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1926 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1926 on one page, top ten in each.

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Jimmy Cooney led qualified shortstops with a .972 fielding percentage in 1926. Tommy Thevenow led in assists (597) and putouts (371). Jimmy Cooney also led in double plays (107). Heinie Sand made the most errors, 55.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 104 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Jimmy Cooney .972
  2. 2 Topper Rigney .969
  3. 3 Travis Jackson .962
  4. 4 Dave Bancroft .956
  5. 5 Tommy Thevenow .956
  6. 6 Joe Sewell .955
  7. 7 Jackie Tavener .952
  8. 8 Wally Gerber .944
  9. 9 Heinie Sand .939
  10. 10 Cool Turner .935

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Tommy Thevenow 597
  2. 2 Heinie Sand 495
  3. 3 Topper Rigney 492
  4. 3 Jimmy Cooney 492
  5. 5 Jackie Tavener 470
  6. 6 Joe Sewell 463
  7. 7 Mark Koenig 422
  8. 8 Dave Bancroft 398
  9. 9 Glenn Wright 382
  10. 10 Wally Gerber 358

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Tommy Thevenow 371
  2. 2 Heinie Sand 358
  3. 3 Jimmy Cooney 344
  4. 4 Joe Sewell 326
  5. 5 Dave Bancroft 317
  6. 6 Jackie Tavener 300
  7. 7 Topper Rigney 286
  8. 8 Mark Koenig 281
  9. 9 Chick Galloway 274
  10. 10 Wally Gerber 261

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Jimmy Cooney 107
  2. 2 Tommy Thevenow 98
  3. 3 Jackie Tavener 92
  4. 3 Wally Gerber 92
  5. 5 Heinie Sand 88
  6. 6 Joe Sewell 86
  7. 7 Glenn Wright 82
  8. 8 Topper Rigney 80
  9. 9 Dave Bancroft 75
  10. 10 Travis Jackson 71

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Tommy Thevenow 6.21
  2. 2 Jimmy Cooney 5.93
  3. 3 Dave Bancroft 5.81
  4. 4 Heinie Sand 5.72
  5. 5 Willie Wells 5.67
  6. 6 Travis Jackson 5.62
  7. 7 Cool Turner 5.54
  8. 8 Newt Allen 5.52
  9. 9 Bill Riggins 5.49
  10. 10 Francisco Correa 5.46

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Jackie Tavener 156
  2. 1 Tommy Thevenow 156
  3. 3 Joe Sewell 154
  4. 4 Heinie Sand 149
  5. 5 Topper Rigney 146
  6. 6 Jimmy Cooney 141
  7. 6 Mark Koenig 141
  8. 8 Chick Galloway 133
  9. 9 Wally Gerber 129
  10. 10 Dave Bancroft 123

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Heinie Sand 55
  2. 2 Mark Koenig 52
  3. 3 Glenn Wright 49
  4. 4 Tommy Thevenow 45
  5. 5 Chick Galloway 41
  6. 6 Buddy Myer 40
  7. 7 Jackie Tavener 39
  8. 8 Joe Sewell 37
  9. 8 Wally Gerber 37
  10. 10 Bill Riggins 34

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