1959 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1959 on one page, top ten in each.
Yogi Berra led qualified catchers with a .997 fielding percentage in 1959. John Roseboro led in putouts (848). Del Crandall led in assists (71) and double plays (15). Gus Triandos made the most errors, 13.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 78 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Yogi Berra .997
- 2 Del Crandall .994
- 3 Sherm Lollar .993
- 4 Hobie Landrith .992
- 5 John Roseboro .991
- 6 Sammy White .990
- 6 Ed Bailey .990
- 8 Lou Berberet .989
- 9 Hal Smith .989
- 10 Smoky Burgess .984
Putouts
C PO- 1 John Roseboro 848
- 2 Del Crandall 783
- 3 Hal Smith 758
- 4 Yogi Berra 698
- 5 Sherm Lollar 623
- 6 Gus Triandos 597
- 7 Hobie Landrith 576
- 8 Sammy White 557
- 9 Ed Bailey 549
- 10 Lou Berberet 511
Assists
C A- 1 Del Crandall 71
- 2 Ed Bailey 64
- 3 Gus Triandos 63
- 4 Yogi Berra 61
- 5 Hal Smith 60
- 6 Sammy White 56
- 7 John Roseboro 54
- 8 Sherm Lollar 51
- 9 Hobie Landrith 45
- 10 Frank House 43
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Del Crandall 15
- 2 Sherm Lollar 14
- 3 Hal Smith 13
- 4 John Roseboro 10
- 5 Yogi Berra 9
- 6 Sammy White 8
- 6 Russ Nixon 8
- 6 Red Wilson 8
- 6 Joe Pignatano 8
- 10 Frank House 7
Range Factor
C RF- 1 John Roseboro 7.71
- 2 Yogi Berra 6.54
- 3 Del Crandall 5.85
- 4 Hal Smith 5.80
- 5 Lou Berberet 5.79
- 6 Hobie Landrith 5.70
- 7 Sherm Lollar 5.52
- 8 Gus Triandos 5.28
- 9 Ed Bailey 5.24
- 10 Frank House 5.16
Games
C G- 1 Del Crandall 146
- 2 Hal Smith 141
- 3 Gus Triandos 125
- 4 Sherm Lollar 122
- 5 Sammy White 119
- 6 Ed Bailey 117
- 6 John Roseboro 117
- 8 Yogi Berra 116
- 9 Hobie Landrith 109
- 9 Sammy Taylor 109
Errors
C E- 1 Gus Triandos 13
- 2 Sammy Taylor 10
- 3 Hal Smith 9
- 3 Frank House 9
- 5 John Roseboro 8
- 5 Smoky Burgess 8
- 7 Carl Sawatski 7
- 7 Valmy Thomas 7
- 7 Earl Averill 7
- 10 Sammy White 6