List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a right fielder leaders
In baseball statistics, a putout 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, catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base to put out a batter or runner, catching a thrown ball and tagging a base to record an out on an appeal play, catching a third strike, catching a batted ball on the fly, 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 is the all-time leader in putouts by a right fielder with 4,559 career. Roberto Clemente, Dwight Evans, Hank Aaron, Tony Gwynn, Sammy Sosa, and Ichiro Suzuki are the only other right fielders to record over 4,000 career putouts.Key
List
Rank | Player | PO as RF |
1 | Paul Waner * | 4,759 |
2 | Roberto Clemente * | 4,458 |
3 | Dwight Evans | 4,247 |
4 | Hank Aaron * | 4,161 |
5 | Tony Gwynn * | 4,052 |
6 | Sammy Sosa | 4,017 |
7 | Ichiro Suzuki | 4,005 |
8 | Nick Markakis | 3,983 |
9 | Al Kaline * | 3,865 |
10 | Mel Ott * | 3,979 |
11 | Harry Hooper * | 3,773 |
12 | Bobby Abreu | 3,733 |
13 | Dave Winfield * | 3,657 |
14 | Dave Parker | 3,633 |
15 | Reggie Jackson * | 3,625 |
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 | 3,135 |
22 | Larry Walker * | 3,124 |
23 | Sam Rice * | 3,062 |
24 | Shawn Green | 3,053 |
25 | Johnny Callison | 2,954 |
26 | Bobby Bonds | 2,917 |
27 | Rusty Staub | 2,907 |
28 | Hunter Pence | 2,880 |
29 | Jay Bruce | 2,821 |
30 | Jesse Barfield | 2,772 |
31 | Tim Salmon | 2,701 |
32 | Harry Heilmann * | 2,649 |
33 | Rubén Sierra | 2,626 |
34 | Raúl Mondesí | 2,571 |
35 | Bill Nicholson | 2,556 |
36 | Enos Slaughter * | 2,554 |
37 | Jeromy Burnitz | 2,473 |
38 | Carl Furillo | 2,467 |
39 | Jay Buhner | 2,450 |
40 | Alex Ríos | 2,446 |
41 | Chuck Klein * | 2,439 |
42 | Jeff Francoeur | 2,428 |
43 | Al Cowens | 2,389 |
44 | Curt Walker | 2,353 |
45 | J. D. Drew | 2,352 |
46 | Jason Heyward | 2,346 |
47 | Darryl Strawberry | 2,337 |
48 | Reggie Sanders | 2,310 |
49 | Rocky Colavito | 2,295 |
50 | Andre Dawson * | 2,280 |