1928 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1928 on one page, top ten in each.

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Horace Ford led qualified shortstops with a .972 fielding percentage in 1928. Travis Jackson led in assists (547). Horace Ford also led in putouts (355) and double plays (128). Red Kress made the most errors, 55.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 102 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT

1 Horace Ford .972
2 Rabbit Maranville .969
3 Joe Sewell .963
4 Millito Navarro .957
5 Travis Jackson .952
6 Heinie Sand .951
7 Willie Wells .950
8 Joe Boley .949
9 Wally Gerber .948
10 Dave Bancroft .948

Assists

SS A

1 Travis Jackson 547
2 Horace Ford 508
3 Dave Bancroft 484
4 Joe Sewell 438
5 Doc Farrell 418
6 Heinie Sand 410
7 Jackie Tavener 405
8 Red Kress 400
9 Woody English 382
10 Rabbit Maranville 362

Putouts

SS PO

1 Horace Ford 355
2 Travis Jackson 354
3 Dave Bancroft 350
4 Red Kress 318
5 Jackie Tavener 302
6 Joe Sewell 297
7 Heinie Sand 290
8 Doc Farrell 289
9 Mark Koenig 260
10 Bill Cissell 255

Double Plays

SS DP

1 Horace Ford 128
2 Travis Jackson 112
3 Joe Sewell 103
4 Red Kress 99
5 Heinie Sand 94
6 Woody English 85
7 Jackie Tavener 81
8 Bill Cissell 77
9 Doc Farrell 73
10 Mark Koenig 69

Range Factor

SS RF

1 Newt Allen 6.14
2 Travis Jackson 6.05
3 Willie Wells 5.92
4 Horace Ford 5.79
5 George Scales 5.77
6 Dave Bancroft 5.60
7 Woody English 5.50
8 Henry Harris 5.45
9 Francisco Correa 5.42
10 Jackie Tavener 5.40

Games

SS G

1 Red Kress 150
2 Dave Bancroft 149
2 Horace Ford 149
2 Travis Jackson 149
5 Heinie Sand 137
5 Joe Sewell 137
7 Joe Boley 132
7 Doc Farrell 132
9 Jackie Tavener 131
10 Mark Koenig 125

Errors

SS E