Daily quiz

1956 MLB Second Base Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at second base

All 1956 second base fielding → All-time career leaders →

Red Schoendienst led the majors in second base fielding percentage with .993 in 1956, 7 points ahead of Nellie Fox (.986). It stands 59th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 6 times Red Schoendienst led in second base fielding percentage.

SS ASS POSS DPSS FPCTSS RFSS GSS E2B A2B PO2B DP2B FPCT2B RF2B G2B E3B A3B PO3B DP3B FPCT3B RF3B G3B EC POC AC DPC FPCTC RFC GC E1B PO1B A1B DP1B FPCT1B RF1B G1B EOF POOF AOF FPCTOF RFOF GOF EP AP POP FPCTP RFP GP E

Showing players with at least 104 games at the position — the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games. Show all players

Red Schoendienst Led all of MLB in 1956 Red Schoendienst New York Giants
.993 Second Base Fielding Percentage .007 clear of Nellie Fox
Showing Second Base Fielding Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 2B FPCT G PO A E
1 Red Schoendienst Red Schoendienst NY1 .993 121 298 308 4
2 Nellie Fox Nellie Fox CHA .986 154 478 396 12
3 Danny O'Connell Danny O'Connell ML1 .985 138 295 381 10
4 Johnny Temple Johnny Temple CIN .981 154 389 432 16
5 Billy Martin Billy Martin NYA .980 105 241 260 10
6 Ted Kazanski Ted Kazanski PHI .979 116 246 261 11
7 Bobby Avila Bobby Avila CLE .977 135 322 351 16
8 Billy Gardner Billy Gardner BAL .974 132 274 331 16
9 Gene Baker Gene Baker CHN .969 140 362 426 25