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1987 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1987 on one page, top ten in each.

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Carney Lansford led qualified third basemen with a .980 fielding percentage in 1987. Terry Pendleton led in assists (369). Gary Gaetti led in putouts (134). Wade Boggs led in double plays (37). Keith Moreland made the most errors, 28.

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 .980
  2. 2 Buddy Bell .979
  3. 3 Ken Oberkfell .979
  4. 4 Gary Gaetti .973
  5. 5 Mike Schmidt .971
  6. 6 Wade Boggs .965
  7. 7 Steve Buechele .964
  8. 8 Mike Pagliarulo .959
  9. 9 Ray Knight .956
  10. 10 Tom Brookens .954

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 Terry Pendleton 369
  2. 2 Mike Schmidt 315
  3. 3 Jim Presley 311
  4. 4 Keith Moreland 300
  5. 5 Mike Pagliarulo 297
  6. 6 Tim Wallach 292
  7. 6 Kevin Seitzer 292
  8. 8 Ray Knight 282
  9. 9 Wade Boggs 277
  10. 10 Gary Gaetti 261

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Gary Gaetti 134
  2. 1 Brook Jacoby 134
  3. 3 Tim Wallach 128
  4. 4 Terry Pendleton 117
  5. 5 Jim Presley 113
  6. 6 Wade Boggs 111
  7. 7 Ray Knight 110
  8. 8 Kevin Seitzer 105
  9. 9 Keith Moreland 99
  10. 10 Carney Lansford 98

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Wade Boggs 37
  2. 2 Mike Pagliarulo 35
  3. 3 Kevin Seitzer 32
  4. 4 Gary Gaetti 28
  5. 4 Jim Presley 28
  6. 4 Mike Schmidt 28
  7. 4 Ray Knight 28
  8. 8 Terry Pendleton 27
  9. 8 Keith Moreland 27
  10. 10 Doug DeCinces 24

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 Terry Pendleton 3.08
  2. 2 Ray Knight 3.02
  3. 3 Mike Schmidt 2.91
  4. 4 Jim Presley 2.86
  5. 5 Kevin Seitzer 2.82
  6. 6 Tim Wallach 2.80
  7. 7 Brook Jacoby 2.69
  8. 8 Wade Boggs 2.68
  9. 9 Mike Pagliarulo 2.67
  10. 10 Keith Moreland 2.66

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Terry Pendleton 158
  2. 2 Gary Gaetti 150
  3. 2 Keith Moreland 150
  4. 2 Tim Wallach 150
  5. 5 Jim Presley 148
  6. 6 Mike Pagliarulo 147
  7. 7 Wade Boggs 145
  8. 8 Brook Jacoby 144
  9. 9 Buddy Bell 142
  10. 9 Carney Lansford 142

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Keith Moreland 28
  2. 2 Terry Pendleton 26
  3. 3 Brook Jacoby 22
  4. 3 Kevin Seitzer 22
  5. 5 Tim Wallach 21
  6. 5 Jim Presley 21
  7. 5 Howard Johnson 21
  8. 8 Darnell Coles 20
  9. 9 Doug DeCinces 19
  10. 10 Ray Knight 18

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