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1985 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders

Every first base fielding board for 1985 on one page, top ten in each.

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Keith Hernandez led qualified first basemen with a .997 fielding percentage in 1985. Steve Balboni led in putouts (1,573). Bill Buckner led in assists (184). Don Mattingly led in double plays (154). Eddie Murray made the most errors, 19.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 108 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

1B FPCT

1 Keith Hernandez .997
2 Dan Driessen .997
3 Steve Garvey .997
4 Leon Durham .995
5 Don Mattingly .995
6 Pete O'Brien .995
7 Pete Rose .995
8 Kent Hrbek .995
9 Greg Brock .994
10 Greg Walker .994

Putouts

1B PO

1 Steve Balboni 1,573
2 Pete O'Brien 1,457
3 Steve Garvey 1,442
4 Alvin Davis 1,438
5 Leon Durham 1,421
6 Bill Buckner 1,384
7 Kent Hrbek 1,339
8 Eddie Murray 1,338
9 Don Mattingly 1,318
10 Keith Hernandez 1,310

Assists

1B A

1 Bill Buckner 184
2 Eddie Murray 152
3 Keith Hernandez 139
4 Kent Hrbek 114
4 Darrell Evans 114
6 Leon Durham 107
7 Willie Upshaw 104
8 Alvin Davis 103
9 Steve Balboni 101
10 Pete O'Brien 98

Double Plays

1B DP

1 Don Mattingly 154
1 Eddie Murray 154
3 Bill Buckner 140
4 Steve Garvey 138
4 Steve Balboni 138
6 Alvin Davis 131
7 Pete O'Brien 125
8 Leon Durham 121
8 Rod Carew 121
10 Greg Walker 116

Range Factor

1B RF

1 Steve Balboni 10.46
2 Leon Durham 10.12
3 Alvin Davis 10.01
4 Greg Brock 9.81
5 Pete O'Brien 9.78
6 Jack Clark 9.77
7 Bill Buckner 9.68
8 Eddie Murray 9.68
9 Rod Carew 9.66
10 Cecil Cooper 9.60

Games

1B G

1 Bill Buckner 162
1 Steve Garvey 162
3 Steve Balboni 160
4 Don Mattingly 159
4 Pete O'Brien 159
6 Keith Hernandez 157
7 Kent Hrbek 156
8 Alvin Davis 154
8 Eddie Murray 154
10 Leon Durham 151

Errors

1B E