List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a third baseman 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 third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the third baseman is assigned the number '5'.
The third baseman requires good reflexes in reacting to batted balls, as he or she is often the closest infielder (roughly 90–120 feet) to the batter. The third base position requires a strong and accurate arm, as the third baseman often makes long throws to first base. The third baseman sometimes must throw quickly to second base in time to start a double play. The third baseman must also field fly balls in fair and foul territory.
Brooks Robinson[1][2][3] is the all-time leader in career putouts as a third baseman with 2,697. Robinson is the only third baseman with more than 2,500 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 3B | Total career putouts as a third baseman. |
* | 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 3B |
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1 | Brooks Robinson * | 2,697 |
2 | Jimmy Collins * | 2,372 |
3 | Eddie Yost | 2,356 |
4 | Lave Cross | 2,310 |
5 | Pie Traynor * | 2,289 |
6 | Billy Nash | 2,222 |
7 | Adrián Beltré | 2,194 |
8 | Home Run Baker * | 2,154 |
9 | Willie Kamm | 2,151 |
10 | Eddie Mathews * | 2,049 |
11 | Willie Jones | 2,045 |
12 | Jimmy Austin | 2,042 |
13 | Arlie Latham | 1,976 |
14 | Ron Santo * | 1,955 |
15 | Stan Hack | 1,944 |
16 | Graig Nettles | 1,898 |
17 | Pinky Higgins | 1,848 |
18 | George Kell * | 1,825 |
19 | Billy Shindle | 1,815 |
20 | Buddy Bell | 1,798 |
21 | Larry Gardner | 1,789 |
22 | Harlond Clift | 1,777 |
Jerry Denny | 1,777 | |
24 | Harry Steinfeldt | 1,776 |
25 | Bill Bradley | 1,755 |
26 | Gary Gaetti | 1,699 |
27 | Denny Lyons | 1,675 |
28 | Tim Wallach | 1,662 |
29 | Sal Bando | 1,647 |
30 | Mike Schmidt * | 1,591 |
31 | Ken Keltner | 1,576 |
32 | Ken Boyer | 1,567 |
33 | Ossie Bluege | 1,551 |
34 | Wade Boggs * | 1,550 |
35 | Aurelio Rodríguez | 1,529 |
36 | Ron Cey | 1,500 |
37 | Scott Rolen | 1,478 |
38 | Robin Ventura | 1,471 |
39 | Clete Boyer | 1,470 |
40 | Bobby Byrne | 1,456 |
Heinie Groh | 1,456 | |
42 | Pinky Whitney | 1,455 |
43 | Hick Carpenter | 1,450 |
44 | Bob Elliott | 1,448 |
45 | Art Devlin | 1,399 |
46 | Milt Stock | 1,392 |
47 | Terry Pendleton | 1,386 |
48 | Carney Lansford | 1,382 |
49 | George Brett * | 1,372 |
50 | Mike Mowrey | 1,363 |
Rank | Player (2021 POs) | PO as 3B |
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51 | Jimmy Dykes | 1,361 |
52 | George Pinkney | 1,343 |
53 | Tommy Leach | 1,323 |
54 | Doc Casey | 1,312 |
55 | Frank Malzone | 1,308 |
56 | Matt Williams | 1,293 |
57 | Hans Lobert | 1,292 |
58 | Eddie Foster | 1,289 |
59 | Darrell Evans | 1,273 |
60 | Bill Coughlin | 1,269 |
61 | Billy Werber | 1,264 |
62 | Ken McMullen | 1,259 |
63 | Doug DeCinces | 1,256 |
64 | Ezra Sutton | 1,252 |
65 | Ken Caminiti | 1,251 |
66 | Evan Longoria (47) | 1,240 |
67 | Joe Mulvey | 1,235 |
68 | Charlie Irwin | 1,228 |
69 | Red Rolfe | 1,220 |
70 | Don Hoak | 1,219 |
71 | Red Smith | 1,210 |
72 | Aramis Ramírez | 1,197 |
73 | Chipper Jones * | 1,159 |
74 | Vinny Castilla | 1,156 |
75 | Mike Lowell | 1,140 |
76 | Doug Rader | 1,138 |
77 | Joe Dugan | 1,099 |
78 | David Wright | 1,087 |
79 | Jim Tabor | 1,077 |
80 | Heinie Zimmerman | 1,054 |
81 | Harry Lord | 1,046 |
82 | Bill Joyce | 1,044 |
83 | Tom Burns | 1,043 |
84 | Eric Chavez | 1,035 |
85 | Marv Owen | 1,032 |
86 | Frank Hankinson | 1,029 |
87 | Ossie Vitt | 1,026 |
Art Whitney | 1,026 | |
89 | Bob Aspromonte | 1,025 |
Whitey Kurowski | 1,025 | |
91 | Joe Randa | 1,005 |
92 | Ken Reitz | 996 |
93 | Harry Wolverton | 989 |
94 | Grady Hatton | 979 |
95 | Todd Zeile | 974 |
96 | Al Rosen | 970 |
97 | Max Alvis | 962 |
Eddie Grant | 962 | |
99 | Charlie Deal | 956 |
Joe Stripp | 956 |
Notes[]
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
References[]
- ^ "Brooks Robinson Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ Kates, Maxwell. "Brooks Robinson Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Brooks Robinson Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
External links[]
- "Career Leaders & Records for Putouts as 3B". Baseball-Reference.com.
- Major League Baseball statistics
- Major League Baseball lists