Baseball Almanac invites you to examine fielding average records for outfielders. Research is complete through completion of the previous season and includes all the fielding average variations.
"You can't tell how much spirit a team has until it starts losing." - Rocky Colavito
Outfielder Fielding Average Recordsby Baseball Almanac |
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Record | Lg | Player(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Highest In A Career (1,000+ OF Games) |
AL | Nick Markakis | Baltimore | .994 | .994 |
NL | Shane Victorino | San Diego | 1.000 | .996 | |
Philadelphia | .996 | ||||
Los Angeles | .971 | ||||
Highest Fielding Average In A Season (150+ OF Games) |
AL | Jason Bay |
Boston | 1.000 | 2009 |
Michael Brantley | Cleveland | 2013 | |||
Rocky Colavito |
Cleveland | 1965 | |||
Brian Downing | California | 1982 | |||
Jacoby Ellsbury | Boston | 2011 | |||
Curtis Granderson | New York | 2012 | |||
Nick Markakis | Baltimore | 2011 | |||
Nick Markakis | Baltimore | 2013 | |||
Mike Trout |
Los Angeles | 2015 | |||
Vernon Wells | Toronto | 2005 | |||
Vernon Wells | Toronto | 2010 | |||
NL | Brett Butler |
Los Angeles | 1.000 | 1991 |
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Brett Butler |
Los Angeles | 1993 |
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Juan Encarnacion | Florida | 2003 |
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Curt Flood |
St. Louis | 1966 |
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Shawn Green |
Arizona | 2005 | |||
Luis Gonzalez | Arizona | 2001 | |||
Danny Litwhiler |
Philadelphia | 1942 |
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Juan Pierre | Chicago | 2006 | |||
Terry Puhl | Houston | 1979 | |||
Denard Span | Washington | 2013 | |||
Lowest In A Season (100+ OF Games) |
AL | Bill O'Neill | Washington | .872 | 1904 |
NL | Jack Manning | Philadelphia | .843 | 1884 | |
Lowest In A Season By The League Leader |
AL | Chick Stahl | Boston | .959 | 1901 |
NL | Pete Gillespie | New York | .941 | 1885 | |
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading The League |
AL | Gene Woodling | New York | 3 | 1951-1953 |
NL | Joe Hornung | Boston | 3 | 1881-1883 | |
Most Seasons Leading The League |
AL | Amos Strunk | Philadelphia | 5 | 1912 |
Philadelphia | 1914 | ||||
Philadelphia | 1917 | ||||
Boston | 1918 | ||||
Philadelphia/Chicago | 1920 | ||||
NL | Joe Hornung | Boston | 4 | 1881 | |
Boston | 1882 | ||||
Boston | 1883 | ||||
Boston | 1887 | ||||
Record | Lg | Player(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Outfielder Fielding Average Records |
Did you know that Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs played in a Major League record one-hundred sixty four games at outfield position in 1965?
The American and National League records for career leader in fielding average are above; however, the Major League record holder is Darryl Hamilton who played in both leagues and finished with a major leauge best .995 fielding average.
In 1951, Ted Williams of Boston set the Major League record for fewest games played in the outfield by a league leader with one-hundred forty-seven.