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1978 MLB Pitcher Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at pitcher

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Bob Shirley, Mike Caldwell and 21 others shared the lead in the majors in pitcher fielding percentage with 1.000 in 1978, 13 points ahead of Dennis Martinez (.987). It is the best single-season pitcher fielding percentage mark in MLB history.

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Bob Shirley Led all of MLB in 1978 Bob Shirley San Diego Padres
1.000 Pitcher Fielding Percentage Tied with Mike Caldwell
Showing Pitcher Fielding Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team P FPCT G PO A E
1 Bob Shirley Bob Shirley SDN 1.000 50 6 35 0
2 Mike Caldwell Mike Caldwell ML4 1.000 37 14 50 0
3 Rick Langford Rick Langford OAK 1.000 37 27 23 0
4 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper SFN 1.000 36 4 33 0
5 Bob Owchinko Bob Owchinko SDN 1.000 36 6 30 0
6 Jerry Augustine Jerry Augustine ML4 1.000 35 10 41 0
7 Vida Blue Vida Blue SFN 1.000 35 12 29 0
8 Pete Broberg Pete Broberg OAK 1.000 35 8 28 0
9 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley BOS 1.000 35 19 29 0
10 Joe Niekro Joe Niekro HOU 1.000 35 18 21 0
11 Bob Forsch Bob Forsch SLN 1.000 34 18 37 0
12 Gary Serum Gary Serum MIN 1.000 34 17 25 0
13 Don Sutton Don Sutton LAN 1.000 34 13 23 0
14 Francisco Barrios CHA 1.000 33 19 38 0
15 Frank Tanana Frank Tanana CAL 1.000 33 8 25 0
16 Luis Tiant Luis Tiant BOS 1.000 32 14 20 0
17 Dick Tidrow Dick Tidrow NYA 1.000 31 12 18 0
18 John Candelaria John Candelaria PIT 1.000 30 4 25 0
19 Rick Rhoden Rick Rhoden LAN 1.000 30 5 23 0
20 Paul Mitchell Paul Mitchell SEA 1.000 29 7 20 0
21 Jim Rooker PIT 1.000 28 14 24 0
22 Dave Rozema Dave Rozema DET 1.000 28 17 29 0
23 Wilbur Wood Wilbur Wood CHA 1.000 28 2 40 0
24 Dennis Martinez Dennis Martinez BAL .987 40 27 51 1
25 Dennis Lamp Dennis Lamp CHN .986 37 18 51 1
26 Rick Waits Rick Waits CLE .986 34 19 49 1
27 Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins TEX .985 34 29 37 1
28 Dennis Leonard Dennis Leonard KCA .983 40 16 43 1
29 Larry Gura KCA .983 35 13 44 1
30 Nino Espinosa Nino Espinosa NYN .983 32 10 47 1
31 Ed Figueroa Ed Figueroa NYA .982 35 17 37 1
32 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON .982 30 16 38 1
33 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven PIT .981 34 11 41 1
34 Milt Wilcox DET .979 29 10 36 1
35 Burt Hooton Burt Hooton LAN .978 32 12 33 1
36 Don Robinson Don Robinson PIT .977 35 10 32 1
37 Doc Medich Doc Medich TEX .977 28 11 31 1
38 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro ATL .976 44 17 65 2
39 Jack Billingham Jack Billingham DET .975 30 9 30 1
40 Tom Hume Tom Hume CIN .974 42 8 30 1
41 Mike Paxton Mike Paxton CLE .974 33 17 20 1
42 Jim Palmer Jim Palmer BAL .972 38 27 43 2
43 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel CHN .971 35 24 44 2
44 Paul Splittorff Paul Splittorff KCA .969 39 18 45 2
45 Ross Grimsley Ross Grimsley MON .969 36 9 53 2
46 Ron Guidry Ron Guidry NYA .967 35 14 44 2
47 Doug Rau Doug Rau LAN .964 30 3 24 1
48 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry SDN .964 37 13 40 2
49 Matt Keough Matt Keough OAK .963 32 21 31 2
50 Dave Goltz Dave Goltz MIN .963 29 24 28 2
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