1950 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders

Every first base fielding board for 1950 on one page, top ten in each.

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Gil Hodges led qualified first basemen with a .994 fielding percentage in 1950. Eddie Waitkus led in putouts (1,387). Ferris Fain led in assists (124) and double plays (192). Earl Torgeson made the most errors, 21.

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

Fielding Percentage

1B FPCT

1 Gil Hodges .994
2 Eddie Waitkus .993
3 Mickey Vernon .991
4 Luke Easter .991
5 Eddie Robinson .990
6 Don Kolloway .989
7 Tookie Gilbert .988
8 Walt Dropo .988
9 Ted Kluszewski .987
10 Ferris Fain .987

Putouts

1B PO

1 Eddie Waitkus 1,387
2 Earl Torgeson 1,365
3 Eddie Robinson 1,300
4 Ferris Fain 1,286
5 Gil Hodges 1,273
6 Walt Dropo 1,142
7 Ted Kluszewski 1,123
8 Luke Easter 1,100
9 Don Kolloway 1,087
10 Mickey Vernon 959

Assists

1B A

1 Ferris Fain 124
2 Earl Torgeson 110
3 Gil Hodges 100
4 Eddie Waitkus 99
5 Don Kolloway 85
6 Eddie Robinson 82
6 Luke Easter 82
8 Mickey Vernon 78
9 Walt Dropo 77
10 Preston Ward 73

Double Plays

1B DP

1 Ferris Fain 192
2 Gil Hodges 159
3 Walt Dropo 147
4 Eddie Waitkus 142
5 Eddie Robinson 141
6 Don Kolloway 133
7 Earl Torgeson 126
8 Mickey Vernon 121
9 Luke Easter 114
10 Ted Kluszewski 101

Range Factor

1B RF

1 Don Kolloway 9.93
2 Eddie Waitkus 9.65
3 Earl Torgeson 9.46
4 Mickey Vernon 9.43
5 Ferris Fain 9.34
6 Luke Easter 9.23
7 Walt Dropo 9.10
8 Ted Kluszewski 9.04
9 Gil Hodges 8.97
10 Eddie Robinson 8.92

Games

1B G

1 Earl Torgeson 156
2 Eddie Robinson 155
3 Eddie Waitkus 154
4 Gil Hodges 153
5 Ferris Fain 151
6 Walt Dropo 134
7 Ted Kluszewski 131
8 Luke Easter 128
9 Don Kolloway 118
10 Tookie Gilbert 111

Errors

1B E