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1939 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders

Every second base fielding board for 1939 on one page, top ten in each.

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Charlie Gehringer led qualified second basemen with a .977 fielding percentage in 1939. Billy Herman led in assists (485) and putouts (377). Joe Gordon led in double plays (116). Billy Herman made the most errors, 29.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 104 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

2B FPCT
  1. 1 Charlie Gehringer .977
  2. 2 Stu Martin .977
  3. 3 Lonny Frey .976
  4. 4 Bobby Doerr .976
  5. 5 Newt Allen .973
  6. 6 Billy Herman .968
  7. 7 Joe Gordon .967
  8. 8 Sam Bankhead .961
  9. 9 Pete Coscarart .960
  10. 10 Johnny Berardino .958

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Assists

2B A
  1. 1 Billy Herman 485
  2. 2 Joe Gordon 461
  3. 3 Bobby Doerr 431
  4. 4 Lonny Frey 412
  5. 5 Johnny Berardino 339
  6. 6 Pete Coscarart 338
  7. 7 Burgess Whitehead 320
  8. 8 Charlie Gehringer 312
  9. 9 Stu Martin 304
  10. 10 Pep Young 270

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Putouts

2B PO
  1. 1 Billy Herman 377
  2. 2 Joe Gordon 370
  3. 3 Bobby Doerr 336
  4. 4 Lonny Frey 324
  5. 5 Johnny Berardino 315
  6. 6 Pete Coscarart 256
  7. 7 Charlie Gehringer 245
  8. 8 Stu Martin 242
  9. 9 Burgess Whitehead 232
  10. 10 Jimmy Bloodworth 226

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Double Plays

2B DP
  1. 1 Joe Gordon 116
  2. 2 Billy Herman 95
  3. 2 Bobby Doerr 95
  4. 4 Lonny Frey 83
  5. 5 Pete Coscarart 69
  6. 6 Johnny Berardino 67
  7. 6 Charlie Gehringer 67
  8. 8 Tony Cuccinello 66
  9. 8 Jimmy Bloodworth 66
  10. 10 Stu Martin 62

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Range Factor

2B RF
  1. 1 Bobby Doerr 6.09
  2. 2 Lonny Frey 5.94
  3. 3 Newt Allen 5.80
  4. 4 Johnny Berardino 5.74
  5. 5 Sam Bankhead 5.66
  6. 6 Al Frazier 5.61
  7. 7 Pete Coscarart 5.55
  8. 8 Billy Herman 5.53
  9. 9 Joe Gordon 5.50
  10. 10 Charlie Gehringer 5.21

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Games

2B G
  1. 1 Billy Herman 156
  2. 2 Joe Gordon 151
  3. 3 Bobby Doerr 126
  4. 4 Lonny Frey 124
  5. 5 Johnny Berardino 114
  6. 6 Pete Coscarart 107
  7. 6 Charlie Gehringer 107
  8. 6 Stu Martin 107
  9. 9 Burgess Whitehead 91
  10. 10 Pep Young 84

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Errors

2B E
  1. 1 Billy Herman 29
  2. 1 Johnny Berardino 29
  3. 3 Joe Gordon 28
  4. 4 Pete Coscarart 25
  5. 5 Bobby Doerr 19
  6. 5 Joe Gantenbein 19
  7. 5 Bill Brubaker 19
  8. 8 Lonny Frey 18
  9. 9 Burgess Whitehead 17
  10. 10 Pep Young 16

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