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1979 NL Shortstop Assists Leaders

Assists at shortstop

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Ozzie Smith led the NL in shortstop assists in 1979 with 555, 30 ahead of Garry Templeton (525). It was one of 8 times Ozzie Smith led in shortstop assists.

SS ASS POSS DPSS FPCTSS RFSS GSS E2B A2B PO2B DP2B FPCT2B RF2B G2B E3B A3B PO3B DP3B FPCT3B RF3B G3B EC POC AC DPC FPCTC RFC GC E1B PO1B A1B DP1B FPCT1B RF1B G1B EOF POOF AOF FPCTOF RFOF GOF EP AP POP FPCTP RFP GP E
Ozzie Smith Led the NL in 1979 Ozzie Smith San Diego Padres
555 Shortstop Assists 30 clear of Garry Templeton
Showing Shortstop Assists and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SS A G PO E FPCT
1 Ozzie Smith Ozzie Smith SDN 555 155 256 20 .976
2 Garry Templeton Garry Templeton SLN 525 150 292 34 .960
3 Ivan de Jesus Ivan de Jesus CHN 507 160 235 32 .959
4 Dave Concepcion Dave Concepcion CIN 495 148 284 27 .967
5 Frank Taveras Frank Taveras NYN 464 164 287 28 .964
6 Bill Russell Bill Russell LAN 452 150 218 30 .957
7 Larry Bowa Larry Bowa PHI 448 146 229 6 .991
8 Pepe Frias Pepe Frias ATL 432 137 229 32 .954
9 Craig Reynolds Craig Reynolds HOU 428 143 208 23 .965
10 Tim Foli Tim Foli PIT 410 135 259 15 .978
11 Chris Speier Chris Speier MON 355 112 194 17 .970
12 Johnnie LeMaster Johnnie LeMaster SFN 303 106 160 20 .959
13 Roger Metzger Roger Metzger SFN 219 78 108 15 .956
14 Rodney Scott Rodney Scott MON 97 39 61 8 .952
15 Darrel Chaney Darrel Chaney ATL 80 39 40 7 .945
16 Mike Phillips Mike Phillips SLN 76 25 33 3 .973
17 Julio Gonzalez Julio Gonzalez HOU 54 21 31 3 .966
18 Jim Mason MON 53 33 31 3 .966
19 Dale Berra Dale Berra PIT 53 22 25 5 .940
20 Bill Almon Bill Almon SDN 43 25 26 3 .958
21 Doug Flynn Doug Flynn NYN 41 20 33 3 .961
22 Rudy Meoli Rudy Meoli PHI 37 16 23 1 .984
23 Ted Martinez Ted Martinez LAN 34 21 16 2 .962
24 Rick Auerbach Rick Auerbach CIN 28 16 27 2 .965
25 Mick Kelleher CHN 24 14 9 1 .971
26 Jimmy Sexton HOU 23 11 10 2 .943
27 Phil Garner Phil Garner PIT 18 14 12 1 .968
28 Junior Kennedy Junior Kennedy CIN 16 5 10 0 1.000
29 Bud Harrelson Bud Harrelson PHI 15 17 9 3 .889
30 Sergio Ferrer Sergio Ferrer NYN 5 5 4 0 1.000
31 Derrel Thomas Derrel Thomas LAN 4 3 4 1 .889
32 Rafael Landestoy Rafael Landestoy HOU 3 3 2 0 1.000
33 Pete Mackanin Pete Mackanin PHI 3 2 0 0 1.000
34 Ron Oester Ron Oester CIN 2 2 1 0 1.000
35 Mike Schmidt Mike Schmidt PHI 2 2 1 0 1.000
36 Barry Evans SDN 1 2 0 0 1.000
37 Ken Oberkfell Ken Oberkfell SLN 1 2 0 0 1.000
38 Matt Alexander Matt Alexander PIT 0 1 0 0 —