1972 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1972 on one page, top ten in each.
Joe Morgan led qualified second basemen with a .990 fielding percentage in 1972. Tommy Helms led in assists (441) and double plays (115). Joe Morgan also led in putouts (370). Tito Fuentes made the most errors, 29.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 103 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Joe Morgan .990
- 2 Davey Johnson .990
- 3 Ron Theobald .988
- 4 Felix Millan .987
- 5 Cookie Rojas .986
- 6 Horace Clarke .985
- 7 Ron Hunt .982
- 8 Denny Doyle .982
- 9 Tommy Helms .979
- 10 Rod Carew .978
Assists
2B A- 1 Tommy Helms 441
- 2 Joe Morgan 436
- 3 Tito Fuentes 417
- 4 Horace Clarke 399
- 5 Glenn Beckert 396
- 6 Jack Brohamer 393
- 7 Sandy Alomar 388
- 8 Rod Carew 378
- 9 Cookie Rojas 360
- 10 Ron Hunt 353
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Joe Morgan 370
- 2 Tito Fuentes 361
- 3 Mike Andrews 354
- 4 Tommy Helms 353
- 5 Sandy Alomar 350
- 6 Horace Clarke 347
- 7 Rod Carew 331
- 8 Doug Griffin 321
- 9 Davey Johnson 286
- 10 Jack Brohamer 285
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Tommy Helms 115
- 2 Horace Clarke 104
- 3 Sandy Alomar 92
- 3 Joe Morgan 92
- 5 Tito Fuentes 89
- 6 Jack Brohamer 87
- 7 Rod Carew 85
- 8 Cookie Rojas 82
- 9 Doug Griffin 81
- 9 Davey Johnson 81
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Tommy Helms 5.71
- 2 Glenn Beckert 5.53
- 3 Joe Morgan 5.41
- 4 Horace Clarke 5.22
- 5 Jack Brohamer 5.14
- 6 Tito Fuentes 5.12
- 7 Davey Johnson 5.11
- 8 Rod Carew 5.10
- 9 Felix Millan 5.10
- 10 Ted Sizemore 5.08
Games
2B G- 1 Sandy Alomar 154
- 2 Tito Fuentes 152
- 3 Joe Morgan 149
- 4 Mike Andrews 145
- 5 Horace Clarke 143
- 6 Rod Carew 139
- 6 Tommy Helms 139
- 8 Jack Brohamer 132
- 9 Cookie Rojas 131
- 10 Doug Griffin 129
Errors
2B E- 1 Tito Fuentes 29
- 2 Mike Andrews 19
- 3 Sandy Alomar 17
- 3 Tommy Helms 17
- 5 Rod Carew 16
- 5 Jack Brohamer 16
- 5 Glenn Beckert 16
- 5 Lenny Randle 16
- 9 Doug Griffin 15
- 9 Derrel Thomas 15