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1946 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1946 on one page, top ten in each.

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Buddy Kerr led qualified shortstops with a .982 fielding percentage in 1946. Luke Appling led in assists (505). Lou Boudreau led in putouts (315). Marty Marion led in double plays (105). Luke Appling made the most errors, 39.

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

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Buddy Kerr .982
  2. 2 Marty Marion .973
  3. 3 Lou Boudreau .970
  4. 4 Johnny Pesky .969
  5. 5 Pee Wee Reese .966
  6. 6 Phil Rizzuto .961
  7. 7 Sam Bankhead .958
  8. 8 Frank Austin .958
  9. 9 Skeeter Newsome .955
  10. 10 Silvio García .954

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Luke Appling 505
  2. 2 Marty Marion 480
  3. 3 Johnny Pesky 479
  4. 4 Pee Wee Reese 463
  5. 5 Lou Boudreau 405
  6. 6 Buddy Kerr 400
  7. 7 Eddie Lake 391
  8. 8 Dick Culler 380
  9. 9 Phil Rizzuto 378
  10. 10 Vern Stephens 343

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Lou Boudreau 315
  2. 2 Johnny Pesky 296
  3. 3 Marty Marion 290
  4. 4 Pee Wee Reese 285
  5. 5 Dick Culler 279
  6. 6 Phil Rizzuto 267
  7. 7 Luke Appling 252
  8. 8 Buddy Kerr 240
  9. 9 Billy Cox 235
  10. 10 Eddie Lake 232

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Marty Marion 105
  2. 2 Pee Wee Reese 104
  3. 3 Luke Appling 99
  4. 4 Phil Rizzuto 97
  5. 5 Johnny Pesky 96
  6. 6 Lou Boudreau 94
  7. 7 Eddie Lake 85
  8. 8 Eddie Miller 79
  9. 9 Vern Stephens 71
  10. 10 Dick Culler 68

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Tommy Butts 5.81
  2. 2 Frank Austin 5.76
  3. 3 Sam Bankhead 5.66
  4. 4 Marty Marion 5.31
  5. 5 Walter Hardy 5.29
  6. 6 Lou Boudreau 5.18
  7. 7 Phil Rizzuto 5.16
  8. 8 Luke Appling 5.08
  9. 9 Buddy Kerr 5.08
  10. 10 Johnny Pesky 5.07

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Eddie Lake 155
  2. 2 Johnny Pesky 153
  3. 3 Pee Wee Reese 152
  4. 4 Luke Appling 149
  5. 5 Marty Marion 145
  6. 6 Lou Boudreau 139
  7. 7 Dick Culler 132
  8. 8 Buddy Kerr 126
  9. 9 Phil Rizzuto 125
  10. 10 Billy Cox 114

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Luke Appling 39
  2. 1 Billy Cox 39
  3. 3 Dick Culler 36
  4. 4 Eddie Lake 35
  5. 5 Vern Stephens 30
  6. 6 Pee Wee Reese 26
  7. 6 Phil Rizzuto 26
  8. 8 Johnny Pesky 25
  9. 9 Skeeter Newsome 23
  10. 10 Lou Boudreau 22

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