Outfielder Assist Records by Baseball Almanac

Outfielder Assist Records

Baseball Almanac invites you to examine assist records for outfielders. Research is complete through completion of the previous season and includes all of the assist record variations.

"If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others." - Tris Speaker

Assists Records Outfielders
Record	Lg	Players(s)	Teams(s)	Data
Fewest In A Season (150+ Games)	AL	Albert Belle	Chicago	1	1997
	AL	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota	1	1964
	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	2	1998
		Lenny Dykstra	Philadelphia		1993
		Brian McRae	Chicago		1996
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	AL	Ken Berry	California	13	1972
	AL	Carlos May	Chicago	13	1972
	NL	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	14	1990
		Bill Bruton	Milwaukee		1954
		Vladimir Guerrero	Montreal		2002
		Kevin McReynolds	New York		1990
		Don Mueller	New York		1954
		Frank Thomas	Pittsburgh		1954
		Larry Walker	Colorado		2002
Most In A Career	AL	Tris Speaker	Boston	207	449
			Cleveland	222
			Washington	12
			Philadelphia	8
	NL	Jimmy Ryan	Chicago	352	377
	NL	Jimmy Ryan	Washington	25	377
Most In A Game	AL	Happy Felsch	Chicago	4	08-14-1919
		Ducky Holmes	Chicago		08-21-1903
		Sam Langford	Cleveland		05-01-1928
		Lee Magee	New York		06-28-1916
		Bob Meusel	New York		09-05-1921
	NL	Fred Clarke	Pittsburgh	4	08-23-1910
		Bill Crowley	Buffalo		05-24-1880
		Bill Crowley	Buffalo		08-27-1880
		Mike Griffin	Brooklyn		07-17-1893
		Dusty Miller	Cincinnati		05-30-1895
		Harry Schafer	Boston		09-26-1877
Most In A Season	AL	Sam Mertes	Chicago	35	1902
		Tris Speaker	Boston		1909
		Tris Speaker	Boston		1912
	NL	Hardy Richardson	Buffalo	45	1881
Most Seasons Leading The League	AL	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston	7	1962
			Boston		1963
			Boston		1964
			Boston		1966
			Boston		1969
			Boston		1971
			Boston		1977
	NL	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh	5	1958
			Pittsburgh		1960
			Pittsburgh		1961
			Pittsburgh		1966
			Pittsburgh		1967
Record	Lg	Player(s)	Team(s)	Data

The "modern" National League career record for outfield assists is three-hundred thirty-nine which is held by Max Carey of Pittsburgh & Brooklyn.

Amazing trivia alert: only eight players in Major League history have ever had four outfield assists in one game and Bill Crowley of Buffalo did it twice during his career and both instances took place during the same season!

Dummy Hoy, Jim Jones and Jack McCarthy each had three outfielder-to-catcher assists in a single game for a Major League record that will probably never be tied.

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