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- Detroit Tigers’ Norm Cash did exactly that on June 27, 1963. That Thursday afternoon, the Tigers’ 27 outs in the team’s 10-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins, were recorded as follows: six strike outs, 11 fly balls and 10 line drives.
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Jake Beckley (1892, 1894, 1895, 1900, 1902 & 1904), Steve Garvey (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 & 1985), and Frank McCormick (1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944 & 1945) each led the National League in putouts at first base a record six times.
Jake Beckley [1][2][3] is the all-time leader in career putouts as a first baseman with 23,755. Cap Anson [4] (21,699), Ed Konetchy [5] (21,361), Eddie Murray [6] (21,255), and Charlie Grimm [7] (20,711) are the only other players to record 20,000 career putouts.
Jake Beckley [1][2][3] is the all-time leader in career putouts with 23,743. Cap Anson [4] (22,572), Ed Konetchy [5] (21,378), Eddie Murray [6] (21,265), Charlie Grimm [7] (20,722), and Stuffy McInnis [8] (20,120) are the only other players to record 20,000 career putouts.
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Eddie Murray has the most putouts of any first baseman since 1960. Mickey Vernon holds the American League career record. Lou Gehrig held the American League record for 20 years.
Through 2021, 21 players had appeared in over 2,000 games as first basemen, more than at any other position; [2] at least one of the 21 has been active in every major league season, except the last two years of World War II.
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Apr 27, 2011 · Of all the statistical oddities in baseball, the rarest occurs when a first baseman plays an entire game without recording a put out. Detroit Tigers’ Norm Cash did exactly that on June 27, 1963. That Thursday afternoon, the Tigers’ 27 outs in the team’s 10-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins, were recorded as follows: six strike outs, 11 fly ...