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Jake Beckley, the all-time leader in career putouts.
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 .
Jake Beckley [1] [2] [3] is the all-time leader in career putouts with 23,743. Cap Anson [4] (22,572), Ed Konetchy [5] (21,378), Eddie Murray [6] (21,265), Charlie Grimm [7] (20,722), and Stuffy McInnis [8] (20,120) are the only other players to record 20,000 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
Total career putouts.
*
Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame .
Bold
Denotes active player.[a]
List [ ]
Albert Pujols, the active leader in putouts and 29th all-time.
Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.
Rank
Player (2020 POs)
PO
1
Jake Beckley *
23,743
2
Cap Anson *
22,572
3
Ed Konetchy
21,378
4
Eddie Murray *
21,265
5
Charlie Grimm
20,722
6
Stuffy McInnis
20,120
7
Mickey Vernon
19,819
8
Jake Daubert
19,634
9
Lou Gehrig *
19,525
10
Joe Kuhel
19,386
11
Joe Judge
19,265
12
Steve Garvey
19,004
13
Fred McGriff
18,985
14
George Sisler *
18,914
15
Todd Helton
18,905
16
Wally Pipp
18,779
17
Mark Grace
18,503
18
Hal Chase
18,346
19
Jim Bottomley *
18,337
20
Fred Tenney
18,278
21
Andrés Galarraga
18,224
22
Rafael Palmeiro
18,128
23
Roger Connor *
18,115
24
Keith Hernandez
17,916
25
Jimmie Foxx *
17,797
26
Chris Chambliss
17,771
27
Willie McCovey *
17,567
28
Jeff Bagwell *
17,546
29
Albert Pujols (394)
17,460
30
George Burns
16,970
31
Will Clark
16,695
32
Tommy Tucker
16,433
33
Dan Brouthers *
16,422
34
John Olerud
16,165
35
Wally Joyner
16,081
36
Bill Terry *
15,999
37
Paul Konerko
15,965
38
Harry Davis
15,866
39
Gil Hodges *
15,722
40
Lu Blue
15,647
41
George Scott
15,601
42
Fred Merkle
15,513
43
Carlos Delgado
15,236
44
Norm Cash
15,173
45
Tony Pérez *
15,127
46
Bill Buckner
15,126
47
Tino Martinez
15,001
48
Mark Teixeira
14,989
49
Adrián González
14,983
50
Iván Rodríguez *
14,922
Rank
Player (2021 POs)
PO
51
Derrek Lee
14,910
52
Johnny Mize *
14,862
53
Orlando Cepeda *
14,829
54
Yadier Molina (869)
14,720
55
George Kelly *
14,690
56
Mark McGwire
14,464
57
Don Mattingly
14,270
58
Ernie Banks *
14,206
59
Eric Karros
14,056
60
Joey Votto (853)
13,948
61
Charles Comiskey *
13,900
62
Frank McCormick
13,803
Dan McGann
13,803
64
Kent Hrbek
13,725
65
Dolph Camilli
13,724
66
Joe Adcock
13,678
67
Rod Carew *
13,510
68
George McQuinn
13,414
69
Cecil Cooper
13,361
70
Elbie Fletcher
13,237
71
John Mayberry
13,169
72
Fred Luderus
13,126
73
Gus Suhr
13,104
74
Jason Kendall
13,067
75
Lee May
13,029
76
Bill White
13,015
77
George Stovall
12,899
78
Brad Ausmus
12,856
79
J.T. Snow
12,855
80
Kitty Bransfield
12,805
81
Boog Powell
12,796
82
Ted Kluszewski
12,652
83
A. J. Pierzynski
12,600
84
Dick Hoblitzell
12,591
85
Jack Fournier
12,535
86
Candy LaChance
12,506
87
Gary Carter *
12,490
88
Stan Musial *
12,439
89
Phil Cavarretta
12,435
90
Freddie Freeman (1,252)
12,430
91
Pete Rose
12,394
92
Ryan Howard
12,351
93
Rudy York
12,308
94
Brian McCann
12,165
95
Walter Holke
12,158
96
Paul Goldschmidt (1,144)
12,129
97
Hal Trosky
12,125
98
Adam LaRoche
12,072
99
Earl Sheely
12,067
100
Bill Skowron
12,052
Notes [ ]
^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
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