1944 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

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

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Héctor Rodríguez led qualified third basemen with a .976 fielding percentage in 1944. Ken Keltner led in assists (369) and double plays (37). Whitey Kurowski led in putouts (188). Bob Elliott made the most errors, 27.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 26 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT

1 Héctor Rodríguez .976
2 Mark Christman .972
3 Ken Keltner .968
4 Whitey Kurowski .965
5 George Kell .958
6 Henry Spearman .957
7 Pinky Higgins .954
8 Gil Torres .952
9 Steve Mesner .951
10 Jim Tabor .950

Assists

3B A

1 Ken Keltner 369
2 Mark Christman 316
3 Pinky Higgins 311
4 Gil Torres 297
5 George Kell 289
6 Bob Elliott 285
7 Whitey Kurowski 281
8 Jim Tabor 258
9 Steve Mesner 246
10 Ralph Hodgin 215

Putouts

3B PO

1 Whitey Kurowski 188
2 Mark Christman 172
3 Bob Elliott 169
4 Ken Keltner 168
5 George Kell 167
6 Pinky Higgins 146
7 Jim Tabor 125
8 Gil Torres 120
8 Steve Mesner 120
10 Frenchy Bordagaray 107

Double Plays

3B DP

Range Factor

3B RF

1 Ken Keltner 3.60
2 Gil Torres 3.39
3 Mark Christman 3.37
4 Jim Tabor 3.36
5 Héctor Rodríguez 3.33
6 George Kell 3.28
7 Bob Elliott 3.24
8 Murray Watkins 3.24
9 Whitey Kurowski 3.21
10 Pinky Higgins 3.13

Games

3B G

1 Ken Keltner 149
2 Pinky Higgins 146
2 Whitey Kurowski 146
4 Mark Christman 145
5 Bob Elliott 140
6 George Kell 139
7 Gil Torres 123
8 Steve Mesner 120
9 Jim Tabor 114
10 Frenchy Bordagaray 98

Errors

3B E