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1961 MLB Pitcher Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at pitcher

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Mike McCormick, Jerry Walker and 6 others shared the lead in the majors in pitcher fielding percentage with 1.000 in 1961, 11 points ahead of Lew Burdette (.989). It is the best single-season pitcher fielding percentage mark in MLB history. It was one of 4 times Mike McCormick led in pitcher fielding percentage.

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Mike McCormick Led all of MLB in 1961 Mike McCormick San Francisco Giants
1.000 Pitcher Fielding Percentage Tied with Jerry Walker
Showing Pitcher Fielding Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team P FPCT G PO A E
1 Mike McCormick Mike McCormick SFN 1.000 40 12 37 0
2 Jerry Walker Jerry Walker KC1 1.000 36 9 31 0
3 Carl Willey ML1 1.000 35 9 42 0
4 Paul Foytack Paul Foytack DET 1.000 32 8 13 0
5 Ralph Terry Ralph Terry NYA 1.000 31 20 30 0
6 Joe Gibbon Joe Gibbon PIT 1.000 30 3 35 0
7 Tom Sturdivant Tom Sturdivant WS2 1.000 28 11 29 0
8 Hal Brown Hal Brown BAL 1.000 27 16 25 0
9 Lew Burdette Lew Burdette ML1 .989 40 27 60 1
10 Frank Lary Frank Lary DET .989 36 32 55 1
11 Larry Jackson Larry Jackson SLN .983 33 17 42 1
12 Jack Kralick Jack Kralick MIN .983 33 12 47 1
13 Milt Pappas Milt Pappas BAL .983 26 24 34 1
14 Camilo Pascual Camilo Pascual MIN .982 35 14 40 1
15 Bob Buhl Bob Buhl ML1 .981 32 16 37 1
16 Frank Baumann Frank Baumann CHA .981 53 14 37 1
17 Gary Bell Gary Bell CLE .980 34 26 24 1
18 Bob Purkey Bob Purkey CIN .980 36 29 69 2
19 Don Mossi Don Mossi DET .979 35 7 40 1
20 Bill Monbouquette Bill Monbouquette BOS .978 32 16 28 1
21 Curt Simmons Curt Simmons SLN .977 30 6 36 1
22 Ernie Broglio Ernie Broglio SLN .976 29 13 27 1
23 Warren Spahn Warren Spahn ML1 .975 38 16 63 2
24 Joe McClain Joe McClain WS2 .975 33 15 24 1
25 Don Cardwell Don Cardwell CHN .973 39 18 54 2
26 Ken McBride Ken McBride LAA .973 38 19 53 2
27 Bill Stafford Bill Stafford NYA .973 36 7 29 1
28 Chuck Estrada Chuck Estrada BAL .973 33 19 17 1
29 Johnny Podres Johnny Podres LAN .970 32 6 26 1
30 Mudcat Grant Mudcat Grant CLE .968 35 25 36 2
31 Jim Kaat Jim Kaat MIN .968 36 19 41 2
32 Ray Herbert Ray Herbert CHA .967 34 20 39 2
33 Jim O'Toole Jim O'Toole CIN .967 39 16 42 2
34 Dick Ellsworth Dick Ellsworth CHN .966 37 8 49 2
35 Joey Jay Joey Jay CIN .965 34 23 32 2
36 Bob Gibson Bob Gibson SLN .961 35 14 35 2
37 Frank Sullivan Frank Sullivan PHI .957 49 10 34 2
38 Pedro Ramos Pedro Ramos MIN .955 42 14 28 2
39 Eli Grba Eli Grba LAA .955 40 11 31 2
40 Jim Archer KC1 .955 39 6 36 2
41 Gene Conley Gene Conley BOS .952 33 12 28 2
42 Bob Friend Bob Friend PIT .949 41 19 37 3
43 Bennie Daniels Bennie Daniels WS2 .949 32 18 38 3
44 Steve Barber Steve Barber BAL .948 37 13 60 4
45 John Buzhardt John Buzhardt PHI .947 41 20 34 3
46 Bob Shaw Bob Shaw KC1 .947 40 19 35 3
47 Glen Hobbie Glen Hobbie CHN .945 36 16 53 4
48 Harvey Haddix Harvey Haddix PIT .944 29 5 29 2
49 Jim Bunning Jim Bunning DET .943 38 21 29 3
50 Jack Sanford Jack Sanford SFN .943 38 9 41 3
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