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1981 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1981 on one page, top ten in each.

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Robin Yount led qualified shortstops with a .985 fielding percentage in 1981. Ozzie Smith led in assists (422). Ivan de Jesus led in putouts (221). Rick Burleson led in double plays (88). Alfredo Griffin made the most errors, 31.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 73 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Robin Yount .985
  2. 2 Alan Trammell .983
  3. 3 Rob Picciolo .981
  4. 4 Rick Burleson .979
  5. 5 Ozzie Smith .976
  6. 6 Larry Bowa .975
  7. 7 Craig Reynolds .973
  8. 8 U. L. Washington .973
  9. 9 Tom Veryzer .970
  10. 10 Bucky Dent .970

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Ozzie Smith 422
  2. 2 Rick Burleson 394
  3. 3 Robin Yount 370
  4. 4 Alan Trammell 347
  5. 5 Ivan de Jesus 343
  6. 6 Bill Almon 340
  7. 7 Dave Concepcion 322
  8. 8 Larry Bowa 309
  9. 9 Rafael Ramirez 306
  10. 10 U. L. Washington 297

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Ivan de Jesus 221
  2. 2 Ozzie Smith 220
  3. 3 Rick Burleson 208
  4. 3 Dave Concepcion 208
  5. 5 Bill Almon 190
  6. 6 Alfredo Griffin 186
  7. 7 Alan Trammell 181
  8. 7 Rafael Ramirez 181
  9. 9 Chris Speier 175
  10. 10 Johnnie LeMaster 166

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Rick Burleson 88
  2. 2 Robin Yount 83
  3. 3 Ivan de Jesus 81
  4. 4 Bill Almon 78
  5. 5 Ozzie Smith 72
  6. 6 Dave Concepcion 71
  7. 7 Alan Trammell 65
  8. 8 Alfredo Griffin 64
  9. 9 U. L. Washington 58
  10. 10 Johnnie LeMaster 57

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Ozzie Smith 5.84
  2. 2 Robin Yount 5.71
  3. 3 Garry Templeton 5.68
  4. 4 Rick Burleson 5.52
  5. 5 Ivan de Jesus 5.32
  6. 6 Bill Almon 5.15
  7. 7 Rafael Ramirez 5.13
  8. 8 Alan Trammell 5.03
  9. 9 Dave Concepcion 5.00
  10. 10 Bill Russell 4.86

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Ozzie Smith 110
  2. 2 Rick Burleson 109
  3. 3 Dave Concepcion 106
  4. 3 Ivan de Jesus 106
  5. 5 Alan Trammell 105
  6. 6 Bill Almon 103
  7. 6 Johnnie LeMaster 103
  8. 8 Larry Bowa 102
  9. 9 U. L. Washington 98
  10. 10 Alfredo Griffin 97

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Alfredo Griffin 31
  2. 2 Rafael Ramirez 30
  3. 3 Ivan de Jesus 24
  4. 3 Frank Taveras 24
  5. 5 Dave Concepcion 22
  6. 6 Garry Templeton 18
  7. 7 Bill Almon 17
  8. 7 Johnnie LeMaster 17
  9. 7 Chris Speier 17
  10. 10 Ozzie Smith 16

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