1939 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

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

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Frankie Crosetti led qualified shortstops with a .968 fielding percentage in 1939. Arky Vaughan led in assists (531) and putouts (330). Frankie Crosetti also led in double plays (118). Billy Myers made the most errors, 42.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 102 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT

1 Frankie Crosetti .968
2 Billy Jurges .965
3 Arky Vaughan .962
4 Joe Cronin .959
5 Cecil Travis .958
6 George Scharein .958
7 Jimmy Brown .957
8 Leo Durocher .957
9 Jelly Jackson .951
10 Billy Myers .951

Assists

SS A

1 Arky Vaughan 531
2 Billy Myers 512
3 Billy Jurges 482
4 Luke Appling 461
5 Frankie Crosetti 460
6 Joe Cronin 437
7 Cecil Travis 359
8 Jimmy Brown 349
9 George Scharein 331
10 Leo Durocher 322

Putouts

SS PO

1 Arky Vaughan 330
2 Frankie Crosetti 323
3 Billy Myers 309
4 Joe Cronin 306
5 Billy Jurges 295
6 Luke Appling 289
7 George Scharein 258
8 Dick Bartell 241
9 Leo Durocher 228
10 Jimmy Brown 208

Double Plays

SS DP

1 Frankie Crosetti 118
2 Billy Myers 110
3 Arky Vaughan 103
4 Billy Jurges 95
5 Joe Cronin 93
6 Luke Appling 78
7 Eddie Miller 76
8 Cecil Travis 74
9 Leo Durocher 73
10 George Scharein 69

Range Factor

SS RF

1 Chester Williams 5.71
2 Billy Jurges 5.67
3 Arky Vaughan 5.66
4 Billy Myers 5.44
5 Jimmy Brown 5.36
6 Joe Cronin 5.23
7 Frankie Crosetti 5.15
8 Luke Appling 5.07
9 George Scharein 5.03
10 Jelly Jackson 5.03

Games

SS G

1 Frankie Crosetti 152
1 Arky Vaughan 152
3 Billy Myers 151
4 Luke Appling 148
5 Joe Cronin 142
6 Billy Jurges 137
7 Cecil Travis 118
8 George Scharein 117
9 Leo Durocher 113
10 Jimmy Brown 104

Errors

SS E