List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a right fielder 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.
A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the right fielder is assigned the number 9.
Paul Waner is the all-time leader in putouts by a right fielder with 4,740 career. Roberto Clemente (4,454), Dwight Evans (4,247), Hank Aaron (4,163), Tony Gwynn (4,052), Sammy Sosa (4,019), and Ichiro Suzuki (4,009) are the only other right fielders to record over 4,000 career putouts.
Key
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2019 POs) | Number of recorded putouts during the 2019 Major League Baseball season. |
PO as RF | Total career putouts as a right fielder. |
* | 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 2019 season.
Rank | Player (2019 POs) | PO as RF |
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1 | Paul Waner * | 4,740 |
2 | Roberto Clemente * | 4,454 |
3 | Dwight Evans | 4,247 |
4 | Hank Aaron * | 4,154 |
5 | Tony Gwynn * | 4,052 |
6 | Sammy Sosa | 4,019 |
7 | Ichiro Suzuki | 4,009 |
8 | Nick Markakis (174) | 3,983 |
9 | Mel Ott * | 3,955 |
10 | Al Kaline * | 3,865 |
11 | Harry Hooper * | 3,799 |
12 | Bobby Abreu | 3,733 |
13 | Dave Winfield * | 3,657 |
14 | Dave Parker | 3,633 |
15 | Reggie Jackson * | 3,625 |
16 | Paul O'Neill | 3,544 |
17 | Jermaine Dye | 3,238 |
18 | Wally Moses | 3,337 |
19 | Vladimir Guerrero * | 3,165 |
20 | Magglio Ordóñez | 3,155 |
21 | Tom Brunansky | 3,146 |
22 | Larry Walker * | 3,125 |
23 | Sam Rice * | 3,116 |
24 | Shawn Green | 3,056 |
25 | Johnny Callison | 2,954 |
26 | Bobby Bonds | 2,917 |
27 | Rusty Staub | 2,904 |
28 | Hunter Pence (15) | 2,880 |
29 | Jay Bruce (48) | 2,821 |
30 | Jesse Barfield | 2,772 |
31 | Tim Salmon | 2,697 |
32 | Harry Heilmann * | 2,667 |
33 | Enos Slaughter * | 2,654 |
34 | Rubén Sierra | 2,626 |
35 | Bill Nicholson | 2,611 |
36 | Chuck Klein * | 2,606 |
37 | Raúl Mondesí | 2,572 |
38 | Jeromy Burnitz | 2,471 |
39 | Carl Furillo | 2,467 |
40 | Jay Buhner | 2,450 |
41 | Alex Ríos | 2,446 |
42 | Jeff Francoeur | 2,428 |
43 | Al Cowens | 2,389 |
44 | Curt Walker | 2,360 |
45 | J. D. Drew | 2,352 |
46 | Jason Heyward (103) | 2,338 |
47 | Darryl Strawberry | 2,337 |
48 | Reggie Sanders | 2,313 |
49 | Rocky Colavito | 2,295 |
50 | Andre Dawson * | 2,280 |
Notes
- A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.