1938 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders

Every first base fielding board for 1938 on one page, top ten in each.

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Ripper Collins led qualified first basemen with a .996 fielding percentage in 1938. Gus Suhr led in putouts (1,512). Elbie Fletcher led in assists (126). Lou Gehrig led in double plays (157). Jimmie Foxx made the most errors, 19.

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

Fielding Percentage

1B FPCT

1 Ripper Collins .996
2 Frank McCormick .996
3 Red Moore .995
4 Dolph Camilli .995
5 George Giles .993
6 Zeke Bonura .993
7 Johnny McCarthy .993
8 Hal Trosky .993
9 Gus Suhr .993
10 George McQuinn .992

Putouts

1B PO

1 Gus Suhr 1,512
2 Hank Greenberg 1,484
3 Lou Gehrig 1,483
4 Frank McCormick 1,441
5 Elbie Fletcher 1,424
6 Dolph Camilli 1,356
7 Johnny McCarthy 1,315
8 Johnny Mize 1,297
9 Jimmie Foxx 1,282
10 Ripper Collins 1,264

Assists

1B A

1 Elbie Fletcher 126
2 Hank Greenberg 120
3 Jimmie Foxx 116
4 Ripper Collins 111
5 Hal Trosky 102
6 Lou Gehrig 100
7 Frank McCormick 95
7 Dolph Camilli 95
9 Johnny Mize 93
9 Zeke Bonura 93

Double Plays

1B DP

1 Lou Gehrig 157
2 Jimmie Foxx 153
3 Gus Suhr 150
4 Hank Greenberg 146
5 George McQuinn 134
6 Zeke Bonura 132
7 Dolph Camilli 129
8 Frank McCormick 127
9 Hal Trosky 121
10 Ripper Collins 118

Range Factor

1B RF

1 Mint Jones 11.56
2 Johnny McCarthy 11.14
3 Gus Suhr 10.99
4 Buck Leonard 10.79
5 Joe Kuhel 10.77
6 Elbie Fletcher 10.62
7 Jim West 10.49
8 Hank Greenberg 10.35
9 Ripper Collins 10.19
10 Frank McCormick 10.17

Games

1B G

1 Lou Gehrig 157
2 Hank Greenberg 155
3 Frank McCormick 151
4 Jimmie Foxx 149
5 George McQuinn 148
5 Hal Trosky 148
7 Elbie Fletcher 146
8 Dolph Camilli 145
8 Gus Suhr 145
10 Johnny Mize 140

Errors

1B E