Rabbit Maranville, the all-time leader in assists. In baseball , an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is credited to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball (after it has been hit by the batter ) prior to the recording of a putout , even if the contact was unintentional. For example, if a ball strikes a player's leg and bounces off him to another fielder, who tags the baserunner , the first player is credited with an assist. A fielder can receive a maximum of one assist per out recorded. An assist is also credited if a putout would have occurred, had another fielder not committed an error . For example, a shortstop might field a ground ball cleanly, but the first baseman might drop his throw. In this case, an error would be charged to the first baseman, and the shortstop would be credited with an assist.
Rabbit Maranville is the all-time leader with 8,967 career assists. Ozzie Smith (8,375), Cal Ripken Jr. (8,214), Bill Dahlen (8,138), Omar Vizquel (8,050), and Luis Aparicio (8,016) are the only other players to record more than 8,000 career assists.
Elvis Andrus, the active leader and 71st all-time in assists. Stats updated as of the end of the 2023 season. Rank Player (2024 As) A 1 Rabbit Maranville * 8,967 2 Ozzie Smith * 8,375 3 Cal Ripken Jr. * 8,214 4 Bill Dahlen 8,138 5 Omar Vizquel 8,050 6 Luis Aparicio * 8,016 7 Eddie Collins * 7,716 8 Luke Appling * 7,543 9 Tommy Corcoran 7,509 10 Bobby Wallace * 7,465 11 Frankie Frisch * 7,170 12 Charlie Gehringer * 7,091 13 Dave Concepción 7,024 14 Joe Morgan * 6,969 15 Bid McPhee * 6,923 16 Larry Bowa 6,864 17 Rogers Hornsby * 6,842 18 Honus Wagner * 6,782 19 Bill Mazeroski * 6,694 20 Nap Lajoie * 6,691 21 Lou Whitaker 6,653 22 Ryne Sandberg * 6,648 23 Frank White 6,629 24 Derek Jeter * 6,605 25 Dave Bancroft * 6,604 26 Roberto Alomar * 6,536 27 Don Kessinger 6,453 28 George Davis * 6,429 29 Nellie Fox * 6,385 30 Dick Bartell 6,348 31 Willie Randolph 6,339 32 Roger Peckinpaugh 6,338 33 Herman Long 6,335 34 Bert Campaneris 6,323 35 Germany Smith 6,304 36 Donie Bush 6,286 37 Alan Trammell * 6,265 38 Chris Speier 6,259 39 Roy McMillan 6,233 40 Brooks Robinson * 6,220 41 Miguel Tejada 6,193 42 Jimmy Rollins 6,139 43 Pee Wee Reese * 6,131 44 Garry Templeton 6,078 45 Joe Cronin * 6,052 46 Jack Glasscock 5,951 Joe Tinker * 5,951 48 Jeff Kent 5,918 49 Royce Clayton 5,904 50 Bobby Grich 5,891
Rank Player (2024 As) A 51 Robinson Canó 5,881 52 Dick Groat 5,864 Barry Larkin * 5,864 54 Mark Belanger 5,831 55 Billy Herman * 5,823 56 Bill Russell 5,713 57 Bobby Doerr * 5,710 58 Édgar Rentería 5,706 59 Alex Rodriguez 5,681 60 Craig Biggio * 5,671 61 Jay Bell 5,609 62 Mickey Doolan 5,585 63 Tony Fernández 5,544 64 Fred Pfeffer 5,530 65 Maury Wills 5,512 66 Ed Brinkman 5,500 67 Red Schoendienst * 5,466 68 Billy Jurges 5,446 69 Orlando Cabrera 5,445 70 Leo Cárdenas 5,429 71 Elvis Andrus (0) 5,419 72 Monte Cross 5,378 73 Ozzie Guillén 5,375 74 Kid Gleason 5,324 75 George McBride 5,316 76 Alfredo Griffin 5,309 77 Graig Nettles 5,295 78 Art Fletcher 5,254 79 Del Pratt 5,238 80 Joe Sewell * 5,230 81 Ian Kinsler 5,219 82 Johnny Evers * 5,215 83 Mike Schmidt * 5,193 84 Adrián Beltré * 5,187 85 Travis Jackson * 5,178 86 Buddy Myer 5,152 87 Hughie Critz 5,145 88 Jimmy Dykes 5,139 89 Arky Vaughan * 5,119 90 Tim Foli 5,108 91 Everett Scott 5,060 92 John Montgomery Ward * 5,050 93 Buddy Bell 5,009 94 Mark Grudzielanek 4,975 95 Brandon Phillips 4,971 96 Toby Harrah 4,965 97 Claude Ritchey 4,958 98 Ed McKean 4,945 99 Tony Lazzeri * 4,944 100 Jim Gantner 4,942
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