 |
24 | Carlos Beltrán | 4,133 |
25 | Fred Lynn | 4,093 |
26 | Chet Lemon | 4,081 |
27 | Curt Flood | 4,019 |
28 | Mickey Mantle * | 4,016 |
29 | Adam Jones | 3,964 |
30 | Torii Hunter | 3,948 |
31 | Kirby Puckett * | 3,853 |
32 | Vada Pinson | 3,816 |
33 | Bill Bruton | 3,808 |
34 | Earl Averill * | 3,699 |
35 | Duke Snider * | 3,641 |
36 | Bill Virdon | 3,637 |
37 | César Cedeño | 3,636 |
38 | Rick Manning | 3,533 |
39 | Clyde Milan | 3,518 |
40 | Dom DiMaggio | 3,513 |
41 | Willie Wilson | 3,465 |
42 | Dwayne Murphy | 3,442 |
43 | Sam West | 3,412 |
44 | Larry Doby * | 3,393 |
45 | Cy Williams | 3,283 |
46 | Lance Johnson | 3,379 |
47 | Dode Paskert | 3,378 |
48 | Lloyd Moseby | 3,349 |
49 | Willie McGee | 3,336 |
50 | Jim Busby | 3,265 |
Rank | Player (2021 POs) | PO as CF |
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51 | Omar Moreno | 3,253 |
52 | Rick Monday | 3,246 |
53 | Johnny Damon | 3,144 |
54 | Vernon Wells | 3,132 |
55 | Jimmy Piersall | 3,121 |
56 | Lenny Dykstra | 3,090 |
57 | Brian McRae | 3,084 |
58 | Robin Yount * | 3,056 |
59 | Curtis Granderson | 2,989 |
60 | Mickey Rivers | 2,967 |
61 | Andrew McCutchen (0) | 2,954 |
62 | Gary Pettis | 2,940 |
63 | Dave Henderson | 2,926 |
64 | Baby Doll Jacobson | 2,911 |
65 | Earle Combs * | 2,898 |
66 | Taylor Douthit | 2,873 |
67 | Sam Chapman | 2,846 |
68 | Andre Dawson * | 2,826 |
69 | Hi Myers | 2,818 |
70 | Ray Lankford | 2,804 |
71 | Carlos Gómez | 2,781 |
72 | Andy Van Slyke | 2,762 |
73 | Coco Crisp | 2,761 |
74 | Bill North | 2,759 |
75 | Melvin Upton Jr. | 2,758 |
76 | Otis Nixon | 2,751 |
77 | Jim Landis | 2,745 |
78 | Mike Kreevich | 2,742 |
79 | Juan Pierre | 2,740 |
80 | Mike Trout (53) | 2,738 |
81 | Aaron Rowand | 2,729 |
82 | Michael Bourn | 2,699 |
83 | Del Unser | 2,684 |
84 | Mookie Wilson | 2,682 |
85 | Jimmy Wynn | 2,669 |
86 | Mickey Stanley | 2,666 |
87 | Terry Moore | 2,651 |
88 | Denard Span | 2,632 |
89 | Bill Tuttle | 2,600 |
90 | Gorman Thomas | 2,582 |
91 | Jacoby Ellsbury | 2,575 |
92 | Ruppert Jones | 2,543 |
93 | Roy Thomas | 2,526 |
94 | Bobby Thomson | 2,516 |
95 | César Gerónimo | 2,505 |
96 | Fred Schulte | 2,493 |
97 | Vince DiMaggio | 2,490 |
98 | Lorenzo Cain (154) | 2,486 |
99 | Austin Jackson | 2,432 |
100 | Tommy Leach | 2,397 |
Notes[]
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
References[]
- ^ "Willie Mays Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ Saccoman, John. "Willie Mays Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Willie Mays Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
External links[]
- "Career Leaders & Records for Putouts as CF (s.1901)". Baseball-Reference.com.
- Major League Baseball statistics
- Major League Baseball lists