List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a right fielder leaders
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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 right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the right fielder is assigned the number 9.
Paul Waner[1][2][3] is the all-time leader in putouts by a right fielder with 4,533 career. Roberto Clemente[4] (4,459), Dwight Evans[5] (4,247), Hank Aaron[6] (4,161), Tony Gwynn[7] (4,052), Nick Markakis[8] (4,025), Sammy Sosa[9] (4,017), and Ichiro Suzuki[10] (4,005) are the only other right fielders to record over 4,000 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 RF | Total career putouts as a right fielder. |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Denotes active player.[a] |
List[]
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- Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.
Rank | Player (2021 POs) | PO as RF |
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1 | Paul Waner * | 4,533 |
2 | Roberto Clemente * | 4,459 |
3 | Dwight Evans | 4,247 |
4 | Hank Aaron * | 4,161 |
5 | Tony Gwynn * | 4,052 |
6 | Nick Markakis | 4,025 |
7 | Sammy Sosa | 4,017 |
8 | Ichiro Suzuki | 4,005 |
9 | Al Kaline * | 3,865 |
10 | Mel Ott * | 3,767 |
11 | Harry Hooper * | 3,755 |
12 | Bobby Abreu | 3,733 |
13 | Dave Winfield * | 3,657 |
14 | Dave Parker | 3,633 |
15 | Reggie Jackson * | 3,624 |
16 | Paul O'Neill | 3,544 |
17 | Jermaine Dye | 3,237 |
18 | Vladimir Guerrero * | 3,166 |
19 | Magglio Ordóñez | 3,155 |
20 | Tom Brunansky | 3,146 |
21 | Wally Moses | 3,138 |
22 | Larry Walker * | 3,124 |
23 | Shawn Green | 3,053 |
24 | Johnny Callison | 2,954 |
25 | Bobby Bonds | 2,917 |
26 | Rusty Staub | 2,907 |
27 | Hunter Pence | 2,889 |
28 | Sam Rice * | 2,864 |
29 | Jay Bruce | 2,827 |
30 | Jesse Barfield | 2,772 |
31 | Tim Salmon | 2,700 |
32 | Rubén Sierra | 2,626 |
33 | Jason Heyward (157) | 2,593 |
34 | Raúl Mondesí | 2,571 |
35 | Bill Nicholson | 2,565 |
36 | Harry Heilmann * | 2,562 |
37 | Enos Slaughter * | 2,555 |
38 | Jeromy Burnitz | 2,473 |
39 | Carl Furillo | 2,467 |
40 | Jay Buhner | 2,450 |
41 | Alex Ríos | 2,446 |
42 | Jeff Francoeur | 2,428 |
43 | Al Cowens | 2,389 |
44 | J. D. Drew | 2,352 |
45 | Chuck Klein * | 2,342 |
46 | Darryl Strawberry | 2,337 |
47 | Curt Walker | 2,333 |
48 | Sam Crawford * | 2,312 |
49 | Reggie Sanders | 2,310 |
50 | Rocky Colavito | 2,295 |
Rank | Player (2021 POs) | PO as RF |
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51 | Andre Dawson * | 2,280 |
52 | Jackie Jensen | 2,264 |
53 | Tony Oliva * | 2,260 |
54 | Frank Robinson * | 2,251 |
55 | Ken Singleton | 2,245 |
56 | Jose Guillen | 2,213 |
57 | Babe Ruth * | 2,146 |
58 | Tommy Griffith | 2,138 |
59 | Sixto Lezcano | 2,137 |
60 | Ross Youngs * | 2,116 |
61 | Dixie Walker | 2,097 |
62 | Giancarlo Stanton (28) | 2,086 |
63 | Gary Sheffield | 2,042 |
64 | Hank Bauer | 2,032 |
65 | Roger Maris | 2,017 |
66 | Kole Calhoun (67) | 2,016 |
67 | Harold Baines * | 1,982 |
68 | Josh Reddick (60) | 1,958 |
69 | Brian Jordan | 1,956 |
70 | Jack Clark | 1,939 |
71 | Pete Fox | 1,929 |
72 | Bing Miller | 1,925 |
73 | Jayson Werth | 1,921 |
74 | José Bautista | 1,907 |
75 | Bruce Campbell | 1,903 |
76 | Shin-Soo Choo | 1,893 |
77 | Max Flack | 1,881 |
78 | Rob Deer | 1,871 |
79 | Jack Tobin | 1,866 |
80 | Babe Herman | 1,857 |
81 | Ival Goodman | 1,851 |
82 | Chief Wilson | 1,845 |
83 | Claudell Washington | 1,844 |
84 | Glenn Wilson | 1,843 |
85 | John Titus | 1,837 |
86 | Ken Griffey Sr. | 1,816 |
87 | Nelson Cruz (0) | 1,770 |
88 | Austin Kearns | 1,766 |
89 | Elmer Valo | 1,762 |
90 | Don Mueller | 1,752 |
91 | Frank Schulte | 1,736 |
92 | Billy Southworth * | 1,724 |
93 | Trot Nixon | 1,723 |
94 | David Justice | 1,693 |
95 | Brian Giles | 1,686 |
96 | Reggie Smith | 1,670 |
97 | Dante Bichette | 1,664 |
98 | Matt Lawton | 1,659 |
99 | Tommy Henrich | 1,658 |
100 | Willard Marshall | 1,654 |
Notes[]
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
- ^ "Paul Waner Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ Wancho, Joseph. "Paul Waner Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Paul Waner Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Roberto Clemente Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Dwight Evans Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Hank Aaron Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Tony Gwynn Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Nick Markakis Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Sammy Sosa Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Ichiro Suzuki Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
External links[]
- "Career Leaders & Records for Putouts as RF (s.1901)". Baseball-Reference.com.
- Major League Baseball statistics
- Major League Baseball lists