1929 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders

Every first base fielding board for 1929 on one page, top ten in each.

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Earl Sheely led qualified first basemen with a .996 fielding percentage in 1929. Bill Terry led in putouts (1,575) and double plays (146). Don Hurst led in assists (112). George Sisler made the most errors, 28.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 103 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

1B FPCT

1 Earl Sheely .996
2 Joe Judge .996
3 Jimmie Foxx .995
4 Lew Fonseca .995
5 Lou Gehrig .994
6 Lu Blue .994
7 Bill Terry .994
8 George Kelly .993
9 Charlie Grimm .992
10 Phil Todt .991

Putouts

1B PO

1 Bill Terry 1,575
2 George Kelly 1,537
3 Don Hurst 1,509
4 Lu Blue 1,491
5 Lew Fonseca 1,486
6 Phil Todt 1,467
7 Lou Gehrig 1,458
8 Dale Alexander 1,443
9 George Sisler 1,398
10 Jim Bottomley 1,347

Assists

1B A

1 Don Hurst 112
2 George Sisler 111
2 Bill Terry 111
4 Lew Fonseca 107
5 George Kelly 103
6 Phil Todt 102
7 Dale Alexander 90
8 Lu Blue 88
8 Joe Judge 88
10 Earl Sheely 83

Double Plays

1B DP

1 Bill Terry 146
2 Lew Fonseca 141
3 Lou Gehrig 135
4 George Sisler 131
5 Dale Alexander 129
6 Phil Todt 128
7 Lu Blue 127
7 George Kelly 127
9 Don Hurst 125
10 Jim Bottomley 122

Range Factor

1B RF

1 Bill Terry 11.32
2 George Kelly 11.16
3 Ed Rile 11.13
4 Charlie Grimm 10.85
5 Lew Fonseca 10.84
6 Don Hurst 10.53
7 Lu Blue 10.46
8 John Henry Lloyd 10.42
9 Dink Mothell 10.27
10 Phil Todt 10.25

Games

1B G

1 Dale Alexander 155
2 Lou Gehrig 154
2 Don Hurst 154
2 George Sisler 154
5 Phil Todt 153
6 Lu Blue 151
7 Bill Terry 149
8 Lew Fonseca 147
8 George Kelly 147
10 Jim Bottomley 145

Errors

1B E