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1980 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1980 on one page, top ten in each.

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Buddy Bell led qualified third basemen with a .981 fielding percentage in 1980. Mike Schmidt led in assists (372). Carney Lansford led in putouts (151). Doug DeCinces led in double plays (41). Enos Cabell made the most errors, 29.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 109 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT
  1. 1 Buddy Bell .981
  2. 2 Ken Reitz .979
  3. 3 Ron Cey .972
  4. 4 Toby Harrah .971
  5. 5 Ray Knight .969
  6. 6 John Castino .961
  7. 7 Aurelio Rodriguez .961
  8. 8 Doug DeCinces .960
  9. 9 Roy Howell .958
  10. 10 Elliott Maddox .956

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 Mike Schmidt 372
  2. 2 Doug DeCinces 340
  3. 2 John Castino 340
  4. 4 Darrell Evans 328
  5. 5 Ron Cey 317
  6. 5 Toby Harrah 317
  7. 7 Ken Reitz 293
  8. 8 Ray Knight 291
  9. 9 Buddy Bell 282
  10. 10 Tom Brookens 279

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Carney Lansford 151
  2. 2 Ron Cey 127
  3. 3 Buddy Bell 123
  4. 4 Ray Knight 120
  5. 4 Toby Harrah 120
  6. 4 Doug DeCinces 120
  7. 7 Enos Cabell 118
  8. 8 Darrell Evans 113
  9. 9 Tom Brookens 112
  10. 10 Larry Parrish 106

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Doug DeCinces 41
  2. 2 John Castino 34
  3. 3 Mike Schmidt 31
  4. 4 Carney Lansford 29
  5. 5 George Brett 28
  6. 6 Toby Harrah 27
  7. 6 Tom Brookens 27
  8. 8 Darrell Evans 26
  9. 8 Buddy Bell 26
  10. 10 Ken Reitz 25

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 Buddy Bell 3.38
  2. 2 Doug DeCinces 3.24
  3. 3 John Castino 3.22
  4. 4 George Brett 3.21
  5. 5 Mike Schmidt 3.15
  6. 6 Darrell Evans 3.15
  7. 7 Tom Brookens 2.83
  8. 8 Ron Cey 2.83
  9. 9 Toby Harrah 2.80
  10. 10 Bob Horner 2.72

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Ray Knight 162
  2. 2 Ron Cey 157
  3. 3 Toby Harrah 156
  4. 4 Enos Cabell 150
  5. 4 Carney Lansford 150
  6. 4 Ken Reitz 150
  7. 7 Mike Schmidt 149
  8. 8 Doug DeCinces 142
  9. 9 Darrell Evans 140
  10. 10 Tom Brookens 138

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Enos Cabell 29
  2. 1 Tom Brookens 29
  3. 3 Mike Schmidt 27
  4. 4 Darrell Evans 25
  5. 5 Bob Horner 23
  6. 5 Lenny Randle 23
  7. 7 Carney Lansford 19
  8. 7 Doug DeCinces 19
  9. 9 John Castino 18
  10. 9 Larry Parrish 18

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