1916 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders
Every third base fielding board for 1916 on one page, top ten in each.
Mike Mowrey led qualified third basemen with a .965 fielding percentage in 1916. Ossie Vitt led in assists (385), putouts (208) and double plays (32). Charlie Pick made the most errors, 42.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 104 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
3B FPCT- 1 Mike Mowrey .965
- 2 Ossie Vitt .964
- 3 Heinie Groh .957
- 4 Milt Stock .955
- 5 Larry Gardner .953
- 6 Bill McKechnie .947
- 7 Jimmy Austin .939
- 8 Heinie Zimmerman .935
- 9 Red Smith .928
- 10 Charlie Pick .899
Assists
3B A- 1 Ossie Vitt 385
- 2 Red Smith 299
- 3 Mike Mowrey 291
- 4 Larry Gardner 278
- 5 Heinie Zimmerman 275
- 6 Jimmy Austin 274
- 7 Heinie Groh 252
- 8 Charlie Pick 230
- 9 Milt Stock 213
- 10 Home Run Baker 210
Putouts
3B PO- 1 Ossie Vitt 208
- 2 Red Smith 166
- 3 Mike Mowrey 154
- 4 Larry Gardner 149
- 5 Charlie Pick 143
- 6 Home Run Baker 133
- 7 Jimmy Austin 128
- 7 Milt Stock 128
- 9 Heinie Zimmerman 126
- 10 Buck Weaver 124
Double Plays
3B DP- 1 Ossie Vitt 32
- 1 Heinie Groh 32
- 3 Charlie Pick 25
- 4 Larry Gardner 24
- 5 Milt Stock 22
- 5 Buck Weaver 22
- 7 Jimmy Austin 21
- 8 Mike Mowrey 17
- 9 Heinie Zimmerman 16
- 9 Home Run Baker 16
Range Factor
3B RF- 1 Ossie Vitt 3.93
- 2 Charlie Pick 3.45
- 3 Heinie Groh 3.41
- 4 Jimmy Austin 3.24
- 5 Heinie Zimmerman 3.21
- 6 Red Smith 3.10
- 7 Mike Mowrey 3.09
- 8 Milt Stock 2.92
- 9 Larry Gardner 2.91
- 10 Bill McKechnie 2.84
Games
3B G- 1 Ossie Vitt 151
- 2 Red Smith 150
- 3 Larry Gardner 147
- 4 Mike Mowrey 144
- 5 Heinie Zimmerman 125
- 6 Jimmy Austin 124
- 7 Milt Stock 117
- 8 Heinie Groh 110
- 9 Charlie Pick 108
- 10 Bill McKechnie 106
Errors
3B E- 1 Charlie Pick 42
- 2 Red Smith 36
- 3 Heinie Zimmerman 28
- 4 Jimmy Austin 26
- 5 Ossie Vitt 22
- 5 Home Run Baker 22
- 7 Larry Gardner 21
- 8 Buck Weaver 20
- 8 Rogers Hornsby 20
- 10 Eddie Foster 19