1959 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders
Every first base fielding board for 1959 on one page, top ten in each.
Vic Power led qualified first basemen with a .995 fielding percentage in 1959. Ed Bouchee led in putouts (1,127). Vic Power also led in assists (110). Frank Robinson led in double plays (111). Dick Stuart made the most errors, 22.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 103 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 Vic Power .995
- 2 Gil Hodges .992
- 3 Ed Bouchee .986
- 4 Bob Boyd .985
- 5 Frank Robinson .984
- 6 Orlando Cepeda .984
- 7 Dick Stuart .976
Putouts
1B PO- 1 Ed Bouchee 1,127
- 2 Vic Power 1,039
- 3 Frank Robinson 998
- 4 Orlando Cepeda 929
- 5 Bob Boyd 927
- 6 Gil Hodges 891
- 7 Roy Sievers 846
- 8 Dick Stuart 831
- 9 Joe Adcock 761
- 10 Dale Long 731
Assists
1B A- 1 Vic Power 110
- 2 Ed Bouchee 95
- 3 Dick Stuart 81
- 4 Joe Adcock 80
- 5 Frank Robinson 75
- 6 Roy Sievers 72
- 7 Orlando Cepeda 70
- 8 Gil Hodges 66
- 9 Stan Musial 63
- 10 Gail Harris 57
Double Plays
1B DP- 1 Frank Robinson 111
- 2 Vic Power 98
- 3 Ed Bouchee 96
- 4 Bob Boyd 88
- 5 Dick Stuart 87
- 6 Gil Hodges 77
- 7 Orlando Cepeda 74
- 8 Roy Sievers 72
- 8 Stan Musial 72
- 10 Bill Skowron 68
Range Factor
1B RF- 1 Vic Power 9.50
- 2 Ed Bouchee 9.12
- 3 Bob Boyd 8.93
- 4 Dick Stuart 8.69
- 5 Frank Robinson 8.58
- 6 Gil Hodges 8.47
- 7 Orlando Cepeda 8.19
Games
1B G- 1 Ed Bouchee 134
- 2 Frank Robinson 125
- 3 Orlando Cepeda 122
- 4 Vic Power 121
- 5 Gil Hodges 113
- 6 Bob Boyd 109
- 7 Dick Stuart 105
- 8 Earl Torgeson 103
- 9 Kent Hadley 95
- 10 Gail Harris 93
Errors
1B E- 1 Dick Stuart 22
- 2 Ed Bouchee 17
- 2 Frank Robinson 17
- 4 Orlando Cepeda 16
- 5 Bob Boyd 15
- 6 Earl Torgeson 13
- 7 Dale Long 12
- 8 Roy Sievers 10
- 9 Gil Hodges 8
- 9 Kent Hadley 8