1917 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders
Every shortstop fielding board for 1917 on one page, top ten in each.
Art Fletcher led qualified shortstops with a .956 fielding percentage in 1917. Art Fletcher also led in assists (565). Ray Chapman led in putouts (360). Roger Peckinpaugh led in double plays (84). Larry Kopf made the most errors, 68.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 106 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
SS FPCT- 1 Art Fletcher .956
- 2 Everett Scott .953
- 3 Rabbit Maranville .947
- 4 Ivy Olson .941
- 5 Rogers Hornsby .939
- 6 Ray Chapman .938
- 7 Dave Bancroft .936
- 8 Whitey Witt .935
- 9 Roger Peckinpaugh .934
- 10 Donie Bush .933
Assists
SS A- 1 Art Fletcher 565
- 2 Ray Chapman 528
- 3 Rogers Hornsby 527
- 4 Everett Scott 483
- 5 Rabbit Maranville 474
- 6 Larry Kopf 470
- 7 Roger Peckinpaugh 467
- 8 Dave Bancroft 439
- 9 Ivy Olson 431
- 10 Donie Bush 423
Putouts
SS PO- 1 Ray Chapman 360
- 2 Rabbit Maranville 341
- 3 Everett Scott 315
- 4 Roger Peckinpaugh 292
- 5 Swede Risberg 291
- 6 Ivy Olson 283
- 7 Donie Bush 281
- 8 Art Fletcher 276
- 8 Larry Kopf 276
- 10 Dave Bancroft 274
Double Plays
SS DP- 1 Roger Peckinpaugh 84
- 2 Rogers Hornsby 82
- 3 Ray Chapman 71
- 3 Art Fletcher 71
- 5 Rabbit Maranville 67
- 5 Doc Lavan 67
- 7 Everett Scott 64
- 8 Larry Kopf 59
- 9 Swede Risberg 57
- 10 Dave Bancroft 56
Range Factor
SS RF- 1 Dave Bancroft 5.94
- 2 Rabbit Maranville 5.74
- 3 Ray Chapman 5.69
- 4 Art Fletcher 5.57
- 5 Rogers Hornsby 5.52
- 6 Ivy Olson 5.37
- 7 Doc Lavan 5.16
- 8 Larry Kopf 5.15
- 9 Roger Peckinpaugh 5.13
- 10 Everett Scott 5.08
Games
SS G- 1 Everett Scott 157
- 2 Ray Chapman 156
- 3 Art Fletcher 151
- 4 Roger Peckinpaugh 148
- 5 Donie Bush 147
- 6 Swede Risberg 146
- 7 Larry Kopf 145
- 8 Rogers Hornsby 144
- 9 Rabbit Maranville 142
- 10 Ivy Olson 133
Errors
SS E- 1 Larry Kopf 68
- 2 Swede Risberg 61
- 3 Ray Chapman 59
- 4 Roger Peckinpaugh 54
- 5 Rogers Hornsby 52
- 6 Donie Bush 51
- 7 Chuck Ward 50
- 8 Dave Bancroft 49
- 9 Doc Lavan 47
- 10 Rabbit Maranville 46