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1961 MLB Third Base Double Plays Leaders

Double plays turned at third base

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Frank Malzone led the majors with 45 third base double plays in 1961, 4 ahead of Ron Santo (41). It stands 12th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 5 times Frank Malzone led in third base double plays.

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Frank Malzone Led all of MLB in 1961 Frank Malzone Boston Red Sox
45 Third Base Double Plays 4 clear of Ron Santo
Showing Third Base Double Plays and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 3B DP G PO A E
1 Frank Malzone Frank Malzone BOS 45 149 136 304 23
2 Ron Santo Ron Santo CHN 41 153 157 307 31
3 Clete Boyer Clete Boyer NYA 36 141 151 353 17
4 Brooks Robinson Brooks Robinson BAL 34 163 151 331 14
5 Eddie Mathews Eddie Mathews ML1 30 151 168 281 18
6 Don Hoak Don Hoak PIT 29 143 137 267 20
7 Jim Davenport Jim Davenport SFN 25 132 119 235 13
8 Ken Boyer Ken Boyer SLN 23 153 117 346 24
9 Gene Freese Gene Freese CIN 23 151 123 254 20
10 Bubba Phillips Bubba Phillips CLE 23 143 188 246 19
11 Charley Smith Charley Smith PHI 20 98 79 197 22
12 Wayne Causey Wayne Causey KC1 20 88 102 193 14
13 Andy Carey Andy Carey CHA 16 93 58 143 10
14 Steve Boros DET 15 116 115 192 15
15 Bill Tuttle Bill Tuttle MIN 15 85 66 165 14
16 Danny O'Connell Danny O'Connell WS2 14 73 75 173 16
17 Daryl Spencer Daryl Spencer LAN 14 57 42 92 5
18 Harry Bright Harry Bright WS2 14 40 47 95 11
19 Al Smith Al Smith CHA 12 80 58 161 12
20 Reno Bertoia Reno Bertoia KC1 11 74 59 146 17
21 Gene Leek LAA 11 49 54 127 8
22 J. C. Martin J. C. Martin CHA 11 36 39 89 6
23 Harmon Killebrew Harmon Killebrew MIN 10 45 28 75 9
24 Jim Gilliam Jim Gilliam LAN 9 74 48 104 7
25 Tommy Davis Tommy Davis LAN 6 59 30 88 13
26 Billy Gardner Billy Gardner MIN 6 35 26 57 6
27 Tom Satriano LAA 6 23 17 48 6
28 George Thomas George Thomas LAA 5 38 25 63 12
29 Sammy Esposito Sammy Esposito CHA 5 28 10 30 1
30 Deron Johnson Deron Johnson KC1 5 27 19 58 3
31 Eddie Yost Eddie Yost LAA 4 67 57 103 6
32 Harvey Kuenn Harvey Kuenn SFN 4 32 33 32 8
33 Billy Klaus Billy Klaus WS2 3 51 40 107 6
34 Lee Walls Lee Walls PHI 3 26 22 39 5
35 Bobby Malkmus PHI 3 25 16 38 1
36 Dick McAuliffe Dick McAuliffe DET 3 22 13 39 5
37 Jim Woods PHI 3 15 12 18 1
38 Bob Sadowski PHI 3 14 10 23 1
39 Ozzie Virgil DET 3 13 11 13 3
40 Billy Harrell BOS 3 10 7 12 0
41 Ted Lepcio Ted Lepcio MIN 2 36 13 21 4
42 Miguel de la Hoz CLE 2 16 13 18 1
43 Bobo Osborne Bobo Osborne DET 2 8 10 12 1
44 Johnny Logan Johnny Logan PIT 2 7 3 11 0
45 Dick Schofield Dick Schofield PIT 1 11 4 20 2
46 Billy Goodman Billy Goodman CHA 1 7 4 13 1
47 Felix Mantilla Felix Mantilla ML1 1 6 5 11 1
48 Don Zimmer Don Zimmer CHN 1 5 2 9 3
49 Rich Rollins Rich Rollins MIN 1 4 2 6 0
50 Ed Brinkman Ed Brinkman WS2 1 3 2 6 1
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