2012 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 2012 on one page, top ten in each.

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J. J. Hardy led qualified shortstops with a .992 fielding percentage in 2012. J. J. Hardy also led in assists (529) and double plays (113). Starlin Castro led in putouts (266). Starlin Castro made the most errors, 27.

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

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT

1 J. J. Hardy .992
2 Jhonny Peralta .988
3 Brendan Ryan .985
4 Yunel Escobar .982
5 Alexei Ramirez .982
6 Derek Jeter .980
7 Jimmy Rollins .978
8 Elvis Andrus .976
9 Zack Cozart .975
10 Erick Aybar .975

Assists

SS A

1 J. J. Hardy 529
2 Starlin Castro 465
3 Alexei Ramirez 434
4 Yunel Escobar 431
5 Jose Reyes 419
6 Elvis Andrus 414
7 Alcides Escobar 408
7 Asdrubal Cabrera 408
9 Clint Barmes 399
10 Brendan Ryan 396

Putouts

SS PO

1 Starlin Castro 266
2 J. J. Hardy 244
3 Alcides Escobar 242
4 Yunel Escobar 240
5 Elvis Andrus 233
6 Erick Aybar 232
7 Jhonny Peralta 229
8 Alexei Ramirez 227
9 Jose Reyes 226
10 Asdrubal Cabrera 223

Double Plays

SS DP

1 J. J. Hardy 113
2 Jose Reyes 105
3 Brendan Ryan 104
4 Yunel Escobar 100
5 Asdrubal Cabrera 99
6 Starlin Castro 97
6 Alcides Escobar 97
8 Alexei Ramirez 93
9 Elvis Andrus 91
10 Mike Aviles 89

Range Factor

SS RF

1 J. J. Hardy 4.89
2 Yunel Escobar 4.69
3 Asdrubal Cabrera 4.64
4 Starlin Castro 4.51
5 Mike Aviles 4.50
6 Rafael Furcal 4.35
7 Brendan Ryan 4.29
8 Erick Aybar 4.25
9 Brandon Crawford 4.24
10 Elvis Andrus 4.23

Games

SS G

1 Starlin Castro 162
2 Jose Reyes 160
3 J. J. Hardy 158
3 Alexei Ramirez 158
5 Jimmy Rollins 156
6 Alcides Escobar 155
7 Elvis Andrus 153
8 Jhonny Peralta 149
9 Yunel Escobar 143
10 Clint Barmes 142

Errors

SS E