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1989 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1989 on one page, top ten in each.

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Jack Howell led qualified third basemen with a .974 fielding percentage in 1989. Terry Pendleton led in assists (392). Jeff Hamilton led in putouts (139). Bobby Bonilla led in double plays (31). Bobby Bonilla made the most errors, 35.

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 Jack Howell .974
  2. 2 Gary Gaetti .973
  3. 3 Terry Pendleton .971
  4. 4 Steve Buechele .969
  5. 5 Tim Wallach .958
  6. 6 Wade Boggs .958
  7. 7 Carney Lansford .957
  8. 8 Brook Jacoby .955
  9. 9 Ken Caminiti .955
  10. 10 Jeff Hamilton .951

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 Terry Pendleton 392
  2. 2 Ken Caminiti 335
  3. 3 Bobby Bonilla 330
  4. 4 Jack Howell 322
  5. 5 Tim Wallach 302
  6. 6 Kelly Gruber 291
  7. 7 Craig Worthington 277
  8. 8 Kevin Seitzer 272
  9. 9 Brook Jacoby 268
  10. 10 Wade Boggs 264

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Jeff Hamilton 139
  2. 2 Ken Caminiti 126
  3. 3 Bobby Bonilla 125
  4. 4 Wade Boggs 123
  5. 5 Terry Pendleton 113
  6. 5 Tim Wallach 113
  7. 5 Craig Worthington 113
  8. 8 Kevin Seitzer 112
  9. 9 Steve Buechele 106
  10. 10 Carney Lansford 104

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Bobby Bonilla 31
  2. 2 Wade Boggs 29
  3. 2 Jeff Hamilton 29
  4. 4 Kevin Seitzer 28
  5. 5 Ken Caminiti 27
  6. 5 Jack Howell 27
  7. 7 Terry Pendleton 25
  8. 8 Gary Gaetti 23
  9. 9 Steve Buechele 22
  10. 9 Craig Worthington 22

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 Kelly Gruber 3.17
  2. 2 Terry Pendleton 3.14
  3. 3 Jack Howell 2.94
  4. 4 Bobby Bonilla 2.92
  5. 5 Ken Caminiti 2.88
  6. 6 Paul Molitor 2.87
  7. 7 Gary Gaetti 2.84
  8. 8 Tim Wallach 2.71
  9. 9 Craig Worthington 2.69
  10. 10 Steve Buechele 2.55

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Terry Pendleton 161
  2. 2 Ken Caminiti 160
  3. 3 Kevin Seitzer 159
  4. 4 Bobby Bonilla 156
  5. 5 Tim Wallach 153
  6. 6 Wade Boggs 152
  7. 7 Jeff Hamilton 147
  8. 8 Steve Buechele 145
  9. 8 Craig Worthington 145
  10. 10 Brook Jacoby 144

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Bobby Bonilla 35
  2. 2 Howard Johnson 24
  3. 3 Ken Caminiti 22
  4. 3 Kelly Gruber 22
  5. 3 Charlie Hayes 22
  6. 6 Kevin Seitzer 20
  7. 6 Craig Worthington 20
  8. 8 Jeff Hamilton 19
  9. 9 Tim Wallach 18
  10. 9 Doug Strange 18

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