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1917 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1917 on one page, top ten in each.

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Heinie Groh led qualified third basemen with a .966 fielding percentage in 1917. Heinie Zimmerman led in assists (349). Home Run Baker led in putouts (202). Heinie Groh also led in double plays (28). Red Smith made the most errors, 33.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 105 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT
  1. 1 Heinie Groh .966
  2. 2 Charlie Deal .957
  3. 3 Buck Weaver .949
  4. 4 Home Run Baker .949
  5. 5 Heinie Zimmerman .947
  6. 6 Jimmy Austin .947
  7. 7 Milt Stock .942
  8. 8 Ossie Vitt .940
  9. 9 Doug Baird .940
  10. 10 Joe Evans .939

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 Heinie Zimmerman 349
  2. 2 Doug Baird 332
  3. 3 Heinie Groh 331
  4. 4 Home Run Baker 317
  5. 5 Larry Gardner 315
  6. 6 Joe Evans 279
  7. 7 Ray Bates 267
  8. 8 Red Smith 264
  9. 9 Ossie Vitt 260
  10. 10 Milt Stock 255

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Home Run Baker 202
  2. 2 Heinie Groh 178
  3. 3 Ray Bates 168
  4. 4 Doug Baird 166
  5. 5 Ossie Vitt 164
  6. 6 Jimmy Austin 159
  7. 7 Buck Weaver 154
  8. 8 Charlie Deal 151
  9. 9 Heinie Zimmerman 148
  10. 9 Larry Gardner 148

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Heinie Groh 28
  2. 2 Red Smith 27
  3. 2 Doug Baird 27
  4. 4 Heinie Zimmerman 22
  5. 4 Jimmy Austin 22
  6. 6 Home Run Baker 21
  7. 6 Charlie Deal 21
  8. 8 Joe Evans 20
  9. 9 Larry Gardner 18
  10. 9 Ossie Vitt 18

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 Home Run Baker 3.56
  2. 2 Ray Bates 3.51
  3. 3 Buck Weaver 3.48
  4. 4 Doug Baird 3.46
  5. 5 Jimmy Austin 3.36
  6. 6 Heinie Zimmerman 3.34
  7. 7 Heinie Groh 3.31
  8. 8 Joe Evans 3.28
  9. 9 Larry Gardner 3.17
  10. 10 Charlie Deal 3.12

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Heinie Groh 154
  2. 2 Heinie Zimmerman 149
  3. 3 Red Smith 147
  4. 4 Home Run Baker 146
  5. 4 Larry Gardner 146
  6. 6 Doug Baird 144
  7. 7 Ossie Vitt 140
  8. 8 Milt Stock 133
  9. 9 Charlie Deal 130
  10. 10 Joe Evans 127

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Red Smith 33
  2. 2 Doug Baird 32
  3. 3 Larry Gardner 31
  4. 3 Ray Bates 31
  5. 5 Heinie Zimmerman 28
  6. 5 Home Run Baker 28
  7. 7 Ossie Vitt 27
  8. 7 Joe Evans 27
  9. 9 Milt Stock 24
  10. 10 Jimmy Austin 23

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