1975 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders
Every third base fielding board for 1975 on one page, top ten in each.
Brooks Robinson led qualified third basemen with a .979 fielding percentage in 1975. Darrell Evans led in assists (381), putouts (161) and double plays (41). Darrell Evans made the most errors, 36.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 106 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
3B FPCT- 1 Brooks Robinson .979
- 2 Dave Chalk .976
- 3 Doug Rader .971
- 4 Eric Soderholm .969
- 5 Sal Bando .967
- 6 Graig Nettles .964
- 7 Pete Rose .963
- 8 Rico Petrocelli .960
- 9 Ron Cey .960
- 10 Mike Schmidt .954
Assists
3B A- 1 Darrell Evans 381
- 2 Graig Nettles 379
- 3 Aurelio Rodriguez 375
- 4 Mike Schmidt 368
- 5 George Brett 355
- 6 Dave Chalk 333
- 7 Buddy Bell 330
- 8 Brooks Robinson 326
- 9 Sal Bando 314
- 10 Bill Melton 313
Putouts
3B PO- 1 Darrell Evans 161
- 2 Buddy Bell 146
- 3 Ron Cey 144
- 4 Aurelio Rodriguez 136
- 5 Graig Nettles 135
- 6 Mike Schmidt 132
- 7 George Brett 131
- 7 Bill Melton 131
- 9 Ken Reitz 124
- 10 Sal Bando 122
Double Plays
3B DP- 1 Darrell Evans 41
- 2 Sal Bando 36
- 3 Aurelio Rodriguez 33
- 3 Larry Parrish 33
- 5 Roy Howell 32
- 6 Graig Nettles 31
- 7 Mike Schmidt 30
- 7 Dave Chalk 30
- 7 Brooks Robinson 30
- 10 Buddy Bell 29
Range Factor
3B RF- 1 Darrell Evans 3.47
- 2 Aurelio Rodriguez 3.38
- 3 Mike Schmidt 3.31
- 4 Eric Soderholm 3.28
- 5 Graig Nettles 3.27
- 6 Bill Melton 3.22
- 7 Buddy Bell 3.11
- 8 George Brett 3.06
- 9 Doug Rader 2.97
- 10 Dave Chalk 2.96
Games
3B G- 1 Sal Bando 160
- 1 Ken Reitz 160
- 3 George Brett 159
- 4 Ron Cey 158
- 5 Graig Nettles 157
- 6 Darrell Evans 156
- 7 Buddy Bell 153
- 8 Aurelio Rodriguez 151
- 8 Mike Schmidt 151
- 10 Dave Chalk 149
Errors
3B E- 1 Darrell Evans 36
- 2 Larry Parrish 35
- 3 George Brett 26
- 3 Bill Melton 26
- 5 Buddy Bell 25
- 5 Aurelio Rodriguez 25
- 7 Mike Schmidt 24
- 8 Ken Reitz 23
- 9 Roy Howell 21
- 9 Steve Ontiveros 21