List of Major League Baseball career putouts as an outfielder leaders


In baseball statistics, a putout is given to a defensive player who records an out by 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.
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. An outfielder's duty is to try to catch long fly balls before they hit the ground or to quickly catch or retrieve and return to the infield any other balls entering the outfield. Outfielders normally play behind the six other members of the defense who play in or near the infield. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball is numbered. The outfield positions are 7, 8 and 9. These numbers are shorthand designations useful in baseball scorekeeping and are not necessarily the same as the squad numbers worn on player uniforms.
Willie Mays is the all-time leader in putouts as an outfielder with 7,095 career. Mays is the only outfielder to record more than 7,000 career putouts. Tris Speaker, Rickey Henderson, Max Carey, Ty Cobb, and Richie Ashburn are the only other outfielders to record more than 6,000 career putouts.

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RankPlayer PO as OF
1Willie Mays *7,095
2Tris Speaker *6,788
3Rickey Henderson *6,468
4Max Carey *6,363
5Ty Cobb *6,361
6Richie Ashburn *6,089
7Steve Finley5,664
8Barry Bonds5,637
9Ken Griffey Jr. *5,606
10Hank Aaron *5,539
11Willie Davis5,449
12Doc Cramer5,412
13Brett Butler5,296
14Torii Hunter5,263
15Carlos Beltrán5,154
16Andre Dawson *5,146
17Vada Pinson5,104
18Willie Wilson5,067
19Al Kaline *5,035
20Ichiro Suzuki5,022
21Zack Wheat *4,996
22Al Simmons *4,988
23Chet Lemon4,983
24Dave Winfield *4,975
25Andruw Jones4,958
26Mike Cameron4,951
27Amos Otis4,936
28Marquis Grissom4,880
29Paul Waner *4,872
30Lloyd Waner *4,860
31Kenny Lofton4,856
32Fred Clarke *4,795
33Goose Goslin *4,792
34Sam Rice *4,774
35Devon White4,739
36Johnny Damon4,717
37Bernie Williams4,710
38Roberto Clemente *4,696
39Fred Lynn4,556
40Edd Roush *4,537
41Jim Edmonds4,536
42Sammy Sosa4,522
43Joe DiMaggio *4,516
44Mel Ott *4,511
45Tony Gwynn *4,497
46Luis Gonzalez4,482
47Babe Ruth *4,444
48Mickey Mantle *4,438
49Garry Maddox4,436
50Kirby Puckett *4,402