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1981 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders

Every first base fielding board for 1981 on one page, top ten in each.

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Steve Garvey led qualified first basemen with a .999 fielding percentage in 1981. Keith Hernandez led in putouts (1,054). Chris Chambliss led in assists (94). Cecil Cooper led in double plays (111). Bill Buckner made the most errors, 17.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 74 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

1B FPCT
  1. 1 Steve Garvey .999
  2. 2 Eddie Murray .999
  3. 3 Jim Spencer .998
  4. 4 Keith Hernandez .997
  5. 5 Broderick Perkins .997
  6. 6 Chris Chambliss .997
  7. 7 Pete Rose .996
  8. 8 Bruce Bochte .995
  9. 9 Dan Driessen .995
  10. 10 Rod Carew .995

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Putouts

1B PO
  1. 1 Keith Hernandez 1,054
  2. 2 Chris Chambliss 1,046
  3. 3 Steve Garvey 1,019
  4. 4 Bill Buckner 996
  5. 5 Cecil Cooper 987
  6. 6 Pete Rose 929
  7. 7 Eddie Murray 899
  8. 8 Rod Carew 877
  9. 9 Willie Aikens 844
  10. 10 Pat Putnam 769

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Assists

1B A
  1. 1 Chris Chambliss 94
  2. 2 Pete Rose 91
  3. 2 Eddie Murray 91
  4. 4 Keith Hernandez 86
  5. 5 Bill Buckner 81
  6. 6 Mike Hargrove 76
  7. 7 Cecil Cooper 72
  8. 8 Pat Putnam 64
  9. 9 Enos Cabell 63
  10. 10 Rod Carew 60

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Double Plays

1B DP
  1. 1 Cecil Cooper 111
  2. 2 Keith Hernandez 99
  3. 3 Eddie Murray 98
  4. 4 Bill Buckner 92
  5. 5 Rod Carew 90
  6. 6 Steve Garvey 84
  7. 7 Chris Chambliss 83
  8. 8 Willie Aikens 79
  9. 9 Bruce Bochte 70
  10. 10 Pete Rose 69

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Range Factor

1B RF
  1. 1 Keith Hernandez 11.63
  2. 2 Chris Chambliss 10.65
  3. 3 Cecil Cooper 10.49
  4. 4 Rod Carew 10.41
  5. 5 Bill Buckner 10.26
  6. 6 Eddie Murray 10.00
  7. 7 Steve Garvey 9.76
  8. 8 Bruce Bochte 9.68
  9. 9 Mike Hargrove 9.57
  10. 10 Pete Rose 9.53

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Games

1B G
  1. 1 Steve Garvey 110
  2. 2 Chris Chambliss 107
  3. 2 Pete Rose 107
  4. 4 Bill Buckner 105
  5. 5 Cecil Cooper 101
  6. 6 Willie Aikens 99
  7. 6 Eddie Murray 99
  8. 8 Keith Hernandez 98
  9. 9 Pat Putnam 94
  10. 10 Rod Carew 90

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Errors

1B E
  1. 1 Bill Buckner 17
  2. 2 Dave Kingman 13
  3. 3 Cecil Cooper 9
  4. 3 Mike Hargrove 9
  5. 3 Enos Cabell 9
  6. 6 Willie Aikens 7
  7. 6 Jason Thompson 7
  8. 8 Pat Putnam 6
  9. 8 Mike Squires 6
  10. 8 Johnny Bench 6

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