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1942 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1942 on one page, top ten in each.

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Eddie Miller led qualified shortstops with a .983 fielding percentage in 1942. Pee Wee Reese led in assists (482) and putouts (337). Phil Rizzuto led in double plays (114). Eddie Joost made the most errors, 45.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 100 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Eddie Miller .983
  2. 2 Billy Jurges .978
  3. 3 Lou Boudreau .965
  4. 4 Phil Rizzuto .962
  5. 5 Sam Bankhead .962
  6. 6 Willie Wells .962
  7. 7 Marty Marion .960
  8. 8 Pee Wee Reese .959
  9. 9 Johnny Pesky .955
  10. 10 Pete Coscarart .952

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Pee Wee Reese 482
  2. 2 Johnny Pesky 465
  3. 3 Eddie Miller 450
  4. 4 Marty Marion 448
  5. 5 Phil Rizzuto 445
  6. 6 Lennie Merullo 438
  7. 7 Lou Boudreau 426
  8. 8 Luke Appling 418
  9. 9 Vern Stephens 415
  10. 10 Billy Jurges 401

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Pee Wee Reese 337
  2. 2 Phil Rizzuto 324
  3. 3 Johnny Pesky 320
  4. 4 Lennie Merullo 299
  5. 5 Marty Marion 296
  6. 6 Vern Stephens 290
  7. 7 Eddie Miller 285
  8. 8 Lou Boudreau 281
  9. 9 Luke Appling 269
  10. 10 Billy Jurges 251

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Phil Rizzuto 114
  2. 2 Lou Boudreau 107
  3. 3 Pee Wee Reese 99
  4. 4 Johnny Pesky 94
  5. 5 Marty Marion 87
  6. 6 Vern Stephens 82
  7. 7 Lennie Merullo 80
  8. 8 Eddie Joost 79
  9. 9 Eddie Miller 78
  10. 10 Luke Appling 77

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Tommy Butts 5.64
  2. 2 Pee Wee Reese 5.42
  3. 3 Sam Bankhead 5.35
  4. 4 Phil Rizzuto 5.34
  5. 5 Johnny Pesky 5.34
  6. 6 Bus Clarkson 5.26
  7. 7 Billy Jurges 5.26
  8. 8 Eddie Miller 5.18
  9. 9 Lennie Merullo 5.15
  10. 10 Jesse Williams 5.13

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Pee Wee Reese 151
  2. 2 Marty Marion 147
  3. 2 Johnny Pesky 147
  4. 4 Lou Boudreau 146
  5. 5 Phil Rizzuto 144
  6. 5 Vern Stephens 144
  7. 7 Lennie Merullo 143
  8. 8 Eddie Miller 142
  9. 9 Luke Appling 141
  10. 10 Eddie Joost 130

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Eddie Joost 45
  2. 2 Vern Stephens 42
  3. 2 Lennie Merullo 42
  4. 4 Luke Appling 38
  5. 5 Johnny Pesky 37
  6. 6 Pee Wee Reese 35
  7. 7 Marty Marion 31
  8. 7 John Sullivan 31
  9. 9 Phil Rizzuto 30
  10. 10 Lou Boudreau 26

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