1931 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1931 on one page, top ten in each.

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Sparky Adams led qualified third basemen with a .963 fielding percentage in 1931. Wally Gilbert led in assists (295). Pie Traynor led in putouts (172). Willie Kamm led in double plays (33). Pie Traynor made the most errors, 37.

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

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT

1 Sparky Adams .963
2 Ossie Bluege .960
3 Joe Sewell .952
4 Pinky Whitney .948
5 Wally Gilbert .948
6 Willie Kamm .945
7 Jimmy Binder .937
8 Johnny Vergez .932
9 Pie Traynor .925
10 Bobby Robinson .880

Assists

3B A

1 Wally Gilbert 295
2 Ossie Bluege 286
3 Pie Traynor 284
4 Johnny Vergez 268
5 Willie Kamm 240
6 Joe Sewell 227
7 Sparky Adams 223
8 Pinky Whitney 217
9 Marty McManus 204
10 Joe Stripp 191

Putouts

3B PO

1 Pie Traynor 172
2 Willie Kamm 158
3 Ossie Bluege 151
4 Johnny Vergez 146
5 Pinky Whitney 131
5 Joe Sewell 131
7 Wally Gilbert 125
8 Sparky Adams 118
9 Jimmy Dykes 105
10 Marty McManus 103

Double Plays

3B DP

Range Factor

3B RF

1 Willie Kamm 3.02
2 Joe Sewell 2.96
3 Pie Traynor 2.94
4 Wally Gilbert 2.90
5 Ossie Bluege 2.88
6 Johnny Vergez 2.72
7 Pinky Whitney 2.72
8 Bobby Robinson 2.60
8 Jimmy Binder 2.60
10 Sparky Adams 2.47

Games

3B G

1 Pie Traynor 155
2 Ossie Bluege 152
2 Johnny Vergez 152
4 Wally Gilbert 145
5 Sparky Adams 138
6 Willie Kamm 132
7 Pinky Whitney 128
8 Joe Sewell 121
9 Joe Stripp 96
10 Marty McManus 90

Errors

3B E