List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a left 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.

Barry Bonds, the all-time leader in putouts by a left fielder.

In baseball, a left fielder (LF) is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the left fielder is assigned the number 7.

Barry Bonds is the all-time leader in putouts as a left fielder with 5,225 career. Rickey Henderson (5,215) is second all-time and then only other left fielder with over 5,000 career putouts.

Key
RankRank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2020 POs)Number of recorded putouts during the 2020 Major League Baseball season.
PO as LFTotal career putouts as a left fielder.
* denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1]

List
Ryan Braun, the active leader and 48th all-time in putouts by a left fielder.
  • Stats updated as of the 2020 season
Rank Player (2020 POs) PO as LF
1 Barry Bonds 5,226
2 Rickey Henderson * 5,215
3 Zack Wheat * 4,958
4 Luis Gonzalez 4,442
5 Goose Goslin * 3,972
6 Tim Raines * 3,769
7 Lou Brock * 3,710
8 Bobby Veach 3,633
9 Ted Williams * 3,525
10 Carl Yastrzemski * 3,521
11 Joe Medwick * 3,451
12 Sherry Magee 3,290
13 Bob Johnson 3,441
14 Carl Crawford 3,182
15 Roy White 3,158
16 Carlos Lee 3,049
17 Jim Rice * 3,027
18 Charlie Jamieson 2,988
19 George Foster 2,963
20 Minnie Miñoso 2,934
21 Matt Holliday 2,842
22 Billy Williams * 2,811
23 Al Simmons * 2,778
24 José Cruz 2,773
25 Alex Gordon 2,699
26 Garret Anderson 2,675
27 Heinie Manush * 2,624
28 Joe Vosmik 2,609
29 Duffy Lewis 2,603
30 Ralph Kiner * 2,546
31 Ken Williams 2,540
32 Jimmy Sheckard 2,521
Greg Vaughn 2,521
34 George Burns 2,520
35 Raúl Ibañez 2,510
36 Del Ennis 2,480
37 Gary Matthews 2,440
38 Bibb Falk 2,319
39 Jack Graney 2,309
40 Ben Oglivie 2,296
41 Gene Woodling 2,215
42 Joe Rudi 2,208
43 Bob Bescher 2,197
44 Jeff Heath 2,192
Shannon Stewart 2,192
46 Jason Bay 2,183
47 Lonnie Smith 2,173
48 Ryan Braun (0) 2,151
49 Fred Clarke * 2.121
50 Vince Coleman 2,109
Rank Player (2020 POs) PO as LF
51 Ron Gant 2,108
52 Albert Belle 2,107
53 Jo-Jo Moore 2,091
54 George Bell 2,080
55 Gus Zernial 2,071
56 Mike Greenwell 2,031
57 Lou Piniella 2,025
58 Pat Burrell 2,018
59 Babe Ruth * 1,985
60 Irish Meusel 1,981
61 Carson Bigbee 1,958
62 Moisés Alou 1,938
63 Hank Sauer 1,933
64 Augie Galan 1,917
65 Kevin McReynolds 1,883
66 Alfonso Soriano 1,881
67 Dusty Baker 1,861
68 Willie Stargell * 1,860
69 Greg Luzinski 1,839
70 Charlie Keller 1,830
71 Cliff Floyd 1,814
72 Bernard Gilkey 1,798
73 Adam Dunn 1,794
74 Steve Kemp 1,786
75 Gary Ward 1,783
76 Luis Polonia 1,740
77 Dale Mitchell 1,739
78 Willie Horton 1,735
79 Brett Gardner (44) 1,699
80 Justin Upton (65) 1,696
81 Geoff Jenkins 1,690
82 Riggs Stephenson 1,667
83 Dan Gladden 1,662
84 Larry Herndon 1,648
85 Steve Henderson 1,635
86 Tommy Davis 1,632
87 B. J. Surhoff 1,626
88 Rusty Greer 1,621
89 Manny Ramirez 1,597
90 Matty McIntyre 1,594
91 Melky Cabrera (0) 1,590
92 Charlie Maxwell 1,579
93 Phil Bradley 1,575
94 Stan Musial * 1,569
95 Sid Gordon 1,559
96 Chick Hafey * 1,554
97 Willie Wilson 1,552
98 Jeffrey Leonard 1,543
99 Josh Willingham 1,542
100 Gil Coan 1,535

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

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