List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a shortstop 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 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 (2018 POs) | Number of recorded putouts during the 2018 Major League Baseball season. |
PO as SS | Total career putouts as a shortstop. |
* | denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1] |
List
- Stats updated as of the 2018 season.
Notes
- ↑ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.