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2012 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders

Every first base fielding board for 2012 on one page, top ten in each.

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Mark Teixeira led qualified first basemen with a .999 fielding percentage in 2012. Freddie Freeman led in putouts (1,295). Adrian Gonzalez led in assists (137) and double plays (134). Yonder Alonso made the most errors, 12.

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 Mark Teixeira .999
2 Adrian Gonzalez .998
3 Justin Smoak .997
4 Carlos Lee .995
5 Casey Kotchman .995
6 Adam LaRoche .995
7 Mark Reynolds .995
8 Paul Goldschmidt .995
9 Carlos Peña .995
10 James Loney .994

Putouts

1B PO

1 Freddie Freeman 1,295
2 Yonder Alonso 1,269
3 Adrian Gonzalez 1,264
4 Adam LaRoche 1,260
5 Prince Fielder 1,256
6 Paul Goldschmidt 1,234
7 Carlos Lee 1,219
8 Eric Hosmer 1,183
9 Carlos Peña 1,182
10 Ike Davis 1,156

Assists

1B A

1 Adrian Gonzalez 137
2 Joey Votto 116
3 Casey Kotchman 108
4 Prince Fielder 105
5 Carlos Lee 104
6 Eric Hosmer 103
7 Adam LaRoche 100
8 Albert Pujols 97
9 Yonder Alonso 96
10 Carlos Peña 95

Double Plays

1B DP

1 Adrian Gonzalez 134
2 Eric Hosmer 132
3 Freddie Freeman 122
4 Carlos Peña 119
4 Justin Smoak 119
6 Carlos Lee 114
6 Casey Kotchman 114
8 Prince Fielder 113
8 Adam LaRoche 113
10 Ike Davis 106

Range Factor

1B RF

1 Freddie Freeman 9.38
2 Paul Goldschmidt 9.35
3 Adrian Gonzalez 9.28
4 Albert Pujols 9.25
5 Yonder Alonso 9.16
6 Carlos Lee 9.12
7 Mark Reynolds 8.94
8 Adam LaRoche 8.89
9 Justin Smoak 8.89
10 Joey Votto 8.86

Games

1B G

1 Prince Fielder 159
2 Adam LaRoche 153
2 Carlos Peña 153
4 Adrian Gonzalez 151
5 Yonder Alonso 149
6 Ike Davis 148
6 Eric Hosmer 148
8 Freddie Freeman 146
9 Carlos Lee 145
10 Brandon Belt 139

Errors

1B E