League fielding leaders

League fielding leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1961

Fielding percentage as P			Fielding percentage as C			Fielding percentage as 1B

Monbouquette	Bos	1.000	Averill	LAA	.998	Sievers	ChA	.996
Lary	Det	1.000	Lollar	ChA	.998	Cash	Det	.992
Brown,H	Bal	1.000	Battey	Min	.998	Killebrew	Min	.990
Bell,Ga	Cle	1.000	Howard,E	NYA	.995	Gentile	Bal	.990
Pappas	Bal	1.000	Brown,D	Det	.994	Skowron	NYA	.990
Sheldon	NYA	1.000	Pagliaroni	Bos	.993	Power	Cle	.989
Terry	NYA	1.000	Triandos	Bal	.989	Siebern	KC	.988
Estrada	Bal	1.000	Romano	Cle	.986
McLish	ChA	1.000	Pignatano	KC	.982
Foytack	Det	1.000	Sullivan,H	KC	.980


Fielding percentage as 2B			Fielding percentage as 3B			Fielding percentage as SS

Fox,N	ChA	.988	Robinson,B	Bal	.974	Kubek	NYA	.971
Temple	Cle	.988	Boyer,C	NYA	.964	Held	Cle	.963
Schilling	Bos	.987	Malzone	Bos	.945	Versalles	Min	.962
Adair	Bal	.985	Phillips	Cle	.935	Fernandez	Det	.959
Richardson	NYA	.982	Boros	Det	.931	Hansen	Bal	.954
Lumpe	KC	.974				Aparicio	ChA	.951
Wood,J	Det	.973				Howser	KC	.945
						Buddin	Bos	.943




Fielding percentage as LF			Fielding percentage as CF			Fielding percentage as RF

Wagner	LAA	.985	Geiger	Bos	1.000	Kaline	Det	1.000
Francona	Cle	.984	Bruton	Det	.998	Robinson,Fl	ChA	.996
Colavito	Det	.980	Piersall	Cle	.997	Allison	Min	.993
Yastrzemski	Bos	.975	Landis	ChA	.993	Jensen	Bos	.991
Minoso	ChA	.953	Tasby	Was	.993	Kirkland	Cle	.975
Lemon	Min	.945	Brandt	Bal	.987	Maris	NYA	.942
			Mantle	NYA	.983
			Green,L	Min	.981
			Hunt,K	LAA	.980



Games as P			Starts as P			Errors as P

Fornieles	Bos	75	Ford	NYA	39	Delock	Bos	6
Arroyo	NYA	70	Bunning	Det	37	Nuxhall	KC	6
Lown	ChA	69	Lary	Det	36	Perry	Cle	6
Funk	Cle	68	McBride	LAA	36	Hawkins	Cle	5
Kutyna	Was	66	Grant	Cle	35	Funk	Cle	4
Kunkel	KC	64	Perry	Cle	35	Moeller	LAA	4
Morgan,T	LAA	64	Bell,Ga	Cle	34	Kline,R	Det	4
Wilhelm	Bal	64	Barber	Bal	34	Bowsfield	LAA	4
Sisler	Was	60	Mossi	Det	34	Archer	KC	4
Staley,G	Det	58	Shaw,B	KC	34	Bunning	Det	4


Games as C			Starts as C			Errors as C

Romano	Cle	145	Romano	Cle	140	Romano	Cle	11
Battey	Min	129	Battey	Min	126	Green,G	Was	10
Howard,E	NYA	114	Triandos	Bal	107	Sullivan,H	KC	9
Pagliaroni	Bos	111	Howard,E	NYA	105	Pignatano	KC	8
Triandos	Bal	111	Pagliaroni	Bos	101	Daley,P	Was	7
Lollar	ChA	98	Lollar	ChA	93	Nixon	Bos	7
Averill	LAA	93	Brown,D	Det	83	Triandos	Bal	7
Green,G	Was	93	Sullivan,H	KC	78	Sadowski,E	LAA	5
Brown,D	Det	89	Averill	LAA	77	Thomas,V	Cle	4
Pignatano	KC	88	Green,G	Was	75	Pagliaroni	Bos	4


Caught stealing as C			Pickoffs as C			Passed balls as C

Romano	Cle	18	Battey	Min	3	Averill	LAA	30
Lollar	ChA	17	Lollar	ChA	3	Green,G	Was	19
Averill	LAA	15	Pagliaroni	Bos	3	Battey	Min	17
Triandos	Bal	13	Howard,E	NYA	1	Triandos	Bal	15
Sullivan,H	KC	13	Romano	Cle	1	Pignatano	KC	14
Green,G	Was	13				Nixon	Bos	12
Battey	Min	12				Howard,E	NYA	10
Howard,E	NYA	10				Pagliaroni	Bos	10
Carreon	ChA	10				Romano	Cle	10
Daley,P	Was	10				Daley,P	Was	9


Games as 1B			Starts as 1B			Errors as 1B

Cash	Det	157	Cash	Det	156	Power	Cle	15
Skowron	NYA	151	Skowron	NYA	147	Skowron	NYA	15
Power	Cle	145	Power	Cle	139	Gentile	Bal	14
Gentile	Bal	142	Gentile	Bal	136	Siebern	KC	13
Sievers	ChA	136	Sievers	ChA	128	Cash	Det	13
Killebrew	Min	124	Killebrew	Min	114	Killebrew	Min	11
Siebern	KC	109	Siebern	KC	107	Bilko	LAA	10
Long	Was	103	Long	Was	94	Long	Was	10
Runnels	Bos	99	Wertz,V	Det	82	Kluszewski	LAA	8
Bilko	LAA	90	Runnels	Bos	74	Zipfel	Was	7


Games as 2B			Starts as 2B			Errors as 2B

Richardson	NYA	161	Wood,J	Det	159	Lumpe	KC	25
Wood,J	Det	159	Richardson	NYA	159	Wood,J	Det	23
Fox,N	ChA	157	Schilling	Bos	156	Martin,B	Min	20
Schilling	Bos	157	Fox,N	ChA	155	Richardson	NYA	17
Lumpe	KC	148	Lumpe	KC	146	Cottier,C	Was	12
Temple	Cle	131	Temple	Cle	129	Schilling	Bos	12
Adair	Bal	123	Cottier,C	Was	101	Aspromonte,K	Cle	11
Cottier,C	Was	103	Adair	Bal	96	Moran	LAA	10
Martin,B	Min	95	Martin,B	Min	90	Fox,N	ChA	10
Aspromonte,K	Cle	82	Aspromonte,K	Cle	74	Gardner,B	NYA	9


Games as 3B			Starts as 3B			Errors as 3B

Robinson,B	Bal	162	Robinson,B	Bal	161	Phillips	Cle	26
Malzone	Bos	148	Malzone	Bos	147	Malzone	Bos	23
Phillips	Cle	143	Phillips	Cle	143	Boros	Det	21
Boyer,C	NYA	141	Boyer,C	NYA	138	O'Connell	Was	19
Boros	Det	117	Boros	Det	114	Tuttle,B	Min	17
Causey	KC	99	Tuttle,B	Min	83	Bertoia,R	Det	16
Carey,A	ChA	86	Smith,A	ChA	79	Boyer,C	NYA	14
Tuttle,B	Min	86	Causey	KC	77	Smith,A	ChA	13
Bertoia,R	Det	84	O'Connell	Was	74	Causey	KC	13
Smith,A	ChA	82	Carey,A	ChA	71	Robinson,B	Bal	13


Games as SS			Starts as SS			Errors as SS

Howser	KC	156	Howser	KC	155	Howser	KC	46
Aparicio	ChA	153	Aparicio	ChA	150	Aparicio	ChA	37
Hansen	Bal	151	Kubek	NYA	145	Hansen	Bal	35
Kubek	NYA	150	Hansen	Bal	144	Buddin	Bos	32
Held	Cle	145	Held	Cle	143	Held	Cle	27
Versalles	Min	131	Versalles	Min	125	Versalles	Min	26
Fernandez	Det	126	Fernandez	Det	112	Fernandez	Det	25
Buddin	Bos	112	Buddin	Bos	107	Green,P	Bos	22
Koppe,J	LAA	88	Koppe,J	LAA	87	Kubek	NYA	22
Veal	Was	74	Veal	Was	57	McAuliffe	Det	21


Games as LF			Starts as LF			Errors as LF

Minoso	ChA	151	Minoso	ChA	147	Minoso	ChA	16
Yastrzemski	Bos	151	Yastrzemski	Bos	145	Lemon	Min	13
Colavito	Det	150	Colavito	Det	143	Hinton	Was	9
Francona	Cle	136	Francona	Cle	134	Yastrzemski	Bos	8
Lemon	Min	121	Lemon	Min	117	Colavito	Det	7
Wagner	LAA	110	Wagner	LAA	100	Francona	Cle	5
Berra	NYA	92	Berra	NYA	79	Cerv,B	NYA	4
Snyder,R	Bal	77	Hinton	Was	68	King	Was	3
Hinton	Was	74	Williams,D	Bal	63	Snyder,R	Bal	3
Williams,D	Bal	74	Keough	Was	55	Wagner	LAA	3


Games as CF			Starts as CF			Errors as CF

Mantle	NYA	150	Mantle	NYA	148	Green,L	Min	7
Bruton	Det	147	Bruton	Det	140	Mantle	NYA	7
Landis	ChA	141	Green,L	Min	139	Pearson	LAA	6
Green,L	Min	140	Landis	ChA	138	Hunt,K	LAA	6
Tasby	Was	140	Tasby	Was	134	Pilarcik,A	ChA	4
Geiger	Bos	135	Geiger	Bos	129	Brandt	Bal	4
Brandt	Bal	121	Piersall	Cle	119	Tuttle,B	Min	3
Piersall	Cle	121	Brandt	Bal	108	Tasby	Was	3
Hunt,K	LAA	113	Hunt,K	LAA	102	Landis	ChA	3
Del Greco,B	KC	70	Del Greco,B	KC	67	Rivera,J	KC	2


Games as RF			Starts as RF			Errors as RF

Maris	NYA	150	Maris	NYA	147	Maris	NYA	17
Allison	Min	143	Allison	Min	140	Pearson	LAA	13
Kirkland	Cle	140	Kirkland	Cle	130	Kirkland	Cle	7
Jensen	Bos	134	Jensen	Bos	128	Smith,A	ChA	4
Kaline	Det	133	Kaline	Det	126	Brandt	Bal	3
Robinson,Fl	ChA	111	Robinson,Fl	ChA	101	Johnson,De	KC	3
Robinson,E	Bal	83	Woodling	Was	75	Jensen	Bos	3
Herzog	Bal	77	Pearson	LAA	65	Wagner	LAA	2
Woodling	Was	77	Herzog	Bal	65	Bauer	KC	2
Pearson	LAA	76	Thomas,L	LAA	60	Posada	KC	2


Outfield assists

Mantle	NYA	12
Jensen	Bos	11
Landis	ChA	11
Geiger	Bos	10
Green,L	Min	10
Kaline	Det	10
Keough	Was	10
Tuttle,B	Min	10
Wagner	LAA	10
Del Greco,B	KC	8

League fielding leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/9/1961

League fielding leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1961