1938 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders

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

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Harry Williams led qualified second basemen with a .982 fielding percentage in 1938. Pep Young led in assists (554) and double plays (120). Billy Herman led in putouts (404). Joe Gordon made the most errors, 31.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 33 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

2B FPCT

1 Harry Williams .982
2 Buddy Myer .982
3 Billy Herman .981
4 Charlie Gehringer .976
5 Tony Cuccinello .974
6 Pep Young .973
7 Don Heffner .971
8 Bobby Doerr .968
9 Emmett Mueller .967
10 Lonny Frey .964

Assists

2B A

1 Pep Young 554
2 Billy Herman 517
3 Tony Cuccinello 458
4 Charlie Gehringer 455
5 Joe Gordon 450
6 Bobby Doerr 420
7 Johnny Hudson 395
8 Lonny Frey 390
9 Don Heffner 363
10 Buddy Myer 355

Putouts

2B PO

1 Billy Herman 404
2 Charlie Gehringer 393
3 Bobby Doerr 372
4 Pep Young 370
5 Don Heffner 365
6 Tony Cuccinello 323
7 Buddy Myer 308
8 Johnny Hudson 304
8 Odell Hale 304
10 Joe Gordon 290

Double Plays

2B DP

1 Pep Young 120
2 Bobby Doerr 118
3 Charlie Gehringer 115
4 Billy Herman 111
5 Don Heffner 103
6 Joe Gordon 98
7 Buddy Myer 91
8 Tony Cuccinello 84
9 Lonny Frey 80
10 Johnny Hudson 79

Range Factor

2B RF

1 Pep Young 6.20
2 Billy Herman 6.10
3 Joe Gordon 5.87
4 Charlie Gehringer 5.58
5 Lonny Frey 5.52
6 Buddy Myer 5.48
7 Bobby Doerr 5.46
8 Tony Cuccinello 5.31
9 Johnny Hudson 5.30
10 Don Heffner 5.16

Games

2B G

1 Charlie Gehringer 152
2 Billy Herman 151
3 Pep Young 149
4 Tony Cuccinello 147
5 Bobby Doerr 145
6 Don Heffner 141
7 Johnny Hudson 132
8 Odell Hale 127
9 Joe Gordon 126
10 Lonny Frey 121

Errors

2B E