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1961 MLB Second Base Games Leaders

Games played at second base

Jake Wood led the majors with 162 second base games in 1961, 1 ahead of Bobby Richardson (161). It stands 2nd among all single seasons in MLB history.

Jake Wood Led all of MLB in 1961 Jake Wood Detroit Tigers
162 Second Base Games 1 clear of Bobby Richardson
Showing Second Base Games and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 2B G PO A E FPCT
1 Jake Wood Jake Wood DET 162 380 396 25 .969
2 Bobby Richardson Bobby Richardson NYA 161 413 376 18 .978
3 Nellie Fox Nellie Fox CHA 159 413 407 15 .982
4 Chuck Schilling Chuck Schilling BOS 158 397 449 8 .991
5 Bill Mazeroski Bill Mazeroski PIT 152 410 505 23 .975
6 Frank Bolling Frank Bolling ML1 148 326 489 10 .988
7 Jerry Lumpe Jerry Lumpe KC1 147 403 426 18 .979
8 Johnny Temple Johnny Temple CLE 129 239 317 18 .969
9 Don Blasingame Don Blasingame CIN 116 277 304 17 .972
10 Don Zimmer Don Zimmer CHN 116 282 323 17 .973
11 Julian Javier Julian Javier SLN 113 239 332 20 .966
12 Jerry Adair Jerry Adair BAL 107 233 237 6 .987
13 Billy Martin Billy Martin MIN 105 217 224 17 .963
14 Charlie Neal Charlie Neal LAN 104 211 246 11 .976
15 Chuck Cottier Chuck Cottier WS2 102 235 322 10 .982
16 Joey Amalfitano Joey Amalfitano SFN 95 201 223 13 .970
17 Tony Taylor Tony Taylor PHI 91 231 270 10 .980
18 Ken Aspromonte Ken Aspromonte LAA 83 185 246 14 .969
19 Marv Breeding BAL 80 179 179 11 .970
20 Jim Gilliam Jim Gilliam LAN 71 133 179 6 .981
21 Chuck Hiller Chuck Hiller SFN 67 133 158 8 .973
22 Danny O'Connell Danny O'Connell WS2 61 144 170 7 .978
23 Rocky Bridges Rocky Bridges LAA 58 113 139 3 .988
24 Bobby Malkmus PHI 58 146 180 4 .988
25 Billy Moran Billy Moran LAA 51 108 116 8 .966
26 Jerry Kindall Jerry Kindall CHN 50 124 122 13 .950
27 Billy Gardner Billy Gardner MIN 47 95 103 5 .975
28 Elio Chacon Elio Chacon CIN 42 84 104 2 .989
29 Red Schoendienst Red Schoendienst SLN 32 43 42 4 .955
30 Bob Lillis Bob Lillis SLN 25 49 65 2 .983
31 Ted Lepcio Ted Lepcio MIN 22 39 51 1 .989
32 Alex Grammas Alex Grammas SLN 18 31 43 1 .987
33 Miguel de la Hoz CLE 17 25 38 2 .969
34 Jose Valdivielso Jose Valdivielso MIN 15 16 18 1 .971
35 George Williams George Williams PHI 15 23 36 2 .967
36 Reno Bertoia Reno Bertoia KC1 13 19 20 0 1.000
37 Ernie Bowman Ernie Bowman SFN 13 11 12 3 .885
38 Sammy Esposito Sammy Esposito CHA 11 23 16 0 1.000
39 Felix Mantilla Felix Mantilla ML1 10 25 27 1 .981
40 Tom Satriano LAA 10 11 12 2 .920
41 Jim Baumer Jim Baumer CIN 9 18 14 0 1.000
42 Wayne Causey Wayne Causey KC1 9 17 10 1 .964
43 Ken Hubbs Ken Hubbs CHN 8 13 15 0 1.000
44 Pumpsie Green Pumpsie Green BOS 7 7 6 0 1.000
45 Ron Hansen Ron Hansen BAL 7 16 23 1 .975
46 Vic Power Vic Power CLE 7 20 22 2 .955
47 Mel Roach CHN 7 3 5 1 .889
48 Pete Runnels Pete Runnels BOS 7 6 11 0 1.000
49 Eddie Kasko Eddie Kasko CIN 6 7 8 0 1.000
50 Charlie Shoemaker KC1 6 17 18 0 1.000
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