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Mike Trout, the active leader and tied for 46th all-time in games played as a center fielder. Tris Speaker holds the American League record. Richie Ashburn played a record 730 consecutive games in center field from 1950 to 1954. Dummy Hoy held the major league record for 21 years. Lloyd Waner held the National League record for 17 years.
Pages in category "Major League Baseball center fielders" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 530 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Wille Mays' 188 assists are the most by a center fielder since 1920. Fred Snodgrass' 31 assists in 1911 remain the modern National League record. Andruw Jones was the last center fielder to have 20 assists in a season. Del Under had 20 assists in 1968, the last American League center fielder to reach the mark.
List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a left fielder leaders; List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a center fielder leaders; List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a right fielder leaders; List of Major League Baseball career double plays as an outfielder leaders
He proved to be a top defensive player, leading all center fielders in putouts and total zone runs five years in a row from 1998 to 2002. In 2001, he again hit over 30 home runs and drove in 104 runs but his average dipped to .251 while his strikeouts increased.
The position of the center fielder. A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball and softball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the center fielder is assigned the number 8. [1]
Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (September 19, 1926 – February 27, 2011), nicknamed "the Duke of Flatbush", was an American professional baseball player. Primarily a center fielder, he spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1947–1962), later playing one season each for the New York Mets (1963) and San Francisco Giants (1964).
Brett Morgan Butler (born June 15, 1957) is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball and coach. He played for five different teams from 1981 through 1997. A leadoff hitter for the majority of his career, Butler led the league in triples and runs scored twice each and was named a National League All-Star in 1991.