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1996 MLB Third Base Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at third base

Travis Fryman led all of MLB in third base fielding percentage in 1996 with .979, 5 points ahead of Wade Boggs (.974). It stands 70th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 3 times Travis Fryman led in third base fielding percentage.

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Led all of MLB in 1996 Travis Fryman Detroit Tigers
.979 Third Base Fielding Percentage .005 clear of Wade Boggs
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# Player Team 3B FPCT G PO A E
1 Travis Fryman DET .979 128 96 271 8
2 Wade Boggs Wade Boggs NYA .974 123 62 201 7
3 Robin Ventura Robin Ventura CHA .974 150 133 239 10
4 Leo Gomez CHN .972 124 69 176 7
5 Gary Gaetti Gary Gaetti SLN .970 133 63 224 9
6 Scott Brosius Scott Brosius OAK .969 109 83 232 10
7 Tim Naehring Tim Naehring BOS .963 116 82 206 11
8 Todd Zeile Todd Zeile PHI .962 135 96 235 13
9 Vinny Castilla Vinny Castilla COL .961 160 97 389 20
10 Ed Sprague TOR .956 148 108 218 15
11 Terry Pendleton FLO .955 149 110 296 19
12 Charlie Hayes Charlie Hayes PIT .955 143 80 305 18
13 Shane Andrews MON .955 123 64 256 15
14 Dave Hollins Dave Hollins MIN .955 144 102 259 17
15 Ken Caminiti SDN .954 145 103 310 20
16 Jim Thome Jim Thome CLE .953 150 86 262 17
17 Dean Palmer Dean Palmer TEX .953 154 105 221 16
18 Jeff Cirillo ML4 .950 154 105 238 18
19 Chipper Jones Chipper Jones ATL .947 118 48 185 13
20 Sean Berry HOU .922 110 67 194 22