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1952 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1952 on one page, top ten in each.

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Fred Hatfield led qualified third basemen with a .971 fielding percentage in 1952. Bobby Adams led in assists (328). Willie Jones led in putouts (216). Gil McDougald led in double plays (38). Bobby Adams made the most errors, 20.

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

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT
  1. 1 Fred Hatfield .971
  2. 2 Willie Jones .969
  3. 3 Gil McDougald .968
  4. 4 Eddie Yost .962
  5. 5 Bobby Adams .962
  6. 6 Héctor Rodríguez .959
  7. 7 George Kell .959
  8. 8 Al Rosen .958
  9. 9 Randy Jackson .958
  10. 10 Eddie Mathews .957

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 Bobby Adams 328
  2. 2 Willie Jones 281
  3. 3 Fred Hatfield 276
  4. 4 Gil McDougald 273
  5. 5 Eddie Mathews 259
  6. 6 Al Rosen 256
  7. 7 Eddie Yost 249
  8. 8 Héctor Rodríguez 232
  9. 9 Billy Hitchcock 222
  10. 10 George Kell 216

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Willie Jones 216
  2. 2 Eddie Yost 212
  3. 3 Bobby Adams 176
  4. 4 Eddie Mathews 160
  5. 5 Al Rosen 159
  6. 6 Héctor Rodríguez 145
  7. 7 Gil McDougald 124
  8. 8 Fred Hatfield 121
  9. 9 George Kell 113
  10. 10 Billy Hitchcock 105

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Gil McDougald 38
  2. 2 Fred Hatfield 32
  3. 3 Willie Jones 31
  4. 4 Bobby Adams 28
  5. 5 Eddie Yost 26
  6. 5 Héctor Rodríguez 26
  7. 5 Billy Hitchcock 26
  8. 5 Billy Cox 26
  9. 9 Al Rosen 25
  10. 10 Eddie Mathews 21

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 Gil McDougald 3.39
  2. 2 Willie Jones 3.38
  3. 3 Héctor Rodríguez 3.34
  4. 4 Bobby Adams 3.27
  5. 5 Fred Hatfield 3.20
  6. 6 Billy Hitchcock 3.14
  7. 7 Eddie Mathews 2.95
  8. 8 George Kell 2.94
  9. 9 Eddie Yost 2.94
  10. 10 Randy Jackson 2.83

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Eddie Yost 157
  2. 2 Bobby Adams 154
  3. 3 Willie Jones 147
  4. 3 Al Rosen 147
  5. 5 Eddie Mathews 142
  6. 6 Fred Hatfield 124
  7. 7 Gil McDougald 117
  8. 8 Héctor Rodríguez 113
  9. 9 George Kell 112
  10. 10 Billy Hitchcock 104

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Bobby Adams 20
  2. 1 Billy Hitchcock 20
  3. 3 Eddie Mathews 19
  4. 4 Eddie Yost 18
  5. 4 Al Rosen 18
  6. 6 Bobby Thomson 17
  7. 7 Willie Jones 16
  8. 7 Héctor Rodríguez 16
  9. 9 George Kell 14
  10. 10 Gil McDougald 13

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