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1951 MLB First Base Double Plays Leaders

Double plays turned at first base

Gil Hodges led all of MLB in first base double plays in 1951 with 171, 28 ahead of Eddie Robinson (143). It stands 7th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 4 times Gil Hodges led in first base double plays.

Gil Hodges Led all of MLB in 1951 Gil Hodges Brooklyn Dodgers
171 First Base Double Plays 28 clear of Eddie Robinson
Showing First Base Double Plays and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 1B DP G PO A E
1 Gil Hodges Gil Hodges BRO 171 158 1,365 126 12
2 Eddie Robinson Eddie Robinson CHA 143 147 1,296 91 17
3 Earl Torgeson Earl Torgeson BSN 137 155 1,330 107 17
4 Ferris Fain Ferris Fain PHA 124 108 931 113 11
5 Eddie Waitkus Eddie Waitkus PHI 121 144 1,214 94 10
6 Mickey Vernon Mickey Vernon WS1 121 137 1,157 87 8
7 Ted Kluszewski Ted Kluszewski CIN 115 154 1,381 88 5
8 Whitey Lockman Whitey Lockman NY1 113 119 1,045 89 16
9 Luke Easter Luke Easter CLE 108 125 1,043 68 14
10 Hank Arft SLA 100 97 820 86 10
11 Dick Kryhoski DET 95 112 964 81 9
12 Walt Dropo Walt Dropo BOS 91 93 878 63 12
13 Johnny Mize Johnny Mize NYA 86 93 632 44 4
14 Nippy Jones Nippy Jones SLN 78 71 698 48 7
15 Joe Collins NYA 65 114 556 56 8
16 Billy Goodman Billy Goodman BOS 61 62 554 29 3
17 Stan Musial Stan Musial SLN 60 60 600 32 4
18 Ralph Kiner Ralph Kiner PIT 59 58 556 29 11
19 Lou Limmer PHA 54 58 450 40 6
20 Don Kolloway Don Kolloway DET 53 59 452 49 4
21 Phil Cavarretta Phil Cavarretta CHN 53 53 444 42 3
22 Monte Irvin Monte Irvin NY1 47 39 348 50 8
23 Chuck Connors Chuck Connors CHN 41 57 452 33 8
24 Dee Fondy Dee Fondy CHN 40 44 387 27 10
25 Jack Phillips PIT 37 53 322 21 3
26 Rocky Nelson PIT 37 36 304 25 3
27 George Metkovich George Metkovich PIT 32 37 306 27 3
28 Harry Simpson Harry Simpson CLE 28 50 326 17 4
29 Dale Long Dale Long SLA 23 29 235 19 3
30 Ben Taylor SLA 21 25 195 14 6
31 Steve Bilko Steve Bilko SLN 18 19 170 13 3
32 Sam Mele Sam Mele WS1 11 15 122 7 0
33 Johnny Hopp Johnny Hopp NYA 10 25 121 5 1
34 Joe Lutz SLA 9 11 76 4 0
35 Bob Boyd Bob Boyd CHA 8 6 36 1 0
36 Norm Zauchin Norm Zauchin BOS 8 4 20 2 1
37 Tommy Brown Tommy Brown PHI 7 12 83 9 2
38 Bruce Edwards Bruce Edwards CHN 5 9 69 8 4
39 Gordon Goldsberry CHA 4 8 28 5 0
40 Bert Haas CHA 4 7 41 4 0
41 Fred Taylor WS1 4 2 24 1 1
42 Fred Richards CHN 3 9 62 8 0
43 Don Bollweg Don Bollweg SLN 2 2 16 0 1
44 Connie Ryan Connie Ryan CIN 2 2 10 2 0
45 Harry Walker Harry Walker SLN 2 1 10 1 0
46 Minnie Miñoso Minnie Miñoso CHA 1 7 37 3 2
47 Lou Boudreau Lou Boudreau BOS 1 2 4 1 1
48 Artie Wilson Artie Wilson NY1 1 2 3 0 0
49 Sam Chapman Sam Chapman CLE 1 1 1 0 0
50 Billy Hitchcock Billy Hitchcock PHA 1 1 8 0 0
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