List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a pitcher leaders

Greg Maddux, the all-time leader in putouts by a pitcher.

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, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important defensive player, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and closer.

Greg Maddux^[1][2][3] is the all-time leader in putouts by a pitcher with 546 career. Maddux is the only pitcher to record more than 400 career putouts.

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Zack Greinke, the active leader in putouts by a pitcher and 19th all-time.

• Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.

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