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1971 MLB Third Base Double Plays Leaders

Double plays turned at third base

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Graig Nettles led the majors with 54 third base double plays in 1971, 17 ahead of Rico Petrocelli (37). It is the best single-season third base double plays mark in MLB history. It was one of 3 times Graig Nettles led in third base double plays.

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
Graig Nettles Led all of MLB in 1971 Graig Nettles Cleveland Indians
54 Third Base Double Plays 17 clear of Rico Petrocelli
Showing Third Base Double Plays and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 3B DP G PO A E
1 Graig Nettles Graig Nettles CLE 54 158 159 412 16
2 Rico Petrocelli Rico Petrocelli BOS 37 156 118 334 11
3 Brooks Robinson Brooks Robinson BAL 35 156 131 354 16
4 Aurelio Rodriguez Aurelio Rodriguez DET 33 153 127 341 23
5 Paul Schaal Paul Schaal KCA 31 161 107 335 28
6 Ron Santo Ron Santo CHN 29 149 118 274 17
7 Doug Rader Doug Rader HOU 28 135 93 275 21
8 Ken McMullen Ken McMullen CAL 27 158 137 344 17
9 Bill Melton Bill Melton CHA 26 148 116 371 16
10 Tony Perez Tony Perez CIN 26 148 113 304 18
11 Joe Torre Joe Torre SLN 22 161 136 271 21
12 Sal Bando Sal Bando OAK 22 153 141 267 12
13 Richie Hebner Richie Hebner PIT 21 108 89 172 14
14 Jerry Kenney Jerry Kenney NYA 20 109 69 237 15
15 Al Gallagher SFN 18 128 88 204 15
16 Dave Nelson Dave Nelson WS2 15 84 63 149 14
17 Bob Bailey Bob Bailey MON 14 120 69 194 11
18 Darrell Evans Darrell Evans ATL 13 72 71 138 14
19 Don Money Don Money PHI 13 68 52 130 9
20 Ed Spiezio Ed Spiezio SDN 12 91 57 168 9
21 Dick Allen Dick Allen LAN 12 67 36 133 15
22 Joe Foy Joe Foy WS2 12 37 44 77 5
23 Steve Garvey Steve Garvey LAN 11 79 53 161 14
24 Bob Aspromonte Bob Aspromonte NYN 10 97 76 145 8
25 Tommy Harper Tommy Harper ML4 10 70 71 115 13
26 Earl Williams Earl Williams ATL 9 42 27 74 9
27 Ron Hansen Ron Hansen NYA 9 30 16 51 6
28 John Vukovich John Vukovich PHI 8 74 58 137 9
29 Jose Pagan Jose Pagan PIT 8 41 34 62 2
30 Steve Braun Steve Braun MIN 7 73 48 106 11
31 Wayne Garrett Wayne Garrett NYN 7 53 30 89 4
32 Danny Cater Danny Cater NYA 7 52 41 111 10
33 Roberto Peña Roberto Peña ML4 7 37 21 49 2
34 Hal Lanier Hal Lanier SFN 6 83 33 79 5
35 Tommy Matchick Tommy Matchick ML4 6 41 31 62 2
36 Dave Campbell Dave Campbell SDN 6 40 33 54 6
37 Bernie Allen Bernie Allen WS2 6 34 31 57 5
38 Clete Boyer Clete Boyer ATL 6 25 18 56 3
39 Bobby Pfeil PHI 6 15 5 25 0
40 Tim Foli Tim Foli NYN 5 36 17 54 3
41 Rob Ellis ML4 5 19 13 23 3
42 Ron Hunt Ron Hunt MON 5 19 10 30 2
43 Coco Laboy Coco Laboy MON 4 65 37 67 7
44 Garry Jestadt SDN 4 50 24 91 8
45 Denis Menke Denis Menke HOU 4 32 24 41 4
46 Harmon Killebrew Harmon Killebrew MIN 3 64 42 93 11
47 Gil Garrido Gil Garrido ATL 3 28 4 15 1
48 Rich Morales CHA 3 18 7 16 3
49 Elliott Maddox Elliott Maddox WS2 3 12 4 14 1
50 Woody Woodward Woody Woodward CIN 2 63 13 43 3
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