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In baseball statistics, a double play (denoted as DP) is the act of making two outs during the same continuous play. One double play is recorded for every defensive player who participates in the play, regardless of how many of the outs in which they were directly involved, and is counted in addition to whatever putouts and assists might also apply. Double plays can occur any time there is at least one baserunner and fewer than two outs.[1] The pitcher is the player who pitches the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, playing the most difficult and specialized position, and as such is regarded as being at the right end of the defensive spectrum. Pitchers play far less than players at other positions, generally appearing in only two or three games per week; only one pitcher in major league history has appeared in 100 games in a single season. There are many different types of pitchers, generally divided between starting pitchers and relief pitchers, which include the middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and closer. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1.
Pitchers typically record double plays by ground balls hit to the pitcher. Most of the time, these double plays will go 1-6-3 (pitcher to shortstop to first baseman), though sometimes these double plays will go pitcher 1-4-3 (pitcher to second baseman to first baseman).
Greg Maddux is the all-time leader in career double plays by a pitcher with 98;[2][3][4] he is the only pitcher to reach nearly 100 career double plays.
Key
| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career putouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2024 DPs) | Number of recorded double plays during the 2024 Major League Baseball season |
| Throws | Denotes right-handed (R) or left-handed (L) pitcher |
| MLB | Total career putouts as a pitcher in Major League Baseball |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame |
|---|---|
| Bold | Denotes active player[a] |
List
- Stats updated as of the end of the 2023 season.
| Rank | Player (2024 DPs) | Throws | Double plays as a pitcher | Other leagues, notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | American League | National League | ||||
| 1 | Greg Maddux* | R | 98 | 0 | 98 | |
| 2 | Phil Niekro* | R | 83 | 8 | 75 | |
| 3 | Warren Spahn* | L | 82 | 0 | 82 | |
| 4 | Freddie Fitzsimmons | R | 79 | 0 | 79 | |
| 5 | Bob Lemon* | R | 78 | 78 | 0 | |
| 6 | Bucky Walters | R | 76 | 0 | 76 | |
| 7 | Walter Johnson* | R | 75 | 75 | 0 | |
| 8 | Burleigh Grimes* | R | 74 | 0 | 74 | |
| 9 | Tommy John | L | 69 | 49 | 20 | |
| 10 | Tom Glavine* | L | 67 | 0 | 67 | |
| 11 | Liván Hernández | R | 65 | 0 | 65 | |
| Jim Kaat* | L | 65 | 55 | 10 | ||
| Kenny Rogers | L | 65 | 63 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Dizzy Trout | R | 63 | 63 | 0 | |
| 15 | Zack Greinke (0) | R | 62 | 25 | 37 | |
| 16 | Dennis Martínez | R | 61 | 36 | 25 | |
| 17 | Carl Mays | R | 59 | 37 | 22 | |
| 18 | Gaylord Perry* | R | 58 | 23 | 35 | |
| 19 | Ted Lyons* | R | 57 | 57 | 0 | |
| 20 | Eppa Rixey* | L | 56 | 0 | 56 | |
| 21 | Lew Burdette | R | 55 | 1 | 54 | |
| Don Drysdale* | R | 55 | 0 | 55 | ||
| Carl Hubbell* | L | 55 | 0 | 55 | ||
| 24 | Murry Dickson | R | 54 | 3 | 51 | |
| Willis Hudlin | R | 54 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Kirk Rueter | L | 54 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Tom Seaver* | R | 54 | 5 | 49 | ||
| 28 | Mark Buehrle | L | 53 | 48 | 5 | |
| Jim Palmer* | R | 53 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Rommel | R | 53 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Bullet Joe Bush | R | 52 | 51 | 1 | |
| 32 | Sad Sam Jones | R | 51 | 51 | 0 | |
| Red Ruffing* | R | 51 | 51 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Art Nehf | L | 50 | 0 | 50 | |
| 35 | Grover Cleveland Alexander* | R | 49 | 0 | 49 | |
| Whitey Ford* | L | 49 | 0 | 49 | ||
| Paul Splittorff | L | 49 | 0 | 49 | ||
| 38 | Bert Blyleven* | R | 48 | 42 | 6 | |
| Jamie Moyer | L | 48 | 40 | 8 | ||
| Bobby Shantz | L | 48 | 42 | 6 | ||
| 41 | Bartolo Colón | R | 47 | 30 | 17 | |
| Stan Coveleski* | R | 47 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Early Wynn* | R | 47 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 44 | John Denny | R | 46 | 11 | 35 | |
| Bob Gibson* | R | 46 | 0 | 46 | ||
| Larry Jackson | R | 46 | 0 | 46 | ||
| Herb Pennock* | L | 46 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Rick Wise | R | 46 | 15 | 31 | ||
| 49 | Ferguson Jenkins* | R | 45 | 23 | 22 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_double_plays_as_a_pitcher_leaders|