1930 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1930 on one page, top ten in each.

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Sparky Adams led qualified third basemen with a .966 fielding percentage in 1930. Pinky Whitney led in assists (313), putouts (186) and double plays (29). Wally Gilbert made the most errors, 26.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 103 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT

1 Sparky Adams .966
2 Marty McManus .966
3 Pinky Whitney .965
4 Ossie Bluege .964
5 Jimmy Dykes .960
6 Freddie Lindstrom .953
7 Wally Gilbert .944
8 Pie Traynor .941
9 Willie Kamm .939
10 Jimmy Binder .938

Assists

3B A

1 Pinky Whitney 313
2 Wally Gilbert 312
3 Freddie Lindstrom 291
4 Pie Traynor 268
5 Ossie Bluege 258
6 Marty McManus 241
7 Willie Kamm 209
8 Jimmy Dykes 191
9 Joe Sewell 184
10 Tony Cuccinello 181

Putouts

3B PO

1 Pinky Whitney 186
2 Marty McManus 152
3 Willie Kamm 142
4 Ossie Bluege 138
5 Freddie Lindstrom 132
6 Wally Gilbert 130
6 Pie Traynor 130
8 Jimmy Dykes 124
9 Frank O'Rourke 116
10 Ben Chapman 100

Double Plays

3B DP

Range Factor

3B RF

1 Pinky Whitney 3.37
2 Willie Kamm 3.31
3 Pie Traynor 3.06
4 Marty McManus 3.02
5 Ossie Bluege 2.96
6 Wally Gilbert 2.95
7 Jimmy Binder 2.87
8 Freddie Lindstrom 2.86
9 Bobby Robinson 2.83
10 Jimmy Dykes 2.56

Games

3B G

1 Wally Gilbert 150
2 Freddie Lindstrom 148
2 Pinky Whitney 148
4 Ossie Bluege 134
5 Marty McManus 130
5 Pie Traynor 130
7 Jimmy Dykes 123
8 Tony Cuccinello 109
9 Willie Kamm 106
10 Sparky Adams 104

Errors

3B E