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1948 MLB Outfield Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at outfield

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Jeff Heath led the majors in outfield fielding percentage with .991 in 1948, just ahead of Dale Mitchell (.9913 to .9907).

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Jeff Heath Led all of MLB in 1948 Jeff Heath Boston Braves
.991 Outfield Fielding Percentage Just ahead of Dale Mitchell
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# Player Team OF FPCT G PO A E
1 Jeff Heath Jeff Heath BSN .991 106 223 6 2
2 Dale Mitchell Dale Mitchell CLE .991 140 307 12 3
3 Barney McCosky PHA .990 134 277 9 3
4 Whitey Lockman Whitey Lockman NY1 .987 144 388 6 5
5 Taffy Wright Taffy Wright CHA .987 114 227 9 3
6 Frank Baumholtz Frank Baumholtz CIN .987 110 216 11 3
7 Cleveland Clark Cleveland Clark NYC .986 35 68 5 1
8 Ted Williams Ted Williams BOS .983 134 289 9 5
9 Elmer Valo Elmer Valo PHA .983 109 231 4 4
10 Tommy Holmes Tommy Holmes BSN .983 137 283 8 5
11 Carl Furillo Carl Furillo BRO .983 104 274 13 5
12 Willard Marshall Willard Marshall NY1 .983 142 266 16 5
13 Sam Chapman Sam Chapman PHA .982 118 368 8 7
14 Dom DiMaggio Dom DiMaggio BOS .981 155 503 13 10
15 Richie Ashburn Richie Ashburn PHI .981 116 344 14 7
16 Stan Musial Stan Musial SLN .981 155 347 10 7
17 Bill Nicholson CHN .980 136 244 7 5
18 Dave Philley Dave Philley CHA .978 128 381 22 9
19 Dixie Walker Dixie Walker PIT .977 112 168 4 4
20 Johnny Wyrostek Johnny Wyrostek CIN .977 130 331 8 8
21 Wally Westlake Wally Westlake PIT .976 125 274 8 7
22 Hal Jeffcoat Hal Jeffcoat CHN .976 119 307 12 8
23 Ralph Kiner Ralph Kiner PIT .975 154 382 6 10
24 Bud Stewart Bud Stewart WS1 .975 114 265 5 7
25 Hoot Evers Hoot Evers DET .973 138 392 8 11
26 Lester Lockett Lester Lockett BEG .973 58 101 8 3
27 Hank Sauer Hank Sauer CIN .973 132 270 14 8
28 Pat Mullin Pat Mullin DET .972 131 274 7 8
29 Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio NYA .972 152 441 8 13
30 Gene Hermanski Gene Hermanski BRO .971 119 225 13 7
31 Enos Slaughter Enos Slaughter SLN .971 146 330 9 10
32 Bobby Thomson Bobby Thomson NY1 .970 125 313 10 10
33 Gil Coan Gil Coan WS1 .970 131 341 11 11
34 Monte Irvin Monte Irvin NE .969 39 60 3 2
35 Al Zarilla Al Zarilla SLA .962 136 322 5 13
36 Henry Kimbro Henry Kimbro BEG .961 59 117 7 5
37 Jimmy Wilkes Jimmy Wilkes NE .958 54 110 3 5
38 Del Ennis Del Ennis PHI .957 151 297 15 14
39 Larry Doby Larry Doby CLE .955 114 287 12 14
40 Harry Simpson Harry Simpson PS .955 40 79 5 4
41 Whitey Platt Whitey Platt SLA .948 114 230 5 13
42 Johnny Blatnik Johnny Blatnik PHI .946 105 220 9 13
43 Gene Benson Gene Benson PS .938 44 67 8 5
44 Bob Harvey Bob Harvey NE .932 51 63 6 5