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1961 MLB Shortstop Assists Leaders

Assists at shortstop

Roy McMillan led the majors with 496 shortstop assists in 1961, 9 ahead of Luis Aparicio (487). It was one of 4 times Roy McMillan led in shortstop assists.

Roy McMillan Led all of MLB in 1961 Roy McMillan Milwaukee Braves
496 Shortstop Assists 9 clear of Luis Aparicio
Showing Shortstop Assists and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SS A G PO E FPCT
1 Roy McMillan Roy McMillan ML1 496 154 257 19 .975
2 Luis Aparicio Luis Aparicio CHA 487 156 264 30 .962
3 Dick Groat Dick Groat PIT 473 144 235 32 .957
4 Tony Kubek Tony Kubek NYA 449 145 261 30 .959
5 Ron Hansen Ron Hansen BAL 437 149 256 30 .959
6 Maury Wills Maury Wills LAN 428 148 253 29 .959
7 Dick Howser Dick Howser KC1 427 157 299 38 .950
8 Woodie Held Woodie Held CLE 393 144 258 27 .960
9 Ruben Amaro Ruben Amaro PHI 379 132 243 19 .970
10 Zoilo Versalles Zoilo Versalles MIN 371 129 229 30 .952
11 Ernie Banks Ernie Banks CHN 358 104 173 19 .965
12 Jose Pagan Jose Pagan SFN 334 132 227 21 .964
13 Chico Fernandez Chico Fernandez DET 312 121 207 23 .958
14 Don Buddin Don Buddin BOS 294 109 204 23 .956
15 Eddie Kasko Eddie Kasko CIN 286 112 201 18 .964
16 Joe Koppe Joe Koppe LAA 252 93 129 22 .945
17 Coot Veal WS2 172 63 130 8 .974
18 Bob Johnson Bob Johnson WS2 172 57 110 13 .956
19 Pumpsie Green Pumpsie Green BOS 166 57 84 16 .940
20 Alex Grammas Alex Grammas SLN 136 65 81 9 .960
21 Bob Lillis Bob Lillis SLN 134 57 73 17 .924
22 Leo Cardenas Leo Cardenas CIN 133 63 83 6 .973
23 Daryl Spencer Daryl Spencer LAN 116 40 72 8 .959
24 Dick McAuliffe Dick McAuliffe DET 115 55 79 14 .933
25 Jerry Kindall Jerry Kindall CHN 111 47 82 13 .937
26 Jim Mahoney Jim Mahoney WS2 95 31 57 5 .968
27 Ken Hamlin Ken Hamlin LAA 93 39 63 6 .963
28 Jose Valdivielso Jose Valdivielso MIN 87 43 49 4 .971
29 Bobby Malkmus PHI 81 34 48 7 .949
30 Jerry Buchek Jerry Buchek SLN 62 31 42 10 .912
31 Jerry Adair Jerry Adair BAL 61 27 26 5 .946
32 Eddie Bressoud Eddie Bressoud SFN 60 34 46 4 .964
33 Miguel de la Hoz CLE 60 17 39 6 .943
34 Rocky Bridges Rocky Bridges LAA 57 25 32 3 .967
35 Andre Rodgers Andre Rodgers CHN 57 24 35 2 .979
36 Billy Klaus Billy Klaus WS2 47 18 24 2 .973
37 Sammy Esposito Sammy Esposito CHA 39 20 18 2 .966
38 Joe DeMaestri Joe DeMaestri NYA 38 18 15 1 .981
39 Charley Smith Charley Smith PHI 36 17 28 6 .914
40 Fritz Brickell LAA 34 17 30 7 .901
41 Wayne Causey Wayne Causey KC1 25 11 14 1 .975
42 Julio Gotay Julio Gotay SLN 25 10 16 10 .804
43 Dick Schofield Dick Schofield PIT 24 9 15 1 .975
44 Jim Fregosi Jim Fregosi LAA 22 11 12 2 .944
45 Clete Boyer Clete Boyer NYA 20 12 19 0 1.000
46 Gene Leek LAA 19 7 17 4 .900
47 Johnny Logan Johnny Logan PIT 18 8 9 1 .964
48 Ernie Bowman Ernie Bowman SFN 17 12 6 2 .920
49 Felix Mantilla Felix Mantilla ML1 9 19 5 1 .933
50 Billy Harrell BOS 9 7 7 2 .889
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