All-Time MLB Third Base Range Factor Leaders

Jerry Denny is the all-time MLB leader in third base range factor with 3.71, 0.02 clear of Billy Shindle (3.69). He did it in 13 seasons, from 1881 to 1894. The top ten runs from 3.71 down to 3.38.

Career rate stats are limited to players with 1,000+ games at the position, the usual bar for all-time rate leaderboards. That is a raw total rather than a share of the schedule, so it falls unevenly across eras. Negro League seasons ran roughly 25 to 70 games against 154 or more in the American and National Leagues, and exactly one Negro League fielder reaches 1,000 games at a single position. The outfield is also one position here rather than three: the source splits left, centre and right into a file this site does not load, so an outfield board mixes the three corners together. Show all players

All-time MLB leader Jerry Denny 1881–1894 · 13 seasons

3.71 Third Base Range Factor 0.02 clear of Billy Shindle

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#	Player	Seasons	3B RF	G	PO	A	E
1	Jerry Denny	1881–1894 (13)	3.71	1,109	1,777	2,338	552
2	Billy Shindle	1887–1898 (12)	3.69	1,274	1,815	2,891	570
3	Billy Nash	1884–1898 (15)	3.64	1,468	2,226	3,122	615
4	Jimmy Collins	1895–1908 (14)	3.61	1,683	2,372	3,702	465
5	Arlie Latham	1883–1896 (14)	3.51	1,573	1,976	3,546	822
6	Denny Lyons	1885–1897 (13)	3.51	1,085	1,675	2,130	509
7	Lave Cross	1891–1907 (17)	3.50	1,724	2,310	3,715	397
8	Jimmy Austin	1909–1929 (17)	3.49	1,431	2,042	2,949	358
9	Home Run Baker	1908–1922 (13)	3.43	1,548	2,154	3,155	322
10	Bill Bradley	1899–1915 (13)	3.38	1,390	1,755	2,943	336
11	Harry Steinfeldt	1898–1911 (14)	3.30	1,387	1,776	2,805	365
12	Willie Kamm	1923–1935 (13)	3.28	1,674	2,151	3,345	185
13	Clete Boyer	1955–1971 (16)	3.26	1,439	1,470	3,218	168
14	Art Devlin	1904–1913 (10)	3.26	1,192	1,399	2,481	257
15	Harlond Clift	1934–1945 (12)	3.25	1,550	1,777	3,262	279
16	Hick Carpenter	1879–1892 (12)	3.25	1,059	1,450	1,991	591
17	Billy Werber	1930–1942 (11)	3.22	1,143	1,264	2,415	220
18	Bobby Byrne	1907–1917 (11)	3.21	1,147	1,456	2,221	258
19	George Pinkney	1885–1893 (9)	3.19	1,061	1,343	2,042	387
20	RS Red Smith	1911–1919 (9)	3.19	1,050	1,210	2,136	244
21	James Casey	1898–1907 (10)	3.18	1,100	1,312	2,184	325
22	Eddie Foster	1912–1923 (12)	3.16	1,161	1,289	2,384	278
23	Larry Gardner	1908–1924 (16)	3.14	1,656	1,789	3,408	287
24	Pie Traynor	1921–1937 (16)	3.12	1,863	2,289	3,521	324
25	Mike Mowrey	1905–1917 (13)	3.12	1,196	1,363	2,363	221
26	Brooks Robinson	1955–1977 (23)	3.10	2,870	2,697	6,205	263
27	Ken Keltner	1937–1950 (13)	3.10	1,500	1,576	3,070	171
28	Red Rolfe	1934–1942 (9)	3.09	1,084	1,220	2,128	155
29	Ossie Bluege	1922–1939 (18)	3.09	1,487	1,551	3,040	208
30	Heinie Groh	1912–1927 (15)	3.09	1,299	1,456	2,554	136
31	Willie Jones	1947–1961 (15)	3.09	1,614	2,045	2,934	192
32	Buddy Bell	1972–1989 (18)	3.08	2,183	1,798	4,925	254
33	Bob Elliott	1942–1953 (12)	3.07	1,365	1,448	2,744	236
34	Ron Santo	1960–1974 (15)	3.07	2,130	1,955	4,581	317
35	Frank Malzone	1955–1966 (12)	3.06	1,370	1,308	2,884	196
36	DE Darrell Evans	1969–1989 (20)	3.05	1,442	1,273	3,123	253
37	George Kell	1943–1957 (15)	3.03	1,692	1,825	3,303	166
38	Ken McMullen	1963–1977 (15)	3.03	1,318	1,259	2,731	162
39	Pinky Whitney	1928–1939 (12)	3.02	1,358	1,455	2,640	164
40	Mike Schmidt	1972–1989 (18)	3.00	2,212	1,591	5,045	313
41	Eddie Yost	1944–1962 (18)	3.00	2,008	2,356	3,659	270
42	Jimmy Dykes	1918–1939 (20)	2.99	1,257	1,361	2,403	188
43	DR Doug Rader	1967–1977 (11)	2.98	1,349	1,138	2,887	187
44	George Brett	1973–1992 (17)	2.98	1,692	1,372	3,674	261
45	Graig Nettles	1968–1988 (21)	2.98	2,412	1,898	5,279	295
46	Stan Hack	1932–1947 (16)	2.96	1,836	1,944	3,494	246
47	Don Hoak	1954–1963 (10)	2.96	1,199	1,219	2,331	153
48	TP Terry Pendleton	1984–1998 (15)	2.96	1,785	1,386	3,891	238
49	Ken Boyer	1955–1968 (14)	2.92	1,785	1,567	3,652	264
50	Eddie Mathews	1952–1968 (17)	2.92	2,181	2,049	4,322	293

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