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MLB Single-Season Shortstop Range Factor Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

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The MLB single-season shortstop range factor record is 6.73, set by Hughie Jennings in 1895. It has stood for 131 years. The mark has been raised 1 times since 1871.

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Record Holders

2 marks since 1871
Year Player SS RF Stood for
1895 Hughie Jennings Hughie Jennings 6.73 still standing
1871 Davy Force 6.61 24 years

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

155 seasons
Year Leader SS RF
2025 Zach Neto 4.02
2024 Ezequiel Tovar 4.26
2023 CJ Abrams 4.17
2022 Javier Baez 4.07
2021 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 4.17
2020 Javier Baez 4.38
2019 Trevor Story 4.15
2018 Brandon Crawford 4.30
2017 Elvis Andrus 4.70
2016 Marcus Semien 4.48
2015 Elvis Andrus 4.78
2014 Adeiny Hechavarria 4.37
2013 Pedro Florimon 4.86
2012 J. J. Hardy 4.89
2011 Troy Tulowitzki 4.84
2010 Troy Tulowitzki 4.91
2009 Elvis Andrus 4.61
2008 Yunel Escobar 4.68
2007 Troy Tulowitzki 5.31
2006 Rafael Furcal 4.88
2005 Rafael Furcal 4.99
2004 Bobby Crosby 4.94
2003 Angel Berroa 4.67
2002 Juan Uribe 4.94
2001 Alex Gonzalez 4.92
2000 Neifi Perez 5.01
1999 Rey Sanchez 5.18
1998 Neifi Perez 4.86
1997 Walt Weiss 4.73
1996 Alex Gonzalez 5.06
1995 Benji Gil 4.88
1994 Jose Valentin 5.00
1993 Ozzie Smith 5.24
1992 Jay Bell 4.99
1991 Barry Larkin 5.03
1990 Tony Fernandez 4.83
1989 Tony Fernandez 5.25
1988 Ozzie Guillen 5.40
1987 Ozzie Guillen 4.97
1986 Shawon Dunston 5.27
1985 Ozzie Smith 5.15
1984 Cal Ripken 5.43
1983 Ozzie Smith 5.21
1982 Ozzie Smith 5.86
1981 Ozzie Smith 5.84
1980 Garry Templeton 5.86
1979 Garry Templeton 5.45
1978 Robin Yount 5.59
1977 Bill Almon 5.43
1976 Dave Concepcion 5.40
1975 Dave Concepcion 5.25
1974 Tim Foli 5.27
1973 Freddie Patek 5.52
1972 Freddie Patek 5.44
1971 Larry Bowa 5.30
1970 Ed Brinkman 5.54
1969 Leo Cardenas 5.50
1968 Don Kessinger 5.26
1967 Gene Alley 5.19
1966 Dick Groat 5.14
1965 Maury Wills 5.17
1964 Andre Rodgers 5.24
1963 Dick Schofield 5.11
1962 Zoilo Versalles 5.23
1961 Ernie Banks 5.11
1960 Luis Aparicio 5.60
1959 Dick Groat 5.34
1958 Don Zimmer 5.59
1957 Rocky Bridges 5.58
1956 Roy McMillan 5.53
1955 Dick Groat 5.24
1954 Johnny Logan 5.28
1953 Billy Hunter 5.24
1952 Johnny Logan 5.40
1951 Eddie Joost 5.34
1950 Roy Smalley 5.67
1949 Eddie Joost 5.51
1948 Frank Austin 5.80
1947 Marty Marion 5.54
1946 Tommy Butts 5.81
1945 Buddy Kerr 5.73
1944 Sam Bankhead 5.94
1943 Sam Bankhead 5.92
1942 Tommy Butts 5.64
1941 Pee Wee Reese 5.42
1940 Eddie Miller 5.91
1939 Chester Williams 5.71
1938 Dick Bartell 5.79
1937 Chester Williams 5.94
1936 Dick Bartell 6.08
1935 Luke Appling 5.82
1934 Joe Cronin 5.76
1933 Dick Bartell 5.75
1932 Rabbit Warstler 5.86
1931 Tommy Thevenow 5.64
1930 Dick Bartell 6.05
1929 Travis Jackson 5.91
1928 Newt Allen 6.14
1927 Travis Jackson 5.90
1926 Tommy Thevenow 6.21
1925 Dave Bancroft 6.07
1924 Glenn Wright 5.95
1923 Dobie Moore 6.59
1922 Dave Bancroft 6.31
1921 Dave Bancroft 6.16
1920 Dave Bancroft 6.40
1919 Rabbit Maranville 6.48
1918 Dave Bancroft 6.62
1917 Dave Bancroft 5.94
1916 Dave Bancroft 5.89
1915 Buck Herzog 5.91
1914 Rabbit Maranville 6.29
1913 Buck Weaver 6.04
1912 Donie Bush 6.00
1911 Donie Bush 6.19
1910 George McBride 5.77
1909 Honus Wagner 5.69
1908 Heinie Wagner 6.16
1907 Heinie Wagner 6.15
1906 Al Bridwell 5.98
1905 Joe Cassidy 6.15
1904 George Davis 5.66
1903 Honus Wagner 6.31
1902 Monte Cross 6.12
1901 Bobby Wallace 6.48
1900 George Davis 6.40
1899 George Davis 6.72
1898 George Davis 6.36
1897 Hughie Jennings 6.55
1896 Hughie Jennings 6.56
1895 Hughie Jennings 6.73 new record
1894 Hughie Jennings 6.30
1893 Bill Dahlen 6.08
1892 Hughie Jennings 5.79
1891 Bob Allen 5.80
1890 Bob Allen 6.29
1889 Herman Long 6.36
1888 Henry Easterday 5.04
1887 Jack Glasscock 5.77
1886 Germany Smith 4.98
1885 Germany Smith 5.70
1884 Jack Glasscock 5.11
1883 Bill McClellan 5.21
1882 Bill Gleason 5.38
1881 Ross Barnes 4.84
1880 Arthur Irwin 5.29
1879 Ross Barnes 5.02
1878 Bob Ferguson 5.21
1877 John Peters 5.65
1876 Davy Force 5.74
1875 Billy Redmond 5.42
1874 George Wright 4.90
1873 Charles Fulmer 6.14
1872 George Wright 5.83
1871 Davy Force 6.61 new record