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1953 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1953 on one page, top ten in each.

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Chico Carrasquel led qualified shortstops with a .976 fielding percentage in 1953. Roy McMillan led in assists (519) and double plays (114). Harvey Kuenn led in putouts (308). Solly Hemus made the most errors, 27.

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

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Chico Carrasquel .976
  2. 2 Johnny Logan .975
  3. 3 George Strickland .974
  4. 4 Harvey Kuenn .973
  5. 5 Roy McMillan .972
  6. 6 Billy Hunter .970
  7. 7 Al Dark .967
  8. 8 Pee Wee Reese .966
  9. 9 Solly Hemus .964
  10. 10 Joe DeMaestri .964

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Roy McMillan 519
  2. 2 Billy Hunter 512
  3. 3 Johnny Logan 481
  4. 4 Solly Hemus 476
  5. 5 Chico Carrasquel 462
  6. 6 Harvey Kuenn 441
  7. 7 Phil Rizzuto 409
  8. 8 George Strickland 400
  9. 9 Pee Wee Reese 380
  10. 10 Al Dark 343

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Harvey Kuenn 308
  2. 2 Johnny Logan 295
  3. 3 Roy McMillan 288
  4. 4 Billy Hunter 284
  5. 5 Chico Carrasquel 278
  6. 6 Pee Wee Reese 265
  7. 7 Solly Hemus 257
  8. 8 George Strickland 238
  9. 9 Al Dark 219
  10. 10 Phil Rizzuto 214

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Roy McMillan 114
  2. 2 Johnny Logan 104
  3. 3 George Strickland 103
  4. 4 Phil Rizzuto 100
  5. 5 Billy Hunter 99
  6. 6 Solly Hemus 90
  7. 7 Chico Carrasquel 87
  8. 7 Pete Runnels 87
  9. 9 Pee Wee Reese 83
  10. 10 Al Dark 79

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Billy Hunter 5.24
  2. 2 George Strickland 5.23
  3. 3 Roy McMillan 5.21
  4. 4 Johnny Logan 5.17
  5. 5 Al Dark 5.11
  6. 6 Chico Carrasquel 4.97
  7. 7 Solly Hemus 4.89
  8. 8 Harvey Kuenn 4.83
  9. 9 Pee Wee Reese 4.78
  10. 10 Phil Rizzuto 4.68

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Harvey Kuenn 155
  2. 1 Roy McMillan 155
  3. 3 Billy Hunter 152
  4. 4 Solly Hemus 150
  5. 4 Johnny Logan 150
  6. 6 Chico Carrasquel 149
  7. 7 Pee Wee Reese 135
  8. 8 Phil Rizzuto 133
  9. 9 George Strickland 122
  10. 10 Pete Runnels 121

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Solly Hemus 27
  2. 2 Billy Hunter 25
  3. 2 Roy Smalley 25
  4. 4 Phil Rizzuto 24
  5. 5 Roy McMillan 23
  6. 5 Pee Wee Reese 23
  7. 5 Pete Runnels 23
  8. 5 Milt Bolling 23
  9. 5 Ted Kazanski 23
  10. 5 Eddie O'Brien 23

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