List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a left fielder leaders


In baseball statistics, a putout 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, catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base to put out a batter or runner, catching a thrown ball and tagging a base to record an out on an appeal play, catching a third strike, catching a batted ball on the fly, or being positioned closest to a runner called out for interference.
In baseball, a left fielder 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 is second all-time and then only other left fielder with over 5,000 career putouts.

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RankPlayer PO as LF
1Barry Bonds5,226
2Rickey Henderson *5,215
3Zack Wheat *4,958
4Luis Gonzalez4,442
5Goose Goslin *3,972
6Tim Raines *3,769
7Lou Brock *3,710
8Bobby Veach3,633
9Ted Williams *3,525
10Carl Yastrzemski *3,521
11Joe Medwick *3,451
12Sherry Magee3,290
13Bob Johnson3,441
14Carl Crawford3,182
15Roy White3,158
16Carlos Lee3,049
17Jim Rice *3,027
18Charlie Jamieson2,988
19George Foster2,963
20Minnie Miñoso2,934
21Matt Holliday2,842
22Billy Williams *2,811
23Al Simmons *2,778
24José Cruz2,773
25Garret Anderson2,675
26Alex Gordon 2,626
27Heinie Manush *2,624
28Joe Vosmik2,609
29Duffy Lewis2,603
30Ralph Kiner *2,546
31Ken Williams2,540
32Jimmy Sheckard2,521
Greg Vaughn2,521
34George Burns2,520
35Raúl Ibañez2,510
36Del Ennis2,480
37Gary Matthews2,440
38Bibb Falk2,319
39Jack Graney2,309
40Ben Oglivie2,296
41Gene Woodling2,215
42Joe Rudi2,208
43Bob Bescher2,197
44Jeff Heath2,192
Shannon Stewart2,192
46Jason Bay2,183
47Lonnie Smith2,173
48Ryan Braun 2,151
49Fred Clarke *2.121
50Vince Coleman2,109