List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a shortstop leaders

Rabbit Maranville, the all-time leader in putouts by a shortstop.

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.

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions. The position is mostly filled by defensive specialists, so shortstops are generally relatively poor batters who bat later in the batting order, with some exceptions. In the numbering system used by scorers to record defensive plays, the shortstop is assigned the number 6.

Rabbit Maranville is the all-time leader in career putouts as a shortstop with 5,139. Maranville is the only shortstop to record more than 5,000 career putouts.

Key

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player Name of player.
PO as SS Total career putouts as a shortstop.
* denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1]

List

Jimmy Rollins, the active leader in putouts by a shortstop and 46th all-time.
Rank Player PO as SS
1 Rabbit Maranville * 5,139
2 Bill Dahlen 4,856
3 Dave Bancroft * 4,623
4 Honus Wagner * 4,576
5 Tommy Corcoran 4,553
6 Luis Aparicio * 4,548
7 Luke Appling * 4,398
8 Ozzie Smith * 4,249
9 Herman Long 4,229
10 Bobby Wallace * 4,142
11 Omar Vizquel 4,102
12 Pee Wee Reese * 4,040
13 Donie Bush 4,038
14 Monte Cross 3,980
15 Roger Peckinpaugh 3,919
16 Dick Bartell 3,872
17 Derek Jeter 3,820
18 Joe Tinker * 3,768
19 Roy McMillan 3,705
20 Joe Cronin * 3,696
21 Dave Concepción 3,670
22 Cal Ripken Jr. * 3,651
23 Bert Campaneris 3,608
24 George McBride 3,585
25 Mickey Doolin 3,578
26 Dick Groat 3,505
27 Garry Templeton 3,393
28 Alan Trammell 3,391
29 Everett Scott 3,351
30 Larry Bowa 3,314
31 George Davis * 3,239
32 Phil Rizzuto * 3,219
33 Leo Cárdenas 3,218
34 Alfredo Griffin 3,207
35 Don Kessinger 3,151
36 Barry Larkin * 3,150
37 Billy Jurges 3,133
38 Lou Boudreau * 3,132
39 Leo Durocher * 3,097
40 Royce Clayton 3,095
41 Frankie Crosetti 3,061
42 Chris Speier 3,057
43 Mark Belanger 3,005
44 Arky Vaughan * 2,995
45 Marty Marion 2,986
46 Jimmy Rollins 2,982
47 Eddie Miller 2,976
48 Édgar Rentería 2,963
49 Wally Gerber 2,960
50 Ed Brinkman 2,924
Rank Player PO as SS
51 Ozzie Guillén 2,911
52 Miguel Tejada 2,891
53 Travis Jackson * 2,878
54 Art Fletcher 2,836
55 Orlando Cabrera 2,823
Jack Glasscock 2,823
57 Ed McKean 2,822
58 Germany Smith 2,816
59 Eddie Joost 2,755
60 Tony Fernández 2,708
61 Freddie Patek 2,690
62 Tim Foli 2,687
63 Alvin Dark 2,672
64 Johnny Logan 2,612
65 Mike Bordick 2,606
66 Joe Sewell * 2,591
67 Robin Yount * 2,588
68 Bones Ely 2,585
69 Greg Gagne 2,559
70 Maury Wills 2,550
71 Bill Russell 2,536
72 Doc Lavan 2,451
73 Jim Fregosi 2,397
74 Ivy Olson 2,389
75 Bud Harrelson 2,387
76 Vern Stephens 2,385
77 Hughie Jennings * 2,384
78 Rafael Furcal 2,373
Lyn Lary 2,373
80 Billy Rogell 2,362
81 Jay Bell 2,309
82 Shawon Dunston 2,287
83 Al Bridwell 2,267
84 Álex González 2,259
85 Freddy Parent 2,253
86 Ray Chapman 2,204
87 Kid Elberfeld 2,184
88 Rafael Ramírez 2,159
89 Glenn Wright 2,156
90 Rick Burleson 2,151
91 Dick Schofield 2,140
92 Chico Carrasquel 2,131
93 Zoilo Versalles 2,126
94 Bucky Dent 2,116
95 Jhonny Peralta 2,097
96 Ernie Banks * 2,087
Spike Owen 2,087
98 Chick Galloway 2,058
99 Walt Weiss 2,056
100 Buddy Kerr 2,045

Notes

  1. ↑ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

References

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