League fielding leaders

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

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

Niekro	Atl	1.000	Boone	Phi	1.000	Ivie	SF	1.000
Blue	SF	1.000	Ott	Pit	1.000	Lum	Atl	.997
Ruthven	Phi	1.000	Yeager	LA	1.000	Garvey	LA	.994
Grimsley	Mon	1.000	Foote	ChN	.996	Hernandez	SL	.993
Knepper	SF	1.000	Simmons	SL	.996	Buckner	ChN	.993
Sutton	LA	1.000	Stearns	NYN	.995	Watson	Hou	.992
Hume	Cin	1.000	Tenace	SD	.995	Perez	Mon	.991
Messersmith	LA	1.000	Carter	Mon	.991	Rose	Phi	.991
Seaver	Cin	1.000	Bench	Cin	.991	Driessen	Cin	.990
Candelaria	Pit	1.000	Hill	SF	.990	Montanez	NYN	.990


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

Oberkfell	SL	1.000	Cey	LA	.981	Bowa	Phi	.995
Madlock	SF	.996	Schmidt	Phi	.960	Speier	Mon	.975
Flynn	NYN	.994	Reitz	SL	.955	Russell	LA	.972
Stennett	Pit	.988	Parrish	Mon	.953	Frias	Atl	.971
Morgan	Cin	.983	Evans	SD	.948	Templeton	SL	.971
Scott	Mon	.977	Knight	Cin	.947	Concepcion	Cin	.969
Lopes	LA	.974	Hebner	NYN	.943	Smith	SD	.967
Sizemore	ChN	.973	Cabell	Hou	.941	DeJesus	ChN	.965
Howe	Hou	.969	Garner	Pit	.933	Taveras	NYN	.957
Hubbard	Atl	.968	Evans	SF	.931	Foli	Pit	.957


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

Baker	LA	1.000	Dawson	Mon	1.000	Puhl	Hou	1.000
Henderson	NYN	.990	Maddox	Phi	1.000	Murcer	ChN	1.000
Whitfield	SF	.973	Cedeno	Hou	1.000	McBride	Phi	.991
Cromartie	Mon	.973	Thomas	LA	1.000	Clark	SF	.990
Foster	Cin	.971	Bonnell	Atl	1.000	Griffey	Cin	.989
Cruz	Hou	.970	Moreno	Pit	.994	Youngblood	NYN	.989
Brock	SL	.966	Mazzilli	NYN	.986	Winfield	SD	.975
Kingman	ChN	.963	North	SF	.984	Parker	Pit	.963
Burroughs	Atl	.957	Geronimo	Cin	.984	Valentine	Mon	.960
Robinson,B	Pit	.952	Scott	SL	.983	Matthews	Atl	.956


Games as P			Starts as P			Errors as P

Reed	Phi	26	Niekro	Atl	14	Kinney	SD	3
Fingers	SD	25	Blue	SF	13	Knowles	SL	2
Hernandez	ChN	25	Blyleven	Pit	12	McWilliams	Atl	2
Sambito	Hou	25	Jones	SD	12	Halicki	SF	2
Tekulve	Pit	25	Knepper	SF	12	Burris		1
Devine	Atl	24	Niekro	Hou	12	Moore	ChN	1
Garber	Atl	24	Richard	Hou	12	Bahnsen	Mon	1
Sosa	Mon	24	Rogers	Mon	12	Christenson	Phi	1
Littell	SL	23	Carlton	Phi	11	Kobel	NYN	1
Bair	Cin	22	Grimsley	Mon	11	Sykes	SL	1


Games as C			Starts as C			Errors as C

Ashby	Hou	47	Simmons	SL	42	Ashby	Hou	5
Simmons	SL	43	Ashby	Hou	41	Murphy	Atl	3
Bench	Cin	41	Foote	ChN	40	Nicosia	Pit	2
Carter	Mon	41	Bench	Cin	40	Sadek	SF	2
Boone	Phi	40	Carter	Mon	40	Ferguson	LA	2
Foote	ChN	40	Stearns	NYN	38	Hill	SF	2
Stearns	NYN	39	Boone	Phi	38	Bench	Cin	2
Tenace	SD	38	Tenace	SD	35	Carter	Mon	2
Ott	Pit	34	Hill	SF	30	Blackwell	ChN	1
Hill	SF	32	Yeager	LA	28	Bochy	Hou	1


Caught stealing as C			Pickoffs as C			Passed balls as C

Simmons	SL	15	Bench	Cin	1	Ashby	Hou	6
Tenace	SD	15				Sadek	SF	6
Foote	ChN	14				Ferguson	LA	5
Stearns	NYN	14				Simmons	SL	5
Ott	Pit	11				Murphy	Atl	4
Boone	Phi	9				Yeager	LA	4
Hill	SF	8				Benedict	Atl	3
Ferguson	LA	8				Tenace	SD	3
Tamargo	SF	7				Bench	Cin	2
Yeager	LA	7				Correll	Cin	2


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

Garvey	LA	52	Garvey	LA	52	Driessen	Cin	4
Rose	Phi	47	Rose	Phi	47	Rose	Phi	4
Driessen	Cin	46	Buckner	ChN	45	Milner	Pit	3
Buckner	ChN	45	Hernandez	SL	44	Hargrove	SD	3
Watson	Hou	45	Watson	Hou	44	Montanez	NYN	3
Hernandez	SL	44	Perez	Mon	40	Perez	Mon	3
Montanez	NYN	42	Montanez	NYN	40	Watson	Hou	3
Perez	Mon	41	Driessen	Cin	40	Buckner	ChN	3
Ivie	SF	39	Hargrove	SD	33	Hernandez	SL	3
Hargrove	SD	36	Ivie	SF	30	Garvey	LA	3


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

Lopes	LA	52	Lopes	LA	52	Gonzalez	SD	8
Madlock	SF	47	Madlock	SF	47	Hubbard	Atl	8
Hubbard	Atl	46	Hubbard	Atl	45	Lopes	LA	7
Scott	Mon	44	Scott	Mon	44	Howe	Hou	6
Sizemore	ChN	44	Sizemore	ChN	44	Sizemore	ChN	6
Gonzalez	SD	43	Gonzalez	SD	39	Scott	Mon	5
Howe	Hou	41	Howe	Hou	36	Aviles	Phi	4
Stennett	Pit	37	Flynn	NYN	35	Trillo	Phi	3
Flynn	NYN	36	Stennett	Pit	34	Morgan	Cin	3
Morgan	Cin	35	Morgan	Cin	33	Chaney	Atl	2


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

Evans	SF	51	Evans	SF	51	Ontiveros	ChN	12
Cabell	Hou	50	Cabell	Hou	50	Evans	SF	9
Knight	Cin	47	Knight	Cin	47	Royster	Atl	8
Schmidt	Phi	47	Schmidt	Phi	46	Cabell	Hou	8
Reitz	SL	44	Reitz	SL	44	Berra	Pit	6
Cey	LA	42	Cey	LA	42	Garner	Pit	6
Royster	Atl	42	Royster	Atl	41	Hebner	NYN	6
Evans	SD	41	Parrish	Mon	40	Knight	Cin	6
Ontiveros	ChN	41	Hebner	NYN	39	Evans	SD	5
Parrish	Mon	40	Ontiveros	ChN	39	Parrish	Mon	5


Games as SS			Starts as SS			Errors as SS

Russell	LA	52	Russell	LA	52	Reynolds	Hou	13
Smith	SD	52	Smith	SD	51	Metzger	SF	9
Reynolds	Hou	48	Reynolds	Hou	48	Taveras	NYN	9
Concepcion	Cin	47	Concepcion	Cin	47	Smith	SD	9
Taveras	NYN	46	Taveras	NYN	45	DeJesus	ChN	8
DeJesus	ChN	43	Speier	Mon	43	Concepcion	Cin	8
Frias	Atl	43	DeJesus	ChN	42	Russell	LA	7
Speier	Mon	43	Frias	Atl	42	Foli	Pit	6
Templeton	SL	41	Bowa	Phi	39	Templeton	SL	6
Bowa	Phi	39	Templeton	SL	39	Frias	Atl	6


Games as LF			Starts as LF			Errors as LF

Cruz	Hou	51	Cruz	Hou	51	Turner	SD	10
Baker	LA	50	Baker	LA	50	Luzinski	Phi	9
Turner	SD	49	Burroughs	Atl	47	Burroughs	Atl	4
Burroughs	Atl	47	Whitfield	SF	46	Cruz	Hou	4
Whitfield	SF	47	Turner	SD	46	Robinson,B	Pit	3
Cromartie	Mon	44	Cromartie	Mon	44	Kingman	ChN	3
Kingman	ChN	44	Kingman	ChN	44	Foster	Cin	3
Henderson	NYN	41	Henderson	NYN	41	Cromartie	Mon	3
Foster	Cin	38	Foster	Cin	38	Whitfield	SF	3
Luzinski	Phi	38	Luzinski	Phi	38	Grieve	SL	2


Games as CF			Starts as CF			Errors as CF

Richards	SD	49	Richards	SD	45	Richards	SD	4
Mazzilli	NYN	44	Moreno	Pit	44	Thompson	ChN	3
Moreno	Pit	44	Mazzilli	NYN	43	Herndon	SF	3
North	SF	44	Dawson	Mon	42	Thomasson	LA	2
Dawson	Mon	43	Bonnell	Atl	40	Martin	ChN	2
Geronimo	Cin	43	Maddox	Phi	40	Scott	SL	2
Maddox	Phi	42	North	SF	40	Geronimo	Cin	2
Bonnell	Atl	41	Martin	ChN	39	North	SF	2
Martin	ChN	40	Geronimo	Cin	37	Mazzilli	NYN	2
Cedeno	Hou	39	Cedeno	Hou	35	Mejias	ChN	1


Games as RF			Starts as RF			Errors as RF

Winfield	SD	52	Winfield	SD	52	Matthews	Atl	5
Clark	SF	50	Clark	SF	50	Valentine	Mon	4
Matthews	Atl	48	Matthews	Atl	48	Parker	Pit	4
Griffey	Cin	46	Parker	Pit	44	Winfield	SD	3
Parker	Pit	44	Griffey	Cin	41	Smith	LA	2
McBride	Phi	43	McBride	Phi	40	Herndon	SF	1
Puhl	Hou	40	Valentine	Mon	39	Walling	Hou	1
Valentine	Mon	39	Puhl	Hou	39	Maddox	NYN	1
Murcer	ChN	37	Murcer	ChN	36	Leonard	Hou	1
Youngblood	NYN	34	Youngblood	NYN	32	Scott	SL	1


Outfield assists

Puhl	Hou	8
Bonnell	Atl	4
Dawson	Mon	4
Kingman	ChN	4
Martin	ChN	4
Murcer	ChN	4
Thomasson	LA	4
Whitfield	SF	4
Clark	SF	3
Cromartie	Mon	3

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

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