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1961 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders

Every first base fielding board for 1961 on one page, top ten in each.

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Pete Runnels led qualified first basemen with a .995 fielding percentage in 1961. Joe Adcock led in putouts (1,471). Vic Power led in assists (142). Bill Skowron led in double plays (146). Dick Stuart made the most errors, 21.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 109 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

1B FPCT
  1. 1 Pete Runnels .995
  2. 2 Vic Power .994
  3. 3 Roy Sievers .993
  4. 4 Joe Adcock .993
  5. 5 Pancho Herrera .993
  6. 6 Bill Skowron .993
  7. 7 Norm Cash .992
  8. 8 Gordy Coleman .991
  9. 9 Jim Gentile .989
  10. 10 Norm Siebern .989

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Putouts

1B PO
  1. 1 Joe Adcock 1,471
  2. 2 Bill White 1,373
  3. 3 Norm Cash 1,231
  4. 4 Bill Skowron 1,228
  5. 5 Jim Gentile 1,209
  6. 6 Gordy Coleman 1,162
  7. 7 Vic Power 1,154
  8. 8 Dick Stuart 1,152
  9. 9 Roy Sievers 1,096
  10. 10 Pancho Herrera 1,003

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Assists

1B A
  1. 1 Vic Power 142
  2. 2 Norm Cash 127
  3. 3 Gordy Coleman 121
  4. 4 Bill White 104
  5. 5 Bill Skowron 102
  6. 5 Joe Adcock 102
  7. 7 Jim Gentile 100
  8. 8 Dick Stuart 99
  9. 9 Pancho Herrera 96
  10. 10 Roy Sievers 94

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Double Plays

1B DP
  1. 1 Bill Skowron 146
  2. 2 Dick Stuart 141
  3. 3 Joe Adcock 133
  4. 4 Jim Gentile 129
  5. 5 Bill White 125
  6. 6 Norm Cash 121
  7. 7 Pancho Herrera 104
  8. 8 Vic Power 101
  9. 9 Ed Bouchee 97
  10. 10 Gordy Coleman 93

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Range Factor

1B RF
  1. 1 Joe Adcock 10.63
  2. 2 Bill White 9.78
  3. 3 Pancho Herrera 9.56
  4. 4 Dick Stuart 9.48
  5. 5 Vic Power 9.19
  6. 6 Jim Gentile 9.09
  7. 7 Norm Siebern 9.02
  8. 8 Roy Sievers 9.02
  9. 9 Bill Skowron 8.93
  10. 10 Harmon Killebrew 8.73

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Games

1B G
  1. 1 Norm Cash 157
  2. 2 Bill White 151
  3. 3 Gordy Coleman 150
  4. 4 Bill Skowron 149
  5. 5 Joe Adcock 148
  6. 6 Jim Gentile 144
  7. 7 Vic Power 141
  8. 8 Roy Sievers 132
  9. 8 Dick Stuart 132
  10. 10 Harmon Killebrew 119

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Errors

1B E
  1. 1 Dick Stuart 21
  2. 2 Bill White 17
  3. 3 Ed Bouchee 16
  4. 4 Dale Long 15
  5. 5 Jim Gentile 14
  6. 5 Harmon Killebrew 14
  7. 7 Norm Cash 11
  8. 7 Gordy Coleman 11
  9. 7 Joe Adcock 11
  10. 7 Norm Siebern 11

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