1963 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders
Every third base fielding board for 1963 on one page, top ten in each.
Brooks Robinson led qualified third basemen with a .976 fielding percentage in 1963. Ron Santo led in assists (374). Max Alvis led in putouts (170). Brooks Robinson also led in double plays (43). Pete Ward made the most errors, 38.
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 .976
- 2 Eddie Mathews .968
- 3 Frank Malzone .964
- 4 Jim Davenport .962
- 5 Bubba Phillips .961
- 6 Clete Boyer .954
- 7 Ron Santo .951
- 8 Ed Charles .949
- 9 Max Alvis .942
- 10 Felix Torres .939
Assists
3B A- 1 Ron Santo 374
- 2 Bob Bailey 332
- 3 Brooks Robinson 330
- 4 Ed Charles 310
- 5 Clete Boyer 309
- 6 Pete Ward 302
- 7 Ken Boyer 293
- 8 Max Alvis 285
- 9 Frank Malzone 283
- 10 Eddie Mathews 276
Putouts
3B PO- 1 Max Alvis 170
- 2 Clete Boyer 165
- 3 Pete Ward 156
- 4 Brooks Robinson 153
- 4 Ed Charles 153
- 6 Frank Malzone 151
- 7 Ron Santo 136
- 8 Bob Aspromonte 134
- 9 Ken Boyer 129
- 10 Jim Davenport 122
Double Plays
3B DP- 1 Brooks Robinson 43
- 2 Bob Bailey 38
- 3 Max Alvis 32
- 3 Clete Boyer 32
- 5 Felix Torres 29
- 6 Pete Ward 27
- 7 Bubba Phillips 26
- 8 Ron Santo 25
- 9 Ken Boyer 23
- 9 Eddie Mathews 23
Range Factor
3B RF- 1 Clete Boyer 3.36
- 2 Eddie Mathews 3.21
- 3 Ron Santo 3.15
- 4 Brooks Robinson 3.02
- 5 Pete Ward 2.97
- 6 Frank Malzone 2.93
- 7 Ed Charles 2.93
- 8 Bubba Phillips 2.92
- 9 Bob Bailey 2.91
- 10 Max Alvis 2.88
Games
3B G- 1 Ron Santo 162
- 2 Brooks Robinson 160
- 3 Ken Boyer 159
- 4 Max Alvis 158
- 4 Ed Charles 158
- 6 Pete Ward 154
- 7 Bob Bailey 153
- 8 Frank Malzone 148
- 9 Clete Boyer 141
- 10 Rich Rollins 132
Errors
3B E- 1 Pete Ward 38
- 2 Ken Boyer 34
- 3 Bob Bailey 32
- 4 Max Alvis 28
- 5 Ron Santo 26
- 5 Rich Rollins 26
- 7 Ed Charles 25
- 8 Clete Boyer 23
- 8 Bob Aspromonte 23
- 10 Felix Torres 22