1962 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders
Every third base fielding board for 1962 on one page, top ten in each.
Brooks Robinson led qualified third basemen with a .979 fielding percentage in 1962. Clete Boyer led in assists (396), putouts (187) and double plays (41). Rich Rollins made the most errors, 28.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 108 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
3B FPCT- 1 Brooks Robinson .979
- 2 Bubba Phillips .977
- 3 Don Hoak .969
- 4 Bob Aspromonte .967
- 5 Frank Malzone .967
- 6 Ed Charles .964
- 7 Clete Boyer .964
- 7 Eddie Mathews .964
- 9 Ken Boyer .956
- 10 Ron Santo .955
Assists
3B A- 1 Clete Boyer 396
- 2 Brooks Robinson 339
- 3 Ron Santo 332
- 4 Rich Rollins 324
- 5 Ken Boyer 318
- 6 Frank Malzone 313
- 7 Ed Charles 285
- 8 Eddie Mathews 283
- 9 Jim Davenport 256
- 10 Felix Torres 250
Putouts
3B PO- 1 Clete Boyer 187
- 2 Bubba Phillips 175
- 3 Brooks Robinson 163
- 4 Ron Santo 161
- 5 Ken Boyer 158
- 6 Frank Malzone 154
- 7 Bob Aspromonte 150
- 8 Ed Charles 145
- 9 Eddie Mathews 141
- 10 Rich Rollins 137
Double Plays
3B DP- 1 Clete Boyer 41
- 2 Ken Boyer 34
- 3 Rich Rollins 33
- 3 Ron Santo 33
- 5 Brooks Robinson 32
- 5 Frank Malzone 32
- 7 Jim Davenport 28
- 8 Ed Charles 27
- 9 Eddie Mathews 22
- 9 Felix Mantilla 22
Range Factor
3B RF- 1 Clete Boyer 3.71
- 2 Ron Santo 3.14
- 3 Brooks Robinson 3.10
- 4 Ed Charles 3.07
- 5 Eddie Mathews 3.03
- 6 Frank Malzone 2.99
- 7 Ken Boyer 2.98
- 8 Felix Torres 2.93
- 9 Rich Rollins 2.90
- 10 Bubba Phillips 2.88
Games
3B G- 1 Brooks Robinson 162
- 2 Ken Boyer 160
- 3 Rich Rollins 159
- 4 Clete Boyer 157
- 4 Ron Santo 157
- 6 Frank Malzone 156
- 7 Bubba Phillips 145
- 8 Bob Aspromonte 142
- 9 Jim Davenport 141
- 10 Ed Charles 140
Errors
3B E- 1 Rich Rollins 28
- 2 Felix Torres 24
- 3 Ron Santo 23
- 4 Ken Boyer 22
- 4 Clete Boyer 22
- 6 Jim Davenport 19
- 6 Eddie Kasko 19
- 6 Steve Boros 19
- 9 Don Demeter 18
- 9 Al Smith 18