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1949 AL Third Base Double Plays Leaders

Double plays turned at third base

Johnny Pesky led the AL with 48 third base double plays in 1949, 11 ahead of Hank Majeski (37). It was one of 2 times Johnny Pesky led in third base double plays.

Johnny Pesky Led the AL in 1949 Johnny Pesky Boston Red Sox
48 Third Base Double Plays 11 clear of Hank Majeski
Showing Third Base Double Plays and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 3B DP G PO A E
1 Johnny Pesky Johnny Pesky BOS 48 148 184 333 16
2 Hank Majeski Hank Majeski PHA 37 113 117 219 15
3 Floyd Baker Floyd Baker CHA 31 122 106 269 9
4 George Kell George Kell DET 23 134 154 271 11
5 Eddie Yost Eddie Yost WS1 23 122 158 232 19
6 Bob Dillinger Bob Dillinger SLA 22 133 166 209 25
7 Bobby Brown Bobby Brown NYA 17 86 84 158 13
8 Billy Johnson Billy Johnson NYA 16 81 77 136 11
9 Lou Boudreau Lou Boudreau CLE 13 38 34 76 4
10 Ken Keltner Ken Keltner CLE 11 69 51 145 4
11 Pete Suder Pete Suder PHA 9 36 37 70 5
12 Mark Christman Mark Christman WS1 7 23 18 41 2
13 Tod Davis PHA 6 12 5 20 1
14 John Sullivan SLA 5 23 22 32 4
15 Bob Kennedy Bob Kennedy CLE 4 21 13 44 1
16 Bobby Rhawn CHA 4 21 31 48 4
17 Rocky Krsnich CHA 4 16 18 40 4
18 Johnny Berardino Johnny Berardino CLE 3 25 19 39 4
19 Eddie Lake Eddie Lake DET 3 18 17 22 0
20 Sherry Robertson Sherry Robertson WS1 2 19 19 41 4
21 Merl Combs BOS 2 9 12 12 2
22 Don White PHA 2 4 2 5 1
23 Al Rosen Al Rosen CLE 1 10 10 16 0
24 Don Kolloway Don Kolloway DET 1 9 6 12 0
25 Roy Sievers Roy Sievers SLA 1 7 3 11 1
26 Andy Anderson SLA 0 8 5 3 0
27 Johnny Ostrowski Johnny Ostrowski CHA 0 8 4 9 1
28 Snuffy Stirnweiss Snuffy Stirnweiss NYA 0 4 3 3 0
29 Fred Hancock CHA 0 3 1 4 1
30 Jack Phillips NYA 0 1 0 0 0