1960 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders
Every third base fielding board for 1960 on one page, top ten in each.
Brooks Robinson led qualified third basemen with a .977 fielding percentage in 1960. Brooks Robinson also led in assists (328) and putouts (171). Ken Boyer led in double plays (37). Frank Malzone made the most errors, 26.
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 Brooks Robinson .977
- 2 Reno Bertoia .961
- 3 Jim Gilliam .960
- 4 Ken Boyer .959
- 5 Eddie Mathews .950
- 6 Frank Malzone .948
- 7 Don Hoak .948
- 8 Gene Freese .946
- 9 Eddie Yost .933
Assists
3B A- 1 Brooks Robinson 328
- 2 Don Hoak 324
- 3 Frank Malzone 318
- 4 Ken Boyer 300
- 5 Eddie Mathews 280
- 6 Gene Freese 263
- 7 Jim Gilliam 262
- 8 Reno Bertoia 227
- 9 Clete Boyer 219
- 10 Eddie Yost 208
Putouts
3B PO- 1 Brooks Robinson 171
- 2 Frank Malzone 159
- 3 Eddie Yost 155
- 4 Eddie Mathews 141
- 5 Ken Boyer 140
- 6 Don Hoak 132
- 7 Clete Boyer 102
- 8 Jim Gilliam 101
- 9 Eddie Kasko 98
- 10 Andy Carey 95
Double Plays
3B DP- 1 Ken Boyer 37
- 2 Frank Malzone 36
- 3 Don Hoak 34
- 3 Brooks Robinson 34
- 5 Gene Freese 29
- 6 Andy Carey 26
- 7 Clete Boyer 24
- 8 Eddie Mathews 23
- 9 Jim Gilliam 21
- 10 Eddie Kasko 20
Range Factor
3B RF- 1 Brooks Robinson 3.28
- 2 Frank Malzone 3.16
- 3 Ken Boyer 3.01
- 4 Don Hoak 2.94
- 5 Gene Freese 2.88
- 6 Reno Bertoia 2.87
- 7 Jim Gilliam 2.79
- 8 Eddie Mathews 2.75
- 9 Eddie Yost 2.56
Games
3B G- 1 Don Hoak 155
- 2 Eddie Mathews 153
- 3 Brooks Robinson 152
- 4 Frank Malzone 151
- 5 Ken Boyer 146
- 6 Eddie Yost 142
- 7 Jim Gilliam 130
- 8 Gene Freese 122
- 9 Reno Bertoia 112
- 10 Jim Davenport 103
Errors
3B E- 1 Frank Malzone 26
- 1 Eddie Yost 26
- 3 Don Hoak 25
- 4 Eddie Mathews 22
- 5 Gene Freese 20
- 6 Ken Boyer 19
- 7 Jim Gilliam 15
- 8 Reno Bertoia 13
- 8 Ron Santo 13
- 10 Brooks Robinson 12