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1968 MLB Pitcher Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at pitcher

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Fergie Jenkins, Jim Merritt and 10 others shared the lead in the majors in pitcher fielding percentage with 1.000 in 1968, 13 points ahead of Denny McLain (.987). It is the best single-season pitcher fielding percentage mark in MLB history. It was one of 4 times Fergie Jenkins led in pitcher fielding percentage.

SS ASS POSS DPSS FPCTSS RFSS GSS E2B A2B PO2B DP2B FPCT2B RF2B G2B E3B A3B PO3B DP3B FPCT3B RF3B G3B EC POC AC DPC FPCTC RFC GC E1B PO1B A1B DP1B FPCT1B RF1B G1B EOF POOF AOF FPCTOF RFOF GOF EP AP POP FPCTP RFP GP E

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Fergie Jenkins Led all of MLB in 1968 Fergie Jenkins Chicago Cubs
1.000 Pitcher Fielding Percentage Tied with Jim Merritt
Showing Pitcher Fielding Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team P FPCT G PO A E
1 Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins CHN 1.000 40 14 41 0
2 Jim Merritt Jim Merritt MIN 1.000 38 7 38 0
3 Lew Krausse Lew Krausse OAK 1.000 36 11 20 0
4 Mel Stottlemyre Mel Stottlemyre NYA 1.000 36 20 54 0
5 Ray Culp Ray Culp BOS 1.000 35 15 23 0
6 Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman NYN 1.000 35 5 42 0
7 Larry Jackson Larry Jackson PHI 1.000 34 26 43 0
8 Joe Niekro Joe Niekro CHN 1.000 34 9 33 0
9 Steve Blass Steve Blass PIT 1.000 33 22 27 0
10 Camilo Pascual Camilo Pascual WS2 1.000 31 19 35 0
11 Gary Peters Gary Peters CHA 1.000 31 12 21 0
12 Rick Wise Rick Wise PHI 1.000 30 13 32 0
13 Denny McLain Denny McLain DET .987 41 36 40 1
14 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver NYN .986 36 21 48 1
15 Tommy John Tommy John CHA .985 25 10 54 1
16 Claude Osteen Claude Osteen LAN .984 39 11 50 1
17 Bill Hands Bill Hands CHN .984 38 21 39 1
18 Don Cardwell Don Cardwell NYN .982 29 16 39 1
19 Jim McGlothlin Jim McGlothlin CAL .982 40 19 35 1
20 Chuck Dobson Chuck Dobson OAK .981 35 11 40 1
21 Jim Hardin Jim Hardin BAL .981 35 19 32 1
22 Tom Phoebus Tom Phoebus BAL .980 36 20 29 1
23 Bob Gibson Bob Gibson SLN .980 34 21 28 1
24 Gerry Arrigo CIN .980 36 3 45 1
25 Ron Reed Ron Reed ATL .980 35 16 32 1
26 Dick Selma Dick Selma NYN .979 33 12 35 1
27 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry SFN .979 39 31 62 2
28 Ken Holtzman Ken Holtzman CHN .978 34 2 42 1
29 Ray Washburn Ray Washburn SLN .978 31 24 20 1
30 Jack Fisher Jack Fisher CHA .977 35 18 24 1
31 Larry Dierker Larry Dierker HOU .976 32 13 28 1
32 Jim Kaat Jim Kaat MIN .976 30 10 31 1
33 Dick Ellsworth Dick Ellsworth BOS .976 31 10 30 1
34 Don Sutton Don Sutton LAN .974 35 12 25 1
35 George Brunet George Brunet CAL .973 39 5 31 1
36 Dave Giusti Dave Giusti HOU .973 37 20 51 2
37 Stan Williams Stan Williams CLE .971 44 7 27 1
38 George Culver CIN .971 42 23 45 2
39 Dave McNally Dave McNally BAL .971 35 6 28 1
40 Woodie Fryman Woodie Fryman PHI .971 34 3 31 1
41 Luis Tiant Luis Tiant CLE .971 34 15 19 1
42 Milt Pappas Milt Pappas ATL .971 37 4 29 1
43 Mike McCormick Mike McCormick SFN .970 38 9 23 1
44 Fritz Peterson Fritz Peterson NYA .969 36 6 56 2
45 Jim Nash Jim Nash OAK .967 34 9 20 1
46 Blue Moon Odom Blue Moon Odom OAK .964 32 10 43 2
47 Chris Short Chris Short PHI .961 42 11 38 2
48 Pat Jarvis Pat Jarvis ATL .959 34 18 29 2
49 Al McBean Al McBean PIT .959 36 16 54 3
50 Nelson Briles Nelson Briles SLN .958 33 15 31 2
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