1938 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

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

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Leo Durocher led qualified shortstops with a .966 fielding percentage in 1938. Arky Vaughan led in assists (507). Frankie Crosetti led in putouts (352) and double plays (120). Rabbit Warstler made the most errors, 48.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 101 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT

1 Leo Durocher .966
2 Red Kress .965
3 Lyn Lary .964
4 Arky Vaughan .961
5 Billy Rogell .959
6 Joe Cronin .954
7 Billy Jurges .953
8 Dick Bartell .952
9 Cecil Travis .950
10 Frankie Crosetti .948

Assists

SS A

1 Arky Vaughan 507
2 Frankie Crosetti 506
3 Cecil Travis 457
4 Joe Cronin 449
5 Dick Bartell 447
6 Billy Rogell 431
7 Rabbit Warstler 428
8 Billy Jurges 417
9 Leo Durocher 399
9 Lyn Lary 399

Putouts

SS PO

1 Frankie Crosetti 352
2 Red Kress 321
3 Arky Vaughan 306
4 Cecil Travis 304
4 Joe Cronin 304
6 Lyn Lary 296
7 Billy Rogell 291
8 Dick Bartell 288
9 Leo Durocher 287
10 Rabbit Warstler 285

Double Plays

SS DP

1 Frankie Crosetti 120
2 Cecil Travis 113
3 Joe Cronin 110
4 Arky Vaughan 107
5 Billy Rogell 101
6 Red Kress 100
7 Leo Durocher 90
8 Lyn Lary 88
9 Dick Bartell 85
10 Billy Jurges 82

Range Factor

SS RF

1 Dick Bartell 5.79
2 Arky Vaughan 5.53
3 Frankie Crosetti 5.47
4 Billy Rogell 5.39
5 Cecil Travis 5.32
6 Joe Cronin 5.30
7 Rabbit Warstler 5.28
8 Billy Myers 5.16
9 Billy Jurges 5.10
10 Jelly Jackson 5.02

Games

SS G

1 Frankie Crosetti 157
2 Red Kress 150
3 Arky Vaughan 147
4 Cecil Travis 143
5 Joe Cronin 142
6 Leo Durocher 141
6 Lyn Lary 141
8 Billy Jurges 136
9 Rabbit Warstler 135
10 Billy Rogell 134

Errors

SS E