Outfielder Fielding Average Records by Baseball Almanac

Outfielder Fielding Average Records

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.

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Outfielder Fielding Average Records by Baseball Almanac
Record	Lg	Player(s)	Team(s)	Data
Highest In A Career (1,000+ OF Games)	AL	Ichiro Suziki	Seattle	.994
Highest In A Career (1,000+ OF Games)	NL	Terry Puhl	Houston	.993
Highest In A Season (150+ OF Games)	AL	Rocky Colavito	Cleveland	1.000	1965
	AL	Brian Downing	California	1.000	1982
	NL	Brett Butler	Los Angeles	1.000	1991
		Brett Butler	Los Angeles		1993
		Juan Encarnacion	Florida		2003
		Curt Flood	St. Louis		1966
		Luis Gonzalez	Arizona		2001
		Danny Litwhiler	Philadelphia		1942
		Terry Puhl	Houston		1979
Lowest In A Season (100+ OF Games)	AL	Bill O'Neill	Washington	.872	1904
Lowest In A Season (100+ OF Games)	NL	Jack Manning	Philadelphia	.843	1884
Lowest In A Season By The League Leader	AL	Chick Stahl	Boston	.959	1901
Lowest In A Season By The League Leader	NL	Pete Gillespie	New York	.941	1885
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading The League	AL	Gene Woodling	New York	3	1951-1953
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading The League	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
					1882
					1883
					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.

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