League fielding leaders

League fielding leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1979

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

Caldwell	Mil	1.000	Sundberg	Tex	1.000	LaCock	KC	1.000
Comer	Tex	1.000	Allenson	Bos	1.000	Chambliss	NYA	.997
Jenkins	Tex	1.000	Foley	ChA	1.000	Cooper	Mil	.996
Sorensen	Mil	1.000	Dempsey	Bal	.996	Bochte	Sea	.996
Stanley	Bos	1.000	Parrish	Det	.996	Thornton	Cle	.995
Gura	KC	1.000	Wynegar	Min	.995	Mayberry	Tor	.992
Wise	Cle	1.000	Nahorodny	ChA	.993	Jackson	Min	.991
Langford	Oak	1.000	Munson	NYA	.993	Murray	Bal	.989
Kravec	ChA	1.000	Moore	Mil	.992	Johnson	ChA	.987
Waits	Cle	1.000	Stinson	Sea	.988	Thompson	Det	.986


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

Cruz	Sea	.993	Soderholm	ChA	.986	Belanger	Bal	1.000
Kuiper	Cle	.993	Lansford	Cal	.983	Burleson	Bos	.981
Randolph	NYA	.992	Bell	Tex	.977	Yount	Mil	.978
Wilfong	Min	.987	Bando	Mil	.974	Veryzer	Cle	.977
McKay	Tor	.986	Nettles	NYA	.962	Dent	NYA	.975
Molitor	Mil	.985	Castino	Min	.952	Mendoza	Sea	.973
Wills	Tex	.979	Stein,B	Sea	.951	Norman	Tex	.963
Bannister	ChA	.976	Brett	KC	.945	Trammell	Det	.960
Grich	Cal	.974	Harrah	Cle	.942	Smalley	Min	.959
Edwards	Oak	.971	Gross	Oak	.941	Patek	KC	.952


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

Sample	Tex	1.000	Manning	Cle	1.000	Evans	Bos	1.000
Rudi	Cal	.991	Otis	KC	1.000	Jackson	NYA	.990
Kemp	Det	.989	Miller,R	Cal	1.000	Lezcano	Mil	.990
Roenicke	Bal	.987	Jones,R	Sea	.994	Bailor	Tor	.971
Landreaux	Min	.962	Thomas	Mil	.993	Zisk	Tex	.968
Woods	Tor	.960	Bumbry	Bal	.991	Washington	ChA	.961
Garr	ChA	.925	Rivers	NYA	.980	Roberts	Sea	.959
			Lemon	ChA	.980	Singleton	Bal	.953
			Oliver	Tex	.978
			Lynn	Bos	.977


Games as P			Starts as P			Errors as P

Kern	Tex	25	Flanagan	Bal	12	Jones,O	Sea	4
LaRoche	Cal	25	Jenkins	Tex	12	Wortham	ChA	3
Lyle	Tex	24	Martinez,D	Bal	12	Monge	Cle	2
Cruz	Cle	23	Abbott	Sea	11	Underwood	Tor	2
Clear	Cal	22	Caldwell	Mil	11	Martinez,D	Bal	2
Freisleben	Tor	22	Comer	Tex	11	Cleveland	Mil	1
Heaverlo	Oak	22	Eckersley	Bos	11	Augustine	Mil	1
Lopez	Det	22	Gale	KC	11	LaRoche	Cal	1
Monge	Cle	22	Goltz	Min	11	Taylor	Det	1
Rawley	Sea	22	John	NYA	11	Farmer	Tex	1


Games as C			Starts as C			Errors as C

Porter	KC	46	Porter	KC	46	Alexander	Cle	8
Sundberg	Tex	46	Sundberg	Tex	46	Cerone	Tor	7
Munson	NYA	45	Munson	NYA	45	Newman	Oak	6
Cerone	Tor	44	Wynegar	Min	43	Downing	Cal	5
Wynegar	Min	43	Cerone	Tor	43	Martinez	Mil	3
Dempsey	Bal	41	Downing	Cal	40	Cox	Sea	3
Downing	Cal	41	Parrish	Det	38	Porter	KC	3
Parrish	Det	39	Alexander	Cle	37	Wathan	KC	2
Alexander	Cle	37	Dempsey	Bal	37	Stinson	Sea	2
Moore	Mil	34	Allenson	Bos	31	Munson	NYA	2


Caught stealing as C			Pickoffs as C			Passed balls as C

Cerone	Tor	14	Porter	KC	2	Parrish	Det	15
Moore	Mil	13	Donohue	Cal	1	Porter	KC	10
Downing	Cal	13	Newman	Oak	1	Cerone	Tor	8
Munson	NYA	11				Alexander	Cle	7
Alexander	Cle	11				Munson	NYA	6
Nahorodny	ChA	10				Downing	Cal	5
Sundberg	Tex	10				Stinson	Sea	5
Porter	KC	9				Allenson	Bos	4
Essian	Oak	8				Sundberg	Tex	4
Parrish	Det	8				Nahorodny	ChA	3


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

Carew	Cal	50	Carew	Cal	49	Carew	Cal	8
Cooper	Mil	48	Cooper	Mil	48	Scott	Bos	7
Murray	Bal	48	Murray	Bal	48	Revering	Oak	6
Thornton	Cle	46	Bochte	Sea	45	Thompson	Det	5
Bochte	Sea	45	Thornton	Cle	45	Murray	Bal	5
Jackson	Min	43	Jackson	Min	43	Johnson	ChA	4
Mayberry	Tor	43	Mayberry	Tor	43	Jackson	Min	4
Revering	Oak	42	Scott	Bos	41	Squires	ChA	3
Scott	Bos	41	Revering	Oak	41	Jorgensen	Tex	3
Chambliss	NYA	40	Chambliss	NYA	39	Mayberry	Tor	3


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

Cruz	Sea	51	Cruz	Sea	51	Whitaker	Det	10
Grich	Cal	49	Randolph	NYA	48	Remy	Bos	9
Randolph	NYA	48	Grich	Cal	48	Edwards	Oak	7
Wills	Tex	48	Kuiper	Cle	46	Grich	Cal	7
Kuiper	Cle	46	Remy	Bos	46	Bannister	ChA	6
Remy	Bos	46	Wills	Tex	46	Wills	Tex	6
Bannister	ChA	44	Bannister	ChA	44	Molitor	Mil	4
Molitor	Mil	42	Molitor	Mil	42	Dauer	Bal	3
Edwards	Oak	41	Edwards	Oak	41	Smith	Bal	3
Whitaker	Det	41	Whitaker	Det	41	McKay	Tor	3


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

Lansford	Cal	50	Lansford	Cal	50	Howell	Tor	10
Nettles	NYA	49	Nettles	NYA	49	Hobson	Bos	9
Bell	Tex	48	Bell	Tex	48	Brett	KC	9
Brett	KC	47	Brett	KC	47	Harrah	Cle	7
Harrah	Cle	46	Harrah	Cle	46	Gross	Oak	6
Soderholm	ChA	46	Soderholm	ChA	45	Cubbage	Min	5
Howell	Tor	44	Howell	Tor	44	Rodriguez	Det	5
Gross	Oak	42	Gross	Oak	42	Nettles	NYA	5
Castino	Min	38	Bando	Mil	37	Stein,B	Sea	4
Bando	Mil	37	Rodriguez	Det	33	Castino	Min	4


Games as SS			Starts as SS			Errors as SS

Mendoza	Sea	50	Mendoza	Sea	50	Griffin	Tor	20
Yount	Mil	50	Yount	Mil	50	Pryor	ChA	10
Dent	NYA	48	Veryzer	Cle	47	Smalley	Min	10
Veryzer	Cle	47	Griffin	Tor	46	Patek	KC	9
Griffin	Tor	46	Smalley	Min	46	Campaneris	Cal	7
Smalley	Min	46	Dent	NYA	46	Trammell	Det	7
Burleson	Bos	43	Burleson	Bos	43	Norman	Tex	7
Belanger	Bal	42	Patek	KC	41	Mendoza	Sea	7
Patek	KC	42	Norman	Tex	37	Guerrero	Oak	6
Norman	Tex	38	Trammell	Det	35	Dent	NYA	6


Games as LF			Starts as LF			Errors as LF

Woods	Tor	40	Landreaux	Min	39	Garr	ChA	5
Landreaux	Min	39	Woods	Tor	39	Woods	Tor	5
Rudi	Cal	39	Rudi	Cal	38	Baylor	Cal	3
Kemp	Det	37	Kemp	Det	37	Yastrzemski	Bos	3
Garr	ChA	36	Garr	ChA	33	Meyer	Sea	3
Roenicke	Bal	35	Roenicke	Bal	30	Landreaux	Min	3
Sample	Tex	35	Meyer	Sea	29	Johnstone	NYA	2
Meyer	Sea	30	Rice	Bos	28	Oglivie	Mil	2
Rice	Bos	28	Sample	Tex	28	Speed	Cle	1
Wilson	KC	27	Oglivie	Mil	25	Page	Oak	1


Games as CF			Starts as CF			Errors as CF

Jones,R	Sea	51	Jones,R	Sea	51	Murphy	Oak	7
Bosetti	Tor	50	Bosetti	Tor	50	Murray	Oak	4
Thomas	Mil	49	Thomas	Mil	49	Bosetti	Tor	4
Lemon	ChA	47	Lemon	ChA	47	Norwood	Min	3
Lynn	Bos	46	Lynn	Bos	46	Lynn	Bos	3
Miller,R	Cal	45	Otis	KC	44	Oliver	Tex	3
Oliver	Tex	45	Oliver	Tex	44	Lemon	ChA	3
Manning	Cle	44	Manning	Cle	43	Harlow	Bal	2
Otis	KC	44	Bumbry	Bal	40	Rivers	NYA	2
Bumbry	Bal	43	Miller,R	Cal	40	Torres	ChA	1


Games as RF			Starts as RF			Errors as RF

Roberts	Sea	46	Roberts	Sea	46	Dilone	Oak	6
Jackson	NYA	45	Jackson	NYA	45	Hurdle	KC	4
Washington	ChA	45	Washington	ChA	44	Singleton	Bal	4
Evans	Bos	44	Evans	Bos	42	Roberts	Sea	4
Bailor	Tor	41	Bailor	Tor	41	Washington	ChA	4
Lezcano	Mil	41	Lezcano	Mil	41	Sofield	Min	3
Zisk	Tex	41	Zisk	Tex	41	Bonds	Cle	3
Singleton	Bal	39	Singleton	Bal	39	Zisk	Tex	3
Ford	Cal	33	Bonds	Cle	29	Bailor	Tor	3
Bonds	Cle	29	Cowens	KC	29	Murray	Oak	2


Outfield assists

Murphy	Oak	8
Oliver	Tex	7
Bosetti	Tor	5
Manning	Cle	5
Otis	KC	5
Ford	Cal	4
Lezcano	Mil	4
Miller,R	Cal	4
Norwood	Min	4
Woods	Tor	4

League fielding leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 5/31/1979

League fielding leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1979