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1940 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1940 on one page, top ten in each.

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Eddie Miller led qualified shortstops with a .970 fielding percentage in 1940. Arky Vaughan led in assists (542). Eddie Miller also led in putouts (405) and double plays (122). Arky Vaughan made the most errors, 52.

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. 1 Eddie Miller .970
  2. 2 Lou Boudreau .968
  3. 3 Frankie Crosetti .954
  4. 4 Dick Bartell .953
  5. 5 Luke Appling .953
  6. 6 Jimmy Pofahl .952
  7. 7 Marty Marion .949
  8. 8 Joe Cronin .948
  9. 9 Rabbit Martínez .947
  10. 10 Bobby Mattick .946

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Arky Vaughan 542
  2. 2 Eddie Miller 487
  3. 3 Lou Boudreau 454
  4. 4 Joe Cronin 443
  5. 4 Bobby Bragan 443
  6. 6 Luke Appling 436
  7. 7 Bobby Mattick 431
  8. 8 Frankie Crosetti 396
  9. 9 Dick Bartell 394
  10. 10 Marty Marion 366

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Eddie Miller 405
  2. 2 Arky Vaughan 308
  3. 3 Luke Appling 307
  4. 4 Dick Bartell 295
  5. 5 Lou Boudreau 277
  6. 6 Bobby Bragan 268
  7. 7 Joe Cronin 252
  8. 8 Johnny Berardino 250
  9. 9 Frankie Crosetti 246
  10. 10 Marty Marion 245

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Eddie Miller 122
  2. 2 Lou Boudreau 116
  3. 3 Arky Vaughan 94
  4. 4 Joe Cronin 89
  5. 5 Luke Appling 83
  6. 5 Bobby Bragan 83
  7. 5 Johnny Berardino 83
  8. 8 Bobby Mattick 76
  9. 8 Marty Marion 76
  10. 10 Dick Bartell 74

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Eddie Miller 5.91
  2. 2 Arky Vaughan 5.48
  3. 3 Bobby Bragan 5.39
  4. 4 Bobby Mattick 5.27
  5. 5 Johnny Berardino 5.23
  6. 6 Larnie Jordan 5.10
  7. 7 Tommy Butts 5.07
  8. 8 Dick Bartell 4.96
  9. 9 Luke Appling 4.95
  10. 10 Marty Marion 4.89

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Lou Boudreau 155
  2. 1 Arky Vaughan 155
  3. 3 Eddie Miller 151
  4. 4 Luke Appling 150
  5. 5 Joe Cronin 146
  6. 6 Frankie Crosetti 145
  7. 7 Dick Bartell 139
  8. 8 Bobby Bragan 132
  9. 9 Bobby Mattick 126
  10. 10 Marty Marion 125

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Arky Vaughan 52
  2. 2 Bobby Bragan 49
  3. 3 Joe Cronin 38
  4. 3 Bobby Mattick 38
  5. 3 Johnny Berardino 38
  6. 6 Luke Appling 37
  7. 7 Dick Bartell 34
  8. 8 Marty Marion 33
  9. 9 Frankie Crosetti 31
  10. 10 Eddie Miller 28

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