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1979 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1979 on one page, top ten in each.

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Larry Bowa led qualified shortstops with a .991 fielding percentage in 1979. Roy Smalley led in assists (572), putouts (296) and double plays (144). Alfredo Griffin made the most errors, 36.

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 Larry Bowa .991
  2. 2 Rick Burleson .980
  3. 3 Tim Foli .978
  4. 4 Bucky Dent .977
  5. 5 Ozzie Smith .976
  6. 6 Tom Veryzer .974
  7. 7 Chris Speier .970
  8. 8 Robin Yount .969
  9. 9 Mario Mendoza .968
  10. 10 Roy Smalley .968

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Roy Smalley 572
  2. 2 Ozzie Smith 555
  3. 3 Garry Templeton 525
  4. 4 Rick Burleson 523
  5. 5 Robin Yount 517
  6. 6 Bucky Dent 512
  7. 7 Ivan de Jesus 507
  8. 8 Alfredo Griffin 501
  9. 9 Dave Concepcion 495
  10. 10 Frank Taveras 464

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Roy Smalley 296
  2. 2 Garry Templeton 292
  3. 3 Frank Taveras 287
  4. 4 Dave Concepcion 284
  5. 5 Rick Burleson 272
  6. 5 Alfredo Griffin 272
  7. 7 Robin Yount 267
  8. 8 Tim Foli 259
  9. 9 Ozzie Smith 256
  10. 10 Alan Trammell 245

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Roy Smalley 144
  2. 2 Alfredo Griffin 124
  3. 3 Rick Burleson 109
  4. 4 Bucky Dent 107
  5. 5 Garry Templeton 102
  6. 5 Dave Concepcion 102
  7. 7 Alan Trammell 99
  8. 8 Tim Foli 98
  9. 9 Ivan de Jesus 97
  10. 9 Robin Yount 97

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Garry Templeton 5.45
  2. 2 Roy Smalley 5.39
  3. 3 Dave Concepcion 5.26
  4. 4 Robin Yount 5.26
  5. 5 Ozzie Smith 5.23
  6. 6 Rick Burleson 5.20
  7. 7 Bucky Dent 5.18
  8. 8 Alfredo Griffin 5.05
  9. 9 Tim Foli 4.96
  10. 10 Chris Speier 4.90

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Frank Taveras 164
  2. 2 Roy Smalley 161
  3. 3 Ivan de Jesus 160
  4. 4 Ozzie Smith 155
  5. 5 Rick Burleson 153
  6. 5 Alfredo Griffin 153
  7. 7 Bill Russell 150
  8. 7 Garry Templeton 150
  9. 9 Robin Yount 149
  10. 10 Dave Concepcion 148

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Alfredo Griffin 36
  2. 2 Garry Templeton 34
  3. 3 Ivan de Jesus 32
  4. 3 Pepe Frias 32
  5. 5 Bill Russell 30
  6. 6 Roy Smalley 29
  7. 7 Frank Taveras 28
  8. 8 Dave Concepcion 27
  9. 9 Alan Trammell 26
  10. 10 Robin Yount 25

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