page_title: List of Major League Baseball career putouts leaders
section_title: List
hierarchical_section_title: List of Major League Baseball career putouts leaders / List
caption_attribution_description: English: Angels at Orioles 5/11/19
context_page_description: 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.
  Jake Beckley is the all-time leader in career putouts with 23,743. Cap Anson, Ed Konetchy, Eddie Murray, Charlie Grimm, and Stuffy McInnis are the only other players to record 20,000 career putouts.
context_section_description: Stats updated as of August 27, 2020
caption: Albert Pujols, the active leader in putouts and 29th all-time.
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