List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a left 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.
In baseball, a left fielder (LF) is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the left fielder is assigned the number 7.
Barry Bonds[1][2] is the all-time leader in putouts as a left fielder with 5,226 career putouts. Rickey Henderson[3] (5,215) is second all-time and then only other left fielder with over 5,000 career putouts.
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 LF | Total career putouts as a left fielder. |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Denotes active player.[a] |
List[]
- Stats updated as of September 21, 2021
Rank | Player (2021 POs) | PO as LF |
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1 | Barry Bonds | 5,226 |
2 | Rickey Henderson * | 5,215 |
3 | Zack Wheat * | 4,944 |
4 | Luis Gonzalez | 4,442 |
5 | Goose Goslin * | 3,826 |
6 | Tim Raines * | 3,769 |
7 | Lou Brock * | 3,710 |
8 | Bobby Veach | 3,624 |
9 | Ted Williams * | 3,541 |
10 | Carl Yastrzemski * | 3,521 |
11 | Joe Medwick * | 3,455 |
12 | Jimmy Sheckard | 3,402 |
13 | Sherry Magee | 3,283 |
14 | Bob Johnson | 3,443 |
15 | Carl Crawford | 3,182 |
16 | Roy White | 3,158 |
17 | Carlos Lee | 3,049 |
18 | Jim Rice * | 3,027 |
19 | Charlie Jamieson | 2,983 |
20 | George Foster | 2,963 |
21 | Minnie Miñoso * | 2,934 |
22 | Matt Holliday | 2,842 |
23 | Billy Williams * | 2,811 |
24 | Fred Clarke * | 2,784 |
25 | José Cruz | 2,773 |
26 | Al Simmons * | 2,772 |
27 | Alex Gordon | 2,699 |
28 | Garret Anderson | 2,675 |
29 | Joe Vosmik | 2,613 |
30 | Duffy Lewis | 2,577 |
31 | Ralph Kiner * | 2,543 |
32 | Heinie Manush * | 2,539 |
33 | Greg Vaughn | 2,521 |
34 | Ken Williams | 2,515 |
35 | Raúl Ibañez | 2,510 |
36 | George Burns | 2,506 |
37 | Del Ennis | 2,481 |
38 | Gary Matthews | 2,440 |
39 | Jack Graney | 2,307 |
40 | Bibb Falk | 2,306 |
41 | Ben Oglivie | 2,296 |
42 | Gene Woodling | 2,215 |
43 | Jeff Heath | 2,214 |
44 | Joe Rudi | 2,208 |
45 | Shannon Stewart | 2,192 |
46 | Bob Bescher | 2,191 |
47 | Jason Bay | 2,183 |
48 | Lonnie Smith | 2,173 |
49 | Ryan Braun | 2,151 |
50 | Vince Coleman | 2,109 |
Rank | Player (2021 POs) | PO as LF |
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51 | Ron Gant | 2,108 |
52 | Albert Belle | 2,107 |
53 | Jo-Jo Moore | 2,092 |
54 | George Bell | 2,080 |
55 | Gus Zernial | 2,070 |
56 | Mike Greenwell | 2,031 |
57 | Lou Piniella | 2,025 |
58 | Pat Burrell | 2,016 |
59 | Irish Meusel | 1,981 |
60 | Babe Ruth * | 1,978 |
61 | Topsy Hartsel | 1,976 |
62 | Carson Bigbee | 1,953 |
63 | Hank Sauer | 1,941 |
64 | Moisés Alou | 1,938 |
65 | Augie Galan | 1,918 |
66 | Kevin McReynolds | 1,883 |
67 | Alfonso Soriano | 1,881 |
68 | Willie Stargell * | 1,863 |
69 | Dusty Baker | 1,861 |
70 | Greg Luzinski | 1,839 |
71 | Charlie Keller | 1,834 |
72 | Justin Upton (121) | 1,817 |
73 | Cliff Floyd | 1,814 |
74 | Bernard Gilkey | 1,798 |
75 | Adam Dunn | 1,794 |
76 | Steve Kemp | 1,786 |
77 | Gary Ward | 1,783 |
78 | Patsy Dougherty | 1,777 |
79 | Matty McIntyre | 1,749 |
80 | Brett Gardner (48) | 1,747 |
81 | Luis Polonia | 1,740 |
82 | Dale Mitchell | 1,739 |
83 | Willie Horton | 1,735 |
84 | Geoff Jenkins | 1,690 |
85 | Dan Gladden | 1,662 |
86 | Larry Herndon | 1,648 |
87 | Steve Henderson | 1,635 |
88 | Tommy Davis | 1,632 |
89 | Riggs Stephenson | 1,629 |
90 | B. J. Surhoff | 1,626 |
91 | Rusty Greer | 1,621 |
92 | Manny Ramirez | 1,597 |
93 | Melky Cabrera | 1,590 |
94 | Charlie Maxwell | 1,579 |
95 | Phil Bradley | 1,575 |
96 | Stan Musial * | 1,571 |
97 | Sid Gordon | 1,559 |
98 | Willie Wilson | 1,552 |
99 | Jeffrey Leonard | 1,543 |
100 | Josh Willingham | 1,542 |
Notes[]
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
References[]
- ^ "Barry Bonds Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ West, Steve. "Barry Bonds Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Rickey Henderson Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
External links[]
- "Career Leaders & Records for Putouts as LF (s.1901)". Baseball-Reference.com.
- Major League Baseball statistics
- Major League Baseball lists