List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a catcher leaders
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.
Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his/her turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to these primary duties, the catcher is also called upon to master many other skills in order to field the position well. The role of the catcher is similar to that of the wicket-keeper in cricket.
Iván Rodríguez is the all time leader in putouts at the catcher position with 14,864 career. Rodríguez is the only catcher to record more than 14,000 career putouts. Jason Kendall is second in career putouts as a catcher, and the only other catcher to record more than 13,000 career putouts.
Key
| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2018 POs) | Number of recorded putouts during the 2018 Major League Baseball season. |
| PO as C | Total career putouts as a catcher. |
| * | denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
|---|---|
| Bold | denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1] |
List
- Stats updated as of the 2018 season.
| Rank | Player (2018 POs) | PO as C |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iván Rodríguez * | 14,864 |
| 2 | Jason Kendall | 13,019 |
| 3 | Brad Ausmus | 12,839 |
| 4 | A. J. Pierzynski | 12,600 |
| 5 | Yadier Molina (966) | 12,518 |
| 6 | Gary Carter * | 11,785 |
| 7 | Brian McCann (569) | 11,408 |
| 8 | Carlton Fisk * | 11,369 |
| 9 | Bob Boone | 11,260 |
| 10 | Tony Peña | 11,212 |
| 11 | Russell Martin (601) | 11,100 |
| 12 | Mike Piazza * | 10,844 |
| 13 | Benito Santiago | 10,816 |
| 14 | Jason Varitek | 10,166 |
| 15 | Jorge Posada | 10,016 |
| 16 | Bill Freehan | 9,941 |
| 17 | Jim Sundberg | 9,767 |
| 18 | Lance Parrish | 9,647 |
| 19 | John Roseboro | 9,291 |
| 20 | Johnny Bench * | 9,249 |
| 21 | Ramón Hernández | 9,012 |
| 22 | Kurt Suzuki (744) | 8,994 |
| 23 | Javy López | 8,990 |
| 24 | Johnny Edwards | 8,925 |
| 25 | Ted Simmons | 8,906 |
| 26 | Yogi Berra * | 8,738 |
| 27 | Mike Scioscia | 8,335 |
| 28 | Tim McCarver | 8,206 |
| 29 | Bengie Molina | 8,122 |
| 30 | Dan Wilson | 8,109 |
| 31 | Jerry Grote | 8,081 |
| 32 | Bill Dickey * | 7,965 |
| 33 | Mike Lieberthal | 7,829 |
| 34 | Carlos Ruiz]] | 7,668 |
| 35 | Sandy Alomar Jr. | 7,667 |
| 36 | Joe Girardi | 7,619 |
| 37 | Miguel Montero (28) | 7,516 |
| 38 | Jim Hegan | 7,506 |
| 39 | Terry Steinbach | 7,505 |
| 40 | Rick Dempsey | 7,367 |
| 41 | Del Crandall | 7,352 |
| 42 | Jonathan Lucroy (857) | 7,334 |
| 43 | Chris Iannetta (692) | 7,313 |
| 44 | Gabby Hartnett * | 7,292 |
| 45 | Rick Ferrell * | 7,248 |
| 46 | Charles Johnson | 7,218 |
| 47 | Matt Wieters (579) | 7,199 |
| 48 | Ray Schalk | 7,168 |
| 49 | Mike Matheny | 7,117 |
| 50 | Alan Ashby | 7,086 |
Notes
- ↑ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.