1973 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1973 on one page, top ten in each.

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Frank Duffy led qualified shortstops with a .986 fielding percentage in 1973. Bill Russell led in assists (560). Don Kessinger led in putouts (274). Freddie Patek led in double plays (115). Chris Speier made the most errors, 33.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 108 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT

1 Frank Duffy .986
2 Roger Metzger .982
3 Larry Bowa .979
4 Eddie Leon .972
5 Mark Belanger .971
6 Bert Campaneris .969
7 Ed Brinkman .968
8 Freddie Patek .966
9 Luis Aparicio .966
10 Gene Michael .965

Assists

SS A

1 Bill Russell 560
2 Mark Belanger 530
3 Don Kessinger 526
4 Freddie Patek 503
5 Bert Campaneris 496
6 Ed Brinkman 480
7 Chris Speier 470
8 Gene Michael 433
9 Roger Metzger 429
10 Marty Perez 416

Putouts

SS PO

1 Don Kessinger 274
2 Chris Speier 255
3 Tim Johnson 253
4 Ed Brinkman 249
5 Tim Foli 245
6 Bill Russell 243
7 Freddie Patek 242
8 Mark Belanger 241
9 Roger Metzger 231
10 Bert Campaneris 228

Double Plays

SS DP

1 Freddie Patek 115
2 Don Kessinger 109
3 Bill Russell 106
4 Mark Belanger 100
5 Chris Speier 92
6 Ed Brinkman 89
7 Tim Johnson 88
8 Bert Campaneris 87
8 Larry Bowa 87
10 Gene Michael 84

Range Factor

SS RF

1 Freddie Patek 5.52
2 Tim Foli 5.21
3 Don Kessinger 5.06
4 Mark Belanger 5.01
5 Frank Duffy 5.00
6 Gene Michael 4.97
7 Bill Russell 4.96
8 Bert Campaneris 4.86
9 Chris Speier 4.83
10 Eddie Leon 4.75

Games

SS G

1 Ed Brinkman 162
1 Bill Russell 162
3 Don Kessinger 158
4 Mark Belanger 154
5 Chris Speier 150
6 Bert Campaneris 149
6 Roger Metzger 149
8 Marty Perez 139
9 Tim Johnson 135
9 Freddie Patek 135

Errors

SS E