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1979 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

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

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Carney Lansford led qualified third basemen with a .983 fielding percentage in 1979. George Brett led in assists (373). Carney Lansford also led in putouts (135). Mike Schmidt led in double plays (36). Darrell Evans made the most errors, 30.

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. 1 Carney Lansford .983
  2. 2 Ron Cey .977
  3. 3 Ken Reitz .972
  4. 4 Buddy Bell .969
  5. 5 Graig Nettles .966
  6. 6 Doug DeCinces .964
  7. 7 John Castino .963
  8. 8 Sal Bando .963
  9. 9 Ray Knight .962
  10. 10 Enos Cabell .957

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 George Brett 373
  2. 2 Darrell Evans 369
  3. 3 Buddy Bell 364
  4. 4 Mike Schmidt 361
  5. 5 Graig Nettles 339
  6. 6 Ken Reitz 290
  7. 6 Larry Parrish 290
  8. 6 Roy Howell 290
  9. 9 John Castino 277
  10. 10 Steve Ontiveros 268

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Carney Lansford 135
  2. 2 Darrell Evans 129
  3. 2 George Brett 129
  4. 4 Ken Reitz 124
  5. 5 Ron Cey 123
  6. 6 Ray Knight 120
  7. 6 Wayne Gross 120
  8. 8 Larry Parrish 119
  9. 9 Mike Schmidt 114
  10. 10 Buddy Bell 112

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Mike Schmidt 36
  2. 2 John Castino 31
  3. 3 Graig Nettles 30
  4. 4 Carney Lansford 29
  5. 5 Darrell Evans 28
  6. 5 George Brett 28
  7. 5 Roy Howell 28
  8. 8 Steve Ontiveros 27
  9. 9 Ken Reitz 26
  10. 9 Ray Knight 26

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 George Brett 3.37
  2. 2 Buddy Bell 3.24
  3. 3 Darrell Evans 3.13
  4. 4 Graig Nettles 3.12
  5. 5 Mike Schmidt 3.03
  6. 6 Roy Howell 2.99
  7. 7 Doug DeCinces 2.88
  8. 8 Sal Bando 2.83
  9. 9 Wayne Gross 2.76
  10. 10 Larry Parrish 2.67

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Darrell Evans 159
  2. 2 Ken Reitz 158
  3. 3 Carney Lansford 157
  4. 3 Mike Schmidt 157
  5. 5 Larry Parrish 153
  6. 6 Ron Cey 150
  7. 7 George Brett 149
  8. 7 Ray Knight 149
  9. 9 Buddy Bell 147
  10. 10 Graig Nettles 144

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Darrell Evans 30
  2. 1 George Brett 30
  3. 3 Butch Hobson 25
  4. 4 Mike Schmidt 23
  5. 4 Larry Parrish 23
  6. 4 Steve Ontiveros 23
  7. 7 Richie Hebner 22
  8. 8 Roy Howell 20
  9. 8 Wayne Gross 20
  10. 10 Dan Meyer 19

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