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1997 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1997 on one page, top ten in each.

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Alex Gonzalez led qualified shortstops with a .986 fielding percentage in 1997. Derek Jeter led in assists (457). Nomar Garciaparra led in putouts (249) and double plays (113). Mark Grudzielanek made the most errors, 32.

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

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Alex Gonzalez .986
  2. 2 Omar Vizquel .985
  3. 3 Jay Bell .985
  4. 4 Rey Ordonez .983
  5. 5 Walt Weiss .983
  6. 6 Kevin Stocker .981
  7. 7 Mike Bordick .980
  8. 8 Deivi Cruz .979
  9. 9 Chris Gomez .978
  10. 10 Gary Disarcina .977

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Derek Jeter 457
  2. 2 Royce Clayton 452
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra 450
  4. 4 Mark Grudzielanek 446
  5. 4 Jose Vizcaino 446
  6. 6 Jay Bell 443
  7. 7 Chris Gomez 433
  8. 8 Omar Vizquel 429
  9. 9 Mike Bordick 424
  10. 10 Gary Disarcina 421

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Nomar Garciaparra 249
  2. 2 Omar Vizquel 245
  3. 3 Derek Jeter 244
  4. 4 Edgar Renteria 242
  5. 5 Mark Grudzielanek 237
  6. 6 Royce Clayton 228
  7. 7 Gary Disarcina 227
  8. 7 Jay Bell 227
  9. 9 Chris Gomez 226
  10. 10 Mike Bordick 223

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Nomar Garciaparra 113
  2. 2 Jay Bell 102
  3. 3 Mark Grudzielanek 99
  4. 4 Omar Vizquel 98
  5. 5 Mike Bordick 95
  6. 5 Edgar Renteria 95
  7. 7 Deivi Cruz 94
  8. 7 Jose Vizcaino 94
  9. 9 Royce Clayton 93
  10. 9 Pat Meares 93

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Walt Weiss 4.73
  2. 2 Pat Meares 4.67
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra 4.57
  4. 4 Jay Bell 4.50
  5. 5 Rey Ordonez 4.46
  6. 6 Royce Clayton 4.44
  7. 7 Omar Vizquel 4.43
  8. 8 Jose Valentin 4.41
  9. 9 Derek Jeter 4.41
  10. 10 Jose Vizcaino 4.41

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Derek Jeter 159
  2. 2 Mark Grudzielanek 156
  3. 3 Mike Bordick 153
  4. 3 Royce Clayton 153
  5. 3 Gary Disarcina 153
  6. 3 Nomar Garciaparra 153
  7. 3 Edgar Renteria 153
  8. 8 Omar Vizquel 152
  9. 9 Chris Gomez 150
  10. 10 Jay Bell 149

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Mark Grudzielanek 32
  2. 2 Alex Rodriguez 24
  3. 3 Nomar Garciaparra 21
  4. 4 Pat Meares 20
  5. 4 Jose Valentin 20
  6. 6 Royce Clayton 19
  7. 6 Benji Gil 19
  8. 8 Derek Jeter 18
  9. 9 Edgar Renteria 17
  10. 10 Jeff Blauser 16

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