Chance Records for Third Basemen

Chance Records by Third Basemen

Baseball Almanac invites you to examine chance records for third baseman. Research is complete through completion of the previous season and includes all of the possible chance record variations.

"I will become a lefthanded hitter to keep the ball away from that guy (Brooks Robinson)." - Johnny Bench in A Team for the Ages: Baseball's All-Time All-Star Team (Robert W. Cohen, Lyons Press, 2004, Page 134)

Chances by Third Basemen Career Chances Records for Third Basemen
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career	AL	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore	8,902	8,902
Most In A Career	NL	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	6,636	6,636
Chances by Third Basemen Single Season Chances Records for Third Basemen
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest In A Season (150+ Games)	AL	Dean Palmer	Texas	326	1996
Fewest In A Season (150+ Games)	NL	Chipper Jones	Atlanta	318	1997
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	AL	Robin Ventura	Chicago	372	1996
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	NL	Art Whitney	Boston	332	1934
Most In A Season	AL	Harlond Clift	St. Louis	603	1937
Most In A Season	NL	Jimmy Collins	Boston	593	1899
Most Seasons Leading The League		Frank Baker	Philadelphia	8	1909
			Philadelphia		1910
			Philadelphia		1912
			Philadelphia		1913
			Philadelphia		1914
			New York		1917
			New York		1918
			New York		1919
		Brooks Robinson	Baltimore		1960
			Baltimore		1963
			Baltimore		1964
			Baltimore		1966
			Baltimore		1967
			Baltimore		1968
			Baltimore		1969
			Baltimore		1974
	NL	Ron Santo	Chicago	9	1961
			Chicago		1962
			Chicago		1963
			Chicago		1964
			Chicago		1965
			Chicago		1966
			Chicago		1967
			Chicago		1968
			Chicago		1969
Chances by Third Basemen Game Based Chances Records for Third Basemen
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Doubleheader	AL	Billy Purtell	Chicago	16	07-14-1909
Most In A Doubleheader	NL	Eddie Zimmerman	Brooklyn	18	07-04-1911
Most In A Game	AL	Wid Conroy	Washington	13	09-25-1911
	NL	Tony Cuccinello	Brooklyn	13	07-12-1934
		Jerry Denny	New York		05-19-1890
		Art Devlin	New York		05-23-1908
		Roy Hughes	Chicago		08-29-1944
		Bill Joyce	Washington		05-26-1894
		Bill Kuehne	Pittsburgh		05-24-1889
		Bill Shindle	Baltimore		09-28-1893
Most In A Game Extra Innings	AL	Jimmy Collins	Boston	14	06-21-1902
		Jimmy Collins	Boston		15 Innings
		Ben Dyer	Detroit		07-16-1919
		Ben Dyer	Detroit		14 Innings
	NL	Jerry Denny	Providence	16	08-17-1882
	NL	Jerry Denny	Providence	16	18 Innings
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Chances Records for Third Basemen

In 1904, Tommy Leach of the Pittsburgh Pirates had five-hundred eighty-three chances at third base - the modern single season record.

Joe Farrell played in two consecutive games at third with Detroit on June 30, and July 1, 1884, and had a major league record twenty-three chances for two consecutive games.

On August 23, 1920, Larry Gardner of Cleveland played in twenty-one innings of a doubleheader and set the record for longest doubleheader without a chance at third.

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