1943 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

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

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Sam Bankhead led qualified shortstops with a .979 fielding percentage in 1943. Whitey Wietelmann led in assists (581). Eddie Miller led in putouts (335). Lou Boudreau led in double plays (122). Joe Hoover made the most errors, 41.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 23 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT

1 Sam Bankhead .979
2 Eddie Miller .979
3 Marty Marion .970
4 Lou Boudreau .970
5 Jesse Williams .967
6 Rabbit Martínez .962
7 Luke Appling .957
8 Whitey Wietelmann .957
9 Irv Hall .948
10 John Sullivan .946

Assists

SS A

1 Whitey Wietelmann 581
2 Eddie Miller 543
3 Luke Appling 500
4 Lou Boudreau 488
5 John Sullivan 445
6 Irv Hall 435
7 Marty Marion 424
8 Lennie Merullo 396
9 Joe Hoover 393
10 Vern Stephens 339

Putouts

SS PO

1 Eddie Miller 335
2 Lou Boudreau 328
3 Whitey Wietelmann 307
4 Joe Hoover 301
5 Luke Appling 300
6 Irv Hall 298
7 John Sullivan 276
8 Marty Marion 232
9 Skeeter Newsome 222
10 Vern Stephens 220

Double Plays

SS DP

1 Lou Boudreau 122
2 Eddie Miller 121
3 Luke Appling 115
4 Marty Marion 93
5 Whitey Wietelmann 91
5 Irv Hall 91
7 John Sullivan 89
8 Joe Hoover 84
9 Skeeter Newsome 69
10 Lennie Merullo 68

Range Factor

SS RF

1 Sam Bankhead 5.92
2 Whitey Wietelmann 5.80
3 Eddie Miller 5.70
4 Rabbit Martínez 5.65
5 John Sullivan 5.42
6 Lou Boudreau 5.37
7 Luke Appling 5.16
8 Marty Marion 5.13
9 Irv Hall 4.95
10 Lennie Merullo 4.91

Games

SS G

1 Luke Appling 155
2 Eddie Miller 154
3 Whitey Wietelmann 153
4 Lou Boudreau 152
5 Irv Hall 148
6 Joe Hoover 144
7 John Sullivan 133
8 Marty Marion 128
9 Lennie Merullo 125
10 Vern Stephens 123

Errors

SS E