1943 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders

Every second base fielding board for 1943 on one page, top ten in each.

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Bobby Doerr led qualified second basemen with a .990 fielding percentage in 1943. Mickey Witek led in assists (505). Bobby Doerr also led in putouts (415) and double plays (132). Mickey Witek made the most errors, 31.

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 Bobby Doerr .990
2 Lonny Frey .985
3 Danny Murtaugh .974
4 Lou Klein .973
5 Jimmy Bloodworth .972
6 Billy Herman .971
7 Jerry Priddy .971
8 Howard Easterling .971
8 Javier Pérez .971
10 Joe Gordon .969

Assists

2B A

1 Mickey Witek 505
2 Bobby Doerr 490
2 Joe Gordon 490
4 Lonny Frey 461
5 Ray Mack 444
6 Eddie Stanky 416
7 Jerry Priddy 411
8 Jimmy Bloodworth 393
9 Lou Klein 356
10 Danny Murtaugh 345

Putouts

2B PO

1 Bobby Doerr 415
2 Joe Gordon 407
3 Mickey Witek 401
4 Lonny Frey 399
5 Ray Mack 381
6 Jerry Priddy 364
7 Eddie Stanky 362
8 Jimmy Bloodworth 349
9 Don Gutteridge 328
10 Danny Murtaugh 321

Double Plays

2B DP

1 Bobby Doerr 132
2 Ray Mack 123
3 Joe Gordon 114
4 Lonny Frey 112
5 Jerry Priddy 105
6 Lou Klein 99
7 Mickey Witek 90
8 Eddie Stanky 78
9 Danny Murtaugh 76
10 Jimmy Bloodworth 74

Range Factor

2B RF

1 Lonny Frey 5.97
2 Eddie Stanky 5.94
3 Mickey Witek 5.92
4 Joe Gordon 5.90
5 Danny Murtaugh 5.89
6 Bobby Doerr 5.84
7 Jerry Priddy 5.78
8 Jimmy Bloodworth 5.75
9 Ray Mack 5.39
10 Billy Herman 5.24

Games

2B G

1 Bobby Doerr 155
2 Ray Mack 153
2 Mickey Witek 153
4 Joe Gordon 152
5 Lonny Frey 144
6 Jerry Priddy 134
7 Don Gutteridge 132
8 Eddie Stanky 131
9 Jimmy Bloodworth 129
10 Lou Klein 126

Errors

2B E