Fielding Average Records by Second Basemen

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book of baseball milestones for fielding averages by second basemen - including career marks and single season plateaus.
"Run everything out and be in by twelve." - Red Schoendienst as Cardinals Manager in 1968
Fielding Average Records by Second Basemen

Career Second Basemen Fielding Average Records
Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data
Highest
In A Career
1,000+ Games 		AL Roberto Alomar Toronto .985
Baltimore
Cleveland
NL Tom Herr St. Louis .989
Philadelphia
New York
San Francisco

Ryne Sandberg

Philadelphia

Chicago

ML

Placido Polanco

St. Louis

.993

Philadelphia

Detroit
Fielding Average Records by Second Basemen

Single Season Second Basemen Fielding Average Records
Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data
Highest
In A Season
100+ Games 		AL Placido Polanco Detroit 1.000 2007
NL Bret Boone Cincinnati .997 1997
Highest
In A Season
150+ Games 		AL Robinson Cano New York .996 2010
NL Jose Oquendo St. Louis .996 1990
Lowest
In A Season
100+ Games 		AL Frank Truesdale St. Louis .914 1910
NL Fred Pfeffer Chicago .893 1885
Lowest
In A Season
By The League Leader 		AL Jimmy Williams New York .960 1903
NL Charley Bassett Indianapolis .928 1887
Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data

Second Baseman Fielding Records


Did you know that Eddie Collins led the American League in fielding average (1909, 1910, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1921, 1922, & 1924) more than any other second basemen in Major League history?

Red Schoendienst led the National League in fielding average (1946, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957 & 1958) more than any other second basemen in senior circuit history.

Claude Ritchey of the Pittsburgh Pirates set a Major League record for consecutive seasons leading a league in fielding average at second base when he topped the charts from 1902 through 1907.
     
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