Baseball Almanac - Shortstop Chance Records

Shortstop Chance Records

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

"On the day before the season started, the manager came into the clubhouse and laid brand-new uniforms on a table. I kept looking and I didn't find one for me, so I knew I didn't make the team. I cried all the way home." - HOF shortstop Dave Bancroft

Chances Records Shortstop
Fewest In A Season (150+ Games)	AL	Jackie Gutierrez	575	1984
Fewest In A Season (150+ Games)	NL	Kevin Elster	609	1989
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	AL	Luis Aparicio	695	1957
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	NL	Mark Grudzielanek	683	1997
Most In A Career	AL	Luis Aparicio	12,564
Most In A Career	NL	Ozzie Smith	12,624
Most In A Doubleheader	AL	George McBride Roger Peckinpaugh Topper Rigney	24	08-19-1908 09-08-1919 07-15-1926
Most In A Doubleheader	NL	Danny Richardson	25	06-20-1892
Most In A Game	AL	Bobby Wallace	17	06-10-1902
Most In A Game	NL	Eddie Joost Danny Richardson	19	05-07-1941 06-20-1892
Most In A Season	AL	Donie Bush	969	1914
Most In A Season	NL	Dave Bancroft	984	1922
Most Seasons Leading The League	AL	Luis Aparicio	7
Most Seasons Leading The League	NL	Ozzie Smith	8

On June 27, 1939, Eddie Miller of Boston played twenty-three innings at shortstop and handled twenty-one chances setting the major league record for most chances by a shortstop in an extra inning game!

The longest games with no chances offered to a shortstop? Twelve innings! John Gochnaur of Cleveland on July 14, 1903, Irv Ray of Boston on August 15, 1888, and Billy Rogell of Detroit on June 16, 1937!

Frankie Crosetti and Honus Wagner are the only two shortstops to ever play a game on Opening Day and not receive a single chance at shortstop!

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