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1960 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders

Every catcher fielding board for 1960 on one page, top ten in each.

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Sherm Lollar led qualified catchers with a .995 fielding percentage in 1960. Del Crandall led in putouts (764) and assists (70). Sherm Lollar also led in double plays (12). Earl Battey made the most errors, 15.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 77 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

C FPCT
  1. 1 Sherm Lollar .995
  2. 2 Smoky Burgess .994
  3. 3 Lou Berberet .993
  4. 4 John Roseboro .993
  5. 5 Hal Smith .990
  6. 6 Ed Bailey .990
  7. 7 Gus Triandos .989
  8. 8 Russ Nixon .989
  9. 9 Del Crandall .988
  10. 10 John Romano .988

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Putouts

C PO
  1. 1 Del Crandall 764
  2. 2 Earl Battey 749
  3. 3 Hal Smith 664
  4. 4 John Roseboro 640
  5. 5 Bob Schmidt 631
  6. 6 Ed Bailey 621
  7. 7 Sherm Lollar 555
  8. 8 Gus Triandos 516
  9. 9 Russ Nixon 488
  10. 10 Smoky Burgess 485

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Assists

C A
  1. 1 Del Crandall 70
  2. 2 Earl Battey 65
  3. 3 Hal Smith 61
  4. 4 Sherm Lollar 54
  5. 5 Ed Bailey 52
  6. 6 John Roseboro 48
  7. 7 Gus Triandos 45
  8. 8 Jimmie Coker 43
  9. 9 Harry Chiti 41
  10. 10 Elston Howard 40

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Double Plays

C DP
  1. 1 Sherm Lollar 12
  2. 2 Earl Battey 10
  3. 2 John Roseboro 10
  4. 4 Del Crandall 9
  5. 4 Hal Smith 9
  6. 4 Elston Howard 9
  7. 7 Ed Bailey 8
  8. 8 Smoky Burgess 7
  9. 9 Bob Schmidt 6
  10. 9 John Romano 6

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Range Factor

C RF
  1. 1 John Roseboro 7.91
  2. 2 Bob Schmidt 6.13
  3. 3 Earl Battey 5.99
  4. 4 Del Crandall 5.91
  5. 5 Smoky Burgess 5.88
  6. 6 Hal Smith 5.85
  7. 7 Harry Chiti 5.42
  8. 8 Gus Triandos 5.34
  9. 9 Lou Berberet 5.33
  10. 10 Russ Nixon 5.27

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Games

C G
  1. 1 Del Crandall 141
  2. 2 Earl Battey 136
  3. 3 Ed Bailey 129
  4. 4 Hal Smith 124
  5. 5 Sherm Lollar 123
  6. 6 Bob Schmidt 108
  7. 7 Gus Triandos 105
  8. 8 Russ Nixon 99
  9. 8 John Romano 99
  10. 10 Elston Howard 91

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Errors

C E
  1. 1 Earl Battey 15
  2. 2 Bob Schmidt 13
  3. 2 Hobie Landrith 13
  4. 4 Del Crandall 10
  5. 5 Harry Chiti 8
  6. 5 Jimmie Coker 8
  7. 7 Ed Bailey 7
  8. 7 Hal Smith 7
  9. 7 Red Wilson 7
  10. 7 Clint Courtney 7

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