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1944 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1944 on one page, top ten in each.

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Lou Boudreau led qualified shortstops with a .978 fielding percentage in 1944. Eddie Miller led in assists (544) and putouts (357). Lou Boudreau also led in double plays (134). John Sullivan made the most errors, 50.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 104 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Lou Boudreau .978
  2. 2 Marty Marion .972
  3. 3 Eddie Miller .971
  4. 4 Skeeter Newsome .963
  5. 5 Buddy Kerr .954
  6. 6 Vern Stephens .954
  7. 7 Frank Austin .947
  8. 8 Sam Bankhead .947
  9. 9 Skeeter Webb .944
  10. 10 Ed Busch .940

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Eddie Miller 544
  2. 2 Lou Boudreau 516
  3. 3 Buddy Kerr 507
  4. 4 Vern Stephens 480
  5. 5 Marty Marion 461
  6. 5 Skeeter Webb 461
  7. 7 John Sullivan 426
  8. 8 Skeeter Newsome 421
  9. 9 Joe Hoover 405
  10. 10 Frankie Gustine 330

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Eddie Miller 357
  2. 2 Lou Boudreau 339
  3. 3 Buddy Kerr 328
  4. 4 John Sullivan 276
  5. 5 Marty Marion 268
  6. 6 Joe Hoover 256
  7. 7 Skeeter Newsome 249
  8. 8 Vern Stephens 239
  9. 9 Whitey Wietelmann 215
  10. 10 Ed Busch 204

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Lou Boudreau 134
  2. 2 Joe Hoover 102
  3. 3 Eddie Miller 100
  4. 4 Marty Marion 90
  5. 5 John Sullivan 89
  6. 6 Buddy Kerr 81
  7. 6 Skeeter Webb 81
  8. 8 Skeeter Newsome 79
  9. 9 Vern Stephens 71
  10. 10 Mike Milosevich 68

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Sam Bankhead 5.94
  2. 2 Eddie Miller 5.81
  3. 3 Lou Boudreau 5.74
  4. 4 Buddy Kerr 5.60
  5. 5 Joe Hoover 5.55
  6. 6 Skeeter Newsome 5.32
  7. 7 Rabbit Martínez 5.30
  8. 8 John Sullivan 5.09
  9. 9 Marty Marion 5.06
  10. 10 Vern Stephens 5.03

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Eddie Miller 155
  2. 2 Lou Boudreau 149
  3. 2 Buddy Kerr 149
  4. 4 Marty Marion 144
  5. 5 Vern Stephens 143
  6. 6 John Sullivan 138
  7. 7 Skeeter Webb 135
  8. 8 Skeeter Newsome 126
  9. 9 Joe Hoover 119
  10. 10 Frankie Gustine 116

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 John Sullivan 50
  2. 2 Joe Hoover 48
  3. 3 Buddy Kerr 40
  4. 4 Skeeter Webb 39
  5. 5 Vern Stephens 35
  6. 6 Frankie Gustine 34
  7. 6 Ed Busch 34
  8. 8 Eddie Miller 27
  9. 9 Skeeter Newsome 26
  10. 10 Ray Hamrick 25

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