1939 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders
Every third base fielding board for 1939 on one page, top ten in each.
Ken Keltner led qualified third basemen with a .974 fielding percentage in 1939. Jim Tabor led in assists (338). Ken Keltner also led in putouts (187) and double plays (40). Jim Tabor made the most errors, 40.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 103 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
3B FPCT- 1 Ken Keltner .974
- 2 Red Rolfe .958
- 3 Merrill May .956
- 4 Stan Hack .956
- 5 Harlond Clift .953
- 6 Cookie Lavagetto .948
- 7 Don Gutteridge .934
- 8 Buddy Lewis .933
- 9 Billy Werber .933
- 10 Jim Tabor .923
Assists
3B A- 1 Jim Tabor 338
- 2 Buddy Lewis 326
- 3 Harlond Clift 324
- 4 Billy Werber 308
- 5 Ken Keltner 297
- 6 Red Rolfe 282
- 7 Stan Hack 278
- 7 Cookie Lavagetto 278
- 9 Merrill May 263
- 10 Pinky Higgins 241
Putouts
3B PO- 1 Ken Keltner 187
- 2 Harlond Clift 184
- 3 Stan Hack 177
- 4 Billy Werber 165
- 5 Cookie Lavagetto 163
- 6 Merrill May 153
- 7 Red Rolfe 151
- 8 Jim Tabor 144
- 9 Pinky Higgins 140
- 10 Don Gutteridge 136
Double Plays
3B DP- 1 Ken Keltner 40
- 2 Harlond Clift 34
- 3 Jim Tabor 32
- 3 Billy Werber 32
- 5 Buddy Lewis 31
- 6 Cookie Lavagetto 28
- 6 Merrill May 28
- 8 Don Gutteridge 24
- 9 Eric McNair 23
- 10 Red Rolfe 22
Range Factor
3B RF- 1 Harlond Clift 3.41
- 2 Buddy Lewis 3.34
- 3 Jim Tabor 3.26
- 4 Billy Werber 3.22
- 5 Merrill May 3.15
- 6 Ken Keltner 3.14
- 7 Spencer Davis 3.00
- 8 Cookie Lavagetto 2.96
- 9 Pinky Higgins 2.93
- 10 Stan Hack 2.92
Games
3B G- 1 Stan Hack 156
- 2 Ken Keltner 154
- 3 Red Rolfe 152
- 4 Harlond Clift 149
- 4 Cookie Lavagetto 149
- 6 Jim Tabor 148
- 7 Billy Werber 147
- 8 Don Gutteridge 143
- 9 Buddy Lewis 134
- 10 Merrill May 132
Errors
3B E- 1 Jim Tabor 40
- 2 Pinky Higgins 36
- 3 Billy Werber 34
- 4 Buddy Lewis 32
- 5 Harlond Clift 25
- 6 Cookie Lavagetto 24
- 6 Don Gutteridge 24
- 8 Stan Hack 21
- 9 Red Rolfe 19
- 9 Merrill May 19