Cleveland Guardians centerfielder Myles Straw had 10 putouts on Sunday.
Box scores in 2022 generally do not include fielding stats, beyond mentioning who was judged to have committed errors, so an oddity like Straw's fielding chances would be easily missed. (Baseball-Reference's boxes have PO-A-E.)
Straw was in the field for only eight innings. His catches, in linescore form: 200 122 12x. There were 12 outs in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth innings and Straw recorded seven of them. No other Cleveland fielder had more than four putouts in the game.
The 10 putouts is not a record, but it is fairly close. The major league record for putouts by a centerfielder in a game is 12, by Lyman Bostock (Twins, May 25, 1977) and Jacoby Ellsbury (Red Sox, May 20, 2009) in the American League and Earl Clark (Boston, May 10, 1929) in the National League. . . . There's something about flyballs in May . . .
The records for putouts by a left fielder and right fielder are both 11.
Fun Fact: On June 25, 1937, Red Sox right fielder Ben Chapman set a record for most putouts in a row by an outfielder, with seven. Here is the St. Louis Browns' play-by-play for the last three innings:
7th Inning: BB, L8, F9, 1B, F9.
8th Inning: F9, F9, F9.
9th Inning: F9, 3B, F9*, 1B, F7.
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