Al Kaline Putouts
Al Kaline Career Putouts Overview
During Al Kaline's 21-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
5938 putouts, an average of 282.76 putouts per season. 1970 was his best season
with 530 putouts and his worst season was 1953 when he had
11 putouts. Al Kaline is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (1532.15), The Silent Generation (1661.01), mlb (1481.83), RF (1163.48), and Y (6114.35) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Putouts are awarded to defensive players who meet one of several criteria when an out is recorded by their team. These criteria include tagging a runner out, catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base for an out, catching a fly ball, catching a third strike, or being the closest player to a runner called out for interference. Generally, for Putouts, higher is better. (Source)
Putouts are awarded to defensive players who meet one of several criteria when an out is recorded by their team. These criteria include tagging a runner out, catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base for an out, catching a fly ball, catching a third strike, or being the closest player to a runner called out for interference. Generally, for Putouts, higher is better. (Source)