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1986 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1986 on one page, top ten in each.

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Mike Schmidt led qualified third basemen with a .980 fielding percentage in 1986. Terry Pendleton led in assists (371) and putouts (133). Gary Gaetti led in double plays (36). Dale Sveum made the most errors, 26.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 108 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT
  1. 1 Mike Schmidt .980
  2. 2 Ken Oberkfell .976
  3. 3 Buddy Bell .975
  4. 4 Rance Mulliniks .975
  5. 5 Steve Buechele .968
  6. 6 Doug DeCinces .965
  7. 7 Jim Presley .965
  8. 8 Terry Pendleton .962
  9. 9 Tim Wallach .958
  10. 10 Gary Gaetti .956

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 Terry Pendleton 371
  2. 2 Gary Gaetti 334
  3. 3 Jim Presley 308
  4. 4 Brook Jacoby 292
  5. 5 Buddy Bell 290
  6. 6 Mike Pagliarulo 283
  7. 7 Tim Wallach 270
  8. 8 Wade Boggs 267
  9. 9 Ken Oberkfell 258
  10. 10 Jim Morrison 257

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Terry Pendleton 133
  2. 2 Wade Boggs 121
  3. 3 Doug DeCinces 119
  4. 4 Gary Gaetti 118
  5. 5 Steve Buechele 111
  6. 6 Jim Presley 110
  7. 7 Brook Jacoby 109
  8. 8 Darnell Coles 107
  9. 9 Buddy Bell 105
  10. 10 Mike Pagliarulo 103

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Gary Gaetti 36
  2. 1 Terry Pendleton 36
  3. 3 Jim Presley 31
  4. 4 Wade Boggs 30
  5. 5 Buddy Bell 28
  6. 6 Mike Schmidt 27
  7. 7 Tim Wallach 26
  8. 8 Mike Pagliarulo 25
  9. 8 Paul Molitor 25
  10. 10 Brook Jacoby 24

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 Terry Pendleton 3.23
  2. 2 Gary Gaetti 2.90
  3. 3 Tim Wallach 2.76
  4. 4 George Brett 2.74
  5. 5 Mike Pagliarulo 2.70
  6. 6 Jim Presley 2.70
  7. 7 Darnell Coles 2.62
  8. 8 Buddy Bell 2.62
  9. 9 Wade Boggs 2.60
  10. 10 Brook Jacoby 2.54

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Brook Jacoby 158
  2. 2 Gary Gaetti 156
  3. 2 Terry Pendleton 156
  4. 4 Jim Presley 155
  5. 5 Buddy Bell 151
  6. 5 Jim Morrison 151
  7. 7 Wade Boggs 149
  8. 8 Mike Pagliarulo 143
  9. 9 Steve Buechele 137
  10. 10 Darnell Coles 133

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Dale Sveum 26
  2. 2 Brook Jacoby 25
  3. 3 Bill Madlock 24
  4. 4 Darnell Coles 23
  5. 4 Phil Garner 23
  6. 6 Gary Gaetti 21
  7. 7 Terry Pendleton 20
  8. 7 Jim Morrison 20
  9. 9 Wade Boggs 19
  10. 9 Mike Pagliarulo 19

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