In baseball statistics , a putout (denoted by PO or fly out 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, the all-time leader in career putouts. Jake Beckley [1] [2] [3] Cap Anson [4] Ed Konetchy [5] Eddie Murray [6] Charlie Grimm [7] Stuffy McInnis [8]
Key Rank Among leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie. Player (2024 POs) Recorded putouts in 2024 . PO Career putouts. * Elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame . Bold Active player.[a]
List Freddy Freeman, the active leader in putouts and 46th all-time. Stats updated as of June 1, 2024. Rank Player (2024 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 Albert Pujols 17,620 28 Willie McCovey *17,567 29 Jeff Bagwell *17,546 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 Yadier Molina 15,232 45 Norm Cash 15,173 46 Freddie Freeman (428)15,144 47 Tony Pérez *15,127 48 Bill Buckner 15,126 49 Tino Martinez 15,001 50 Mark Teixeira 14,989
Rank Player (2024 POs) PO 51 Adrián González 14,983 52 Iván Rodríguez *14,922 53 Derrek Lee 14,910 54 Johnny Mize *14,862 55 Orlando Cepeda *14,829 56 Joey Votto (0)14,736 57 George Kelly *14,690 58 Paul Goldschmidt (413)14,661 59 Mark McGwire 14,464 60 Don Mattingly 14,270 61 Ernie Banks *14,206 62 Eric Karros 14,056 63 Charles Comiskey *13,900 64 Frank McCormick 13,803 Dan McGann 13,803 66 Kent Hrbek 13,725 67 Dolph Camilli 13,724 68 Joe Adcock 13,678 69 Rod Carew *13,510 70 George McQuinn 13,414 71 Cecil Cooper 13,361 72 Elbie Fletcher 13,237 73 John Mayberry 13,169 74 Fred Luderus 13,126 75 Gus Suhr 13,104 76 Jason Kendall 13,067 77 Lee May 13,029 78 Bill White 13,015 79 George Stovall 12,899 80 Anthony Rizzo (360)12,886 81 Brad Ausmus 12,856 82 J.T. Snow 12,855 83 Kitty Bransfield 12,805 84 Boog Powell 12,796 85 Ted Kluszewski 12,652 86 A. J. Pierzynski 12,600 87 Dick Hoblitzell 12,591 88 Eric Hosmer 12,555 89 Jack Fournier 12,535 90 Candy LaChance 12,506 91 Gary Carter *12,490 92 Stan Musial *12,439 93 Phil Cavarretta 12,435 94 Pete Rose 12,394 95 Ryan Howard 12,351 96 Rudy York 12,308 97 Brian McCann 12,165 98 Walter Holke 12,158 99 Carlos Santana (347)12,147 100 Hal Trosky 12,125
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