1978 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders
Every third base fielding board for 1978 on one page, top ten in each.
Aurelio Rodriguez led qualified third basemen with a .987 fielding percentage in 1978. Buddy Bell led in assists (355). Darrell Evans led in putouts (147). Mike Schmidt led in double plays (34). Butch Hobson made the most errors, 43.
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 Aurelio Rodriguez .987
- 2 Graig Nettles .975
- 3 Doug DeCinces .975
- 4 Ken Reitz .973
- 5 Mike Cubbage .971
- 6 Buddy Bell .970
- 7 Sal Bando .968
- 8 Lenny Randle .967
- 9 Ron Cey .966
- 10 Eric Soderholm .964
Assists
3B A- 1 Buddy Bell 355
- 2 Darrell Evans 348
- 3 Ron Cey 336
- 4 Sal Bando 329
- 5 Graig Nettles 326
- 6 Mike Schmidt 324
- 7 Ken Reitz 314
- 8 Roy Howell 306
- 9 George Brett 289
- 10 Larry Parrish 288
Putouts
3B PO- 1 Darrell Evans 147
- 2 Enos Cabell 136
- 3 Eric Soderholm 128
- 4 Buddy Bell 125
- 5 Larry Parrish 122
- 5 Butch Hobson 122
- 7 Pete Rose 117
- 8 Ron Cey 116
- 9 Ken Reitz 111
- 9 Doug DeCinces 111
Double Plays
3B DP- 1 Mike Schmidt 34
- 2 Graig Nettles 30
- 2 Buddy Bell 30
- 4 Roy Howell 27
- 4 Doug DeCinces 27
- 6 Ron Cey 26
- 7 Darrell Evans 25
- 7 Sal Bando 25
- 7 Butch Hobson 25
- 7 George Brett 25
Range Factor
3B RF- 1 Buddy Bell 3.45
- 2 Darrell Evans 3.19
- 3 Roy Howell 3.17
- 4 Sal Bando 3.12
- 5 George Brett 3.07
- 6 Mike Schmidt 3.04
- 7 Doug DeCinces 3.01
- 8 Larry Parrish 2.95
- 9 Eric Soderholm 2.91
- 10 Butch Hobson 2.88
Games
3B G- 1 Graig Nettles 159
- 2 Ron Cey 158
- 3 Pete Rose 156
- 4 Darrell Evans 155
- 5 Enos Cabell 153
- 6 Ken Reitz 150
- 7 Buddy Bell 139
- 7 Larry Parrish 139
- 7 Mike Schmidt 139
- 10 Sal Bando 134
Errors
3B E- 1 Butch Hobson 43
- 2 Darrell Evans 25
- 3 Bill Stein 24
- 4 Larry Parrish 23
- 5 Roy Howell 22
- 6 Bill Almon 21
- 7 Wayne Gross 20
- 8 Enos Cabell 18
- 8 Phil Garner 18
- 10 Carney Lansford 17