Noun
an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
Source: WordNetthe first baseman made 15 putouts Source: Internet
A safe course for the official scorer to follow is to score a hit when exceptionally good fielding of a ball fails to result in a putout. Source: Internet
Sullivan (1997), p. 292. The practice, common to bat-and-ball games of the day, of "soaking" or "plugging"—effecting a putout by hitting a runner with a thrown ball—was barred. Source: Internet
If the fielder bobbles the ball, the runner may still tag up, even before the fielder has full control of the ball (before the fielder is credited with a putout). Source: Internet