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1968 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1968 on one page, top ten in each.

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Hal Lanier led qualified shortstops with a .979 fielding percentage in 1968. Don Kessinger led in assists (573) and double plays (97). Hal Lanier also led in putouts (282). Bert Campaneris made the most errors, 34.

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

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Hal Lanier .979
  2. 2 Rico Petrocelli .978
  3. 3 Ray Oyler .977
  4. 4 Luis Aparicio .977
  5. 5 Gene Alley .974
  6. 6 Mark Belanger .969
  7. 7 Dal Maxvill .969
  8. 8 Larry Brown .966
  9. 9 Don Kessinger .962
  10. 10 Jim Fregosi .962

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Don Kessinger 573
  2. 2 Luis Aparicio 535
  3. 3 Hal Lanier 496
  4. 4 Bert Campaneris 458
  5. 4 Dal Maxvill 458
  6. 6 Jim Fregosi 454
  7. 7 Mark Belanger 444
  8. 8 Roberto Peña 434
  9. 9 Tom Tresh 409
  10. 10 Gene Alley 394

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Hal Lanier 282
  2. 2 Bert Campaneris 279
  3. 3 Jim Fregosi 273
  4. 4 Luis Aparicio 269
  5. 5 Don Kessinger 263
  6. 6 Larry Brown 255
  7. 7 Mark Belanger 248
  8. 8 Dal Maxvill 232
  9. 9 Roberto Peña 230
  10. 10 Leo Cardenas 221

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Don Kessinger 97
  2. 2 Roberto Peña 93
  3. 3 Jim Fregosi 92
  4. 3 Luis Aparicio 92
  5. 5 Bert Campaneris 86
  6. 5 Gene Alley 86
  7. 7 Dal Maxvill 81
  8. 8 Mark Belanger 73
  9. 9 Hal Lanier 72
  10. 10 Larry Brown 70

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Don Kessinger 5.26
  2. 2 Hal Lanier 5.19
  3. 3 Luis Aparicio 5.15
  4. 4 Tom Tresh 5.11
  5. 5 Gene Alley 5.10
  6. 6 Roberto Peña 4.99
  7. 7 Zoilo Versalles 4.91
  8. 8 Mark Belanger 4.77
  9. 9 Bert Campaneris 4.75
  10. 10 Jim Fregosi 4.57

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Jim Fregosi 159
  2. 1 Don Kessinger 159
  3. 3 Luis Aparicio 156
  4. 4 Bert Campaneris 155
  5. 5 Larry Brown 154
  6. 6 Dal Maxvill 151
  7. 7 Hal Lanier 150
  8. 8 Mark Belanger 145
  9. 9 Leo Cardenas 136
  10. 10 Roberto Peña 133

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Bert Campaneris 34
  2. 2 Don Kessinger 33
  3. 3 Roberto Peña 32
  4. 4 Tom Tresh 31
  5. 5 Jim Fregosi 29
  6. 5 Leo Cardenas 29
  7. 7 Zoilo Versalles 28
  8. 8 Jackie Hernandez 25
  9. 9 Hector Torres 24
  10. 10 Larry Brown 22

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