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Ty Cobb, the all-time leader in games played as an outfielder. Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.
Tris Speaker is the all-time leader in career assists as an outfielder with 449, [1] [2] [3] nearly 200 more than any player whose career began after 1920; he is the only outfielder with more than 400 career assists. Starling Marte, who had 106 assists through the 2024 season to place him tied for 357th all-time, is the leader among active players.
Greg Maddux is the all-time leader in career putouts by a pitcher with 546; [9] [10] [11] he is the only pitcher to record more than 400 career putouts. Zack Greinke, the active leader in putouts by a pitcher and 7th all-time. Jack Morris holds the American League record. Tony Mullane held the major league record for 87 years.
Dummy Hoy (394), Paul Hines (385), Jesse Burkett (383), George Gore (368), Jimmy Ryan (366), George Van Haltren (358), and Ned Hanlon (350) are the only other outfielders to commit more than 300 career errors. Justin Upton, who had 89 errors through the 2022 season to place him tied for 222nd all-time, is the leader among active players.
[28] [29] [30] There have been eight 5-time winners and nine 4-time winners as well. [4] [5] Darin Erstad won a Gold Glove as a first baseman in 2004 after winning two awards in the outfield (2000, 2002), making him the only player to win the award as an infielder and an outfielder. [31]
The Tigers' 1915 outfield, with Veach in left, Cobb in center, and Crawford in right, was ranked by baseball historian Bill James as the greatest outfield of all time. [8] During the 1915 season, Baseball Magazine published a five-page feature story on Veach, concluding that "with his advent the Detroit outfield is one of the most powerful, if ...
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To select the team, a panel of experts first compiled a list of the 100 greatest Major League Baseball (MLB) players from the 20th century. Over two million fans then voted on the players using paper and online ballots. [1] The top two vote-getters from each position, except outfielders (nine), and the top six pitchers were placed on the team.