List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a second baseman leaders

Bid McPhee, the all-time leader in career putouts by a second baseman.

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.

In baseball and softball, second baseman is a fielding position in the infield, between third and first base. The second baseman often possesses quick hands and feet, needs the ability to get rid of the ball quickly, and must be able to make the pivot on a double play. In addition, second basemen are usually right-handed; only four left-handed throwing players have ever played second base since 1950.[1] In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the second baseman is assigned the number 4.

Bid McPhee is the all-time leader in career putouts as a second baseman with 6,552. Eddie Collins (6,526) and Nellie Fox (6,090) are the only other second basemen with over 6,000 career putouts.

Key

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player Name of player.
PO as 2B Total career putouts as a second baseman.
* denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1]

List

Robinson Cano, the active leader in putouts as a second baseman and 33th all time.
Rank Player PO as 2B
1 Bid McPhee * 6,552
2 Eddie Collins * 6,526
3 Nellie Fox * 6,090
4 Joe Morgan * 5,742
5 Nap Lajoie * 5,496
6 Charlie Gehringer * 5,369
7 Bill Mazeroski * 4,974
8 Bobby Doerr * 4,928
9 Willie Randolph 4,859
10 Billy Herman * 4,780
11 Lou Whitaker 4,771
12 Frank White 4,742
13 Fred Pfeffer 4,719
14 Red Schoendienst * 4,616
15 Roberto Alomar * 4,458
16 Frankie Frisch * 4,348
17 Bobby Grich 4,217
18 Del Pratt 4,069
19 Jeff Kent 4,016
20 Craig Biggio * 3,992
21 Kid Gleason 3,887
22 Cupid Childs 3,865
23 Ryne Sandberg * 3,807
24 George Cutshaw 3,762
25 Johnny Evers * 3,758
26 Lou Bierbauer 3,726
27 Larry Doyle 3,635
28 Joe Gordon * 3,600
29 Steve Sax 3,574
30 Ray Durham 3,506
31 Félix Millán 3,495
32 Buddy Myer 3,487
33 Robinson Cano 3,476
34 Cub Stricker 3,447
35 Hughie Critz 3,446
36 Claude Ritchey 3,444
37 Bret Boone 3,443
38 Ski Melillo 3,437
39 Miller Huggins * 3,425
40 Frank Bolling 3,423
41 Bucky Harris * 3,412
42 Manny Trillo 3,403
43 Brandon Phillips 3,383
44 Julián Javier 3,380
45 Tony Lazzeri * 3,351
46 Bobby Lowe 3,336
47 Joe Quinn 3,319
48 Luis Castillo 3,287
49 Chase Utley 3,281
50 Tony Taylor 3,274
Rank Player PO as 2B
51 Jerry Priddy 3,226
52 Rogers Hornsby * 3,206
53 Dave Cash 3,185
54 Johnny Temple 3,172
55 Davey Lopes 3,142
56 Jim Gantner 3,139
57 Bobby Richardson 3,125
58 Cookie Rojas 3,100
59 Jack Burdock 3,075
60 Don Blasingame 3,065
61 Tito Fuentes 3,046
62 Eddie Stanky 3,030
63 Bill Wambsganss 2,986
64 Tom Herr 2,932
65 Ted Sizemore 2,928
66 Fred Dunlap 2,909
67 Tony Cuccinello 2,883
68 Davey Johnson 2,837
69 Ian Kinsler 2,825
70 Bobby Ávila 2,820
71 Glenn Hubbard 2,795
72 Joe Gerhardt 2,794
73 Jimmy Williams 2,759
74 Max Bishop 2,752
75 Harold Reynolds 2,749
76 Otto Knabe 2,743
77 Ron Hunt 2,734
78 Glenn Beckert 2,710
79 Bill Hallman 2,701
80 Tommy Helms 2,688
81 Horace Clarke 2,682
Johnny Ray 2,682
83 Mark Ellis 2,671
84 Tom Daly 2,652
85 Orlando Hudson 2,635
86 Eric Young 2,623
87 Bill Doran 2,619
88 Robby Thompson 2,611
89 Delino DeShields 2,608
90 Ron Oester 2,591
91 Juan Samuel 2,580
92 Rod Carew * 2,573
93 Sandy Alomar Sr. 2,572
94 Rennie Stennett 2,568
95 Bobby Knoop 2,566
96 Chuck Knoblauch 2,529
97 Dick Green 2,518
98 Hobe Ferris 2,501
99 Jerry Lumpe 2,469
100 Connie Ryan 2,447

Notes

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


References

  1. ↑ "From 1950 to 2013, Throws LH, Played: 2B". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
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