1962 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders

Every first base fielding board for 1962 on one page, top ten in each.

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Joe Adcock led qualified first basemen with a .997 fielding percentage in 1962. Ernie Banks led in putouts (1,458). Vic Power led in assists (134). Tito Francona led in double plays (157). Tito Francona made the most errors, 22.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 108 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

1B FPCT

1 Joe Adcock .997
2 Joe Cunningham .994
3 Norm Siebern .994
4 Bill White .993
5 Pete Runnels .993
5 Ernie Banks .993
7 Vic Power .993
8 Norm Cash .992
9 Norm Larker .991
10 Bill Skowron .991

Putouts

1B PO

1 Ernie Banks 1,458
2 Norm Siebern 1,405
3 Tito Francona 1,402
4 Orlando Cepeda 1,353
5 Pete Runnels 1,309
6 Joe Cunningham 1,282
7 Bill White 1,221
8 Jim Gentile 1,214
9 Vic Power 1,193
10 Norm Larker 1,148

Assists

1B A

1 Vic Power 134
2 Norm Siebern 127
2 Tito Francona 127
4 Jim Gentile 121
5 Norm Cash 116
6 Ernie Banks 106
7 Pete Runnels 104
8 Norm Larker 103
9 Bill White 94
10 Roy Sievers 93

Double Plays

1B DP

1 Tito Francona 157
2 Ernie Banks 134
3 Vic Power 133
4 Orlando Cepeda 125
4 Pete Runnels 125
6 Norm Siebern 122
7 Jim Gentile 121
8 Joe Cunningham 118
9 Bill White 114
10 Norm Larker 103

Range Factor

1B RF

1 Ernie Banks 10.50
2 Tito Francona 9.68
3 Joe Cunningham 9.59
4 Norm Siebern 9.46
5 Pete Runnels 9.36
6 Vic Power 9.35
7 Norm Larker 9.27
8 Bill White 9.01
9 Orlando Cepeda 9.01
10 Jim Gentile 8.90

Games

1B G

1 Norm Siebern 162
2 Orlando Cepeda 160
3 Tito Francona 158
4 Pete Runnels 151
5 Jim Gentile 150
6 Ernie Banks 149
7 Norm Cash 146
7 Bill White 146
9 Joe Cunningham 143
10 Vic Power 142

Errors

1B E