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1961 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders

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

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Chuck Schilling led qualified second basemen with a .991 fielding percentage in 1961. Bill Mazeroski led in assists (505) and double plays (144). Bobby Richardson led in putouts (413). Jake Wood made the most errors, 25.

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

Fielding Percentage

2B FPCT
  1. 1 Chuck Schilling .991
  2. 2 Frank Bolling .988
  3. 3 Nellie Fox .982
  4. 4 Jerry Lumpe .979
  5. 5 Bobby Richardson .978
  6. 6 Charlie Neal .976
  7. 7 Bill Mazeroski .975
  8. 8 Don Zimmer .973
  9. 9 Don Blasingame .972
  10. 10 Jake Wood .969

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Assists

2B A
  1. 1 Bill Mazeroski 505
  2. 2 Frank Bolling 489
  3. 3 Chuck Schilling 449
  4. 4 Jerry Lumpe 426
  5. 5 Nellie Fox 407
  6. 6 Jake Wood 396
  7. 7 Bobby Richardson 376
  8. 8 Julian Javier 332
  9. 9 Don Zimmer 323
  10. 10 Chuck Cottier 322

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Putouts

2B PO
  1. 1 Bobby Richardson 413
  2. 1 Nellie Fox 413
  3. 3 Bill Mazeroski 410
  4. 4 Jerry Lumpe 403
  5. 5 Chuck Schilling 397
  6. 6 Jake Wood 380
  7. 7 Frank Bolling 326
  8. 8 Don Zimmer 282
  9. 9 Don Blasingame 277
  10. 10 Johnny Temple 239

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Double Plays

2B DP
  1. 1 Bill Mazeroski 144
  2. 2 Bobby Richardson 136
  3. 3 Chuck Schilling 121
  4. 4 Frank Bolling 112
  5. 5 Jerry Lumpe 105
  6. 6 Don Zimmer 99
  7. 7 Nellie Fox 97
  8. 8 Jake Wood 83
  9. 9 Julian Javier 82
  10. 10 Johnny Temple 79

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Range Factor

2B RF
  1. 1 Bill Mazeroski 6.02
  2. 2 Jerry Lumpe 5.64
  3. 3 Frank Bolling 5.51
  4. 4 Chuck Schilling 5.35
  5. 5 Don Zimmer 5.22
  6. 6 Nellie Fox 5.16
  7. 7 Julian Javier 5.05
  8. 8 Don Blasingame 5.01
  9. 9 Bobby Richardson 4.90
  10. 10 Jake Wood 4.79

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Games

2B G
  1. 1 Jake Wood 162
  2. 2 Bobby Richardson 161
  3. 3 Nellie Fox 159
  4. 4 Chuck Schilling 158
  5. 5 Bill Mazeroski 152
  6. 6 Frank Bolling 148
  7. 7 Jerry Lumpe 147
  8. 8 Johnny Temple 129
  9. 9 Don Blasingame 116
  10. 9 Don Zimmer 116

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Errors

2B E
  1. 1 Jake Wood 25
  2. 2 Bill Mazeroski 23
  3. 3 Julian Javier 20
  4. 4 Bobby Richardson 18
  5. 4 Jerry Lumpe 18
  6. 4 Johnny Temple 18
  7. 7 Don Blasingame 17
  8. 7 Don Zimmer 17
  9. 7 Billy Martin 17
  10. 10 Nellie Fox 15

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