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1959 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders

Every second base fielding board for 1959 on one page, top ten in each.

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Charlie Neal led qualified second basemen with a .989 fielding percentage in 1959. Tony Taylor led in assists (456). Charlie Neal also led in putouts (386) and double plays (110). Tony Taylor made the most errors, 25.

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

Fielding Percentage

2B FPCT

1 Charlie Neal .989
2 Nellie Fox .988
3 Frank Bolling .987
4 Sparky Anderson .984
5 Bill Mazeroski .981
6 Don Blasingame .979
7 Billy Gardner .976
8 Johnny Temple .974
9 Tony Taylor .970
10 Bobby Richardson .970

Assists

2B A

1 Tony Taylor 456
2 Nellie Fox 453
3 Don Blasingame 439
4 Charlie Neal 413
4 Daryl Spencer 413
6 Sparky Anderson 403
7 Billy Gardner 392
8 Johnny Temple 390
9 Bill Mazeroski 373
10 Frank Bolling 340

Putouts

2B PO

1 Charlie Neal 386
2 Nellie Fox 364
3 Don Blasingame 362
4 Tony Taylor 352
5 Daryl Spencer 350
6 Sparky Anderson 343
7 Billy Gardner 333
8 Johnny Temple 322
9 Bill Mazeroski 303
10 Frank Bolling 281

Double Plays

2B DP

1 Charlie Neal 110
2 Tony Taylor 105
3 Don Blasingame 104
3 Billy Gardner 104
5 Bill Mazeroski 100
6 Johnny Temple 96
7 Nellie Fox 93
8 Bobby Richardson 85
9 Daryl Spencer 82
9 Pete Runnels 82

Range Factor

2B RF

1 Tony Taylor 5.42
2 Don Blasingame 5.34
3 Charlie Neal 5.29
4 Nellie Fox 5.24
5 Billy Gardner 5.22
6 Bill Mazeroski 5.08
7 Daryl Spencer 5.05
8 Bobby Richardson 5.03
9 Frank Bolling 4.93
10 Sparky Anderson 4.91

Games

2B G

1 Nellie Fox 156
2 Sparky Anderson 152
3 Charlie Neal 151
3 Daryl Spencer 151
5 Don Blasingame 150
6 Tony Taylor 149
6 Johnny Temple 149
8 Billy Gardner 139
9 Bill Mazeroski 133
10 Frank Bolling 126

Errors

2B E