Fielding Average Records for Shortstops by Baseball Almanac

Fielding Average Records for Shortstops

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

"A couple of years ago there was a group of good, young shortstops who emerged as future stars: Derek Jeter, Rey Ordonez, Alex Rodriguez and Nomar Garciaparra to name a few." - Ozzie Smith

Fielding Average Records by Shortstops Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Highest In A Career (1,000+ Games Played at SS)	AL	Omar Vizquel	Seattle	.980	.984
	AL	Omar Vizquel	Cleveland	.985	.984
	NL	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia	.982	.982
Fielding Average Records by Shortstops Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Highest In A Season (100+ Games)	AL	Mike Bordick	Baltimore	.998	2002
Highest In A Season (100+ Games)	NL	Rey Ordonez	New York	.994	1999
Highest In A Season (150+ Games)	AL	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore	.996	1990
Highest In A Season (150+ Games)	NL	Rey Ordonez	New York	.994	1999
Lowest In A Season (100+ Games)	AL	Bill Keister	Baltimore	.851	1901
Lowest In A Season (100+ Games)	NL	Tom Burns	Chicago	.884	1885
Lowest In A Season By The League Leader	AL	Freddy Parent	Boston	.930	1903
Lowest In A Season By The League Leader	NL	Arthur Irwin	Philadelphia	.900	1888
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading The League	AL	Luis Aparicio	Chicago	8	1959
			Chicago		1960
			Chicago		1961
			Chicago		1962
			Baltimore		1963
			Baltimore		1964
			Baltimore		1965
			Baltimore		1966
		Everett Scott	Boston		1916
			Boston		1917
			Boston		1918
			Boston		1919
			Boston		1920
			Boston		1921
			New York		1922
			New York		1923
	NL	Hughie Jennings	Baltimore	5	1894
			Baltimore		1895
			Baltimore		1896
			Baltimore		1897
			Baltimore		1898
Most Seasons Leading The League	AL	Luis Aparicio	Chicago	8	1959
			Chicago		1960
			Chicago		1961
			Chicago		1962
			Baltimore		1963
			Baltimore		1964
			Baltimore		1965
			Baltimore		1966
		Lou Boudreau	Cleveland		1940
			Cleveland		1941
			Cleveland		1942
			Cleveland		1943
			Cleveland		1944
			Cleveland		1946
			Cleveland		1947
			Cleveland		1948
		Everett Scott	Boston		1916
			Boston		1917
			Boston		1918
			Boston		1919
			Boston		1920
			Boston		1921
			New York		1922
			New York		1923
	NL	Ozzie Smith	San Diego	7	1981
			St. Louis		1982
			St. Louis		1984
			St. Louis		1985
			St. Louis		1986
			St. Louis		1987
			St. Louis		1991
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fielding Average Records by Shortstops

Every fan knows who has played the most consecutive games at shortstop in history (in case you forgot it's Cal Ripken, Jr. with 2,216 consecutive games played at shortstop), but did you know that the National League record is five-hundred eighty-four games by Roy McMillan of Cincinnati?

Cal Ripken, Jr. set a Major League record for most seasons leading the league in most games played at shortstop with twelve seasons.

In 1923, Rabbit Maranville of Pittsburgh set a Major League record for fewest games played at shortstop by the league leader with one-hundred forty-one.

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