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Was there ever a more fitting nickname in baseball than The Sandman? Eckersley is seventh on the all-time saves list despite not becoming a reliever until he was 32 years old, and Smoltz saved games in a three-year span from after winning more than games as a starter.
Although they are involved in every play, the times that catchers are capable of making an error are limited. However, when catchers do have to make a play, things get challenging in a hurry. The thicker glove they have to wear in order to handle mile-an-hour fastballs all day makes it difficult to catch throws from infielders, their throws are rushed when someone attempts to steal a base, pop-ups behind the plate are difficult to catch, and they have to do it all while being weighed down by shinguards, a chest protector, and a mask.
Hail to the three catchers below who managed to go a full season without being charged with a blunder, and to the other two receivers who put up sparkling defensive numbers as well! Second base is the position where teams have historically been most content to sacrifice offensive production in favor of defensive reliability.
Even better, Polanco also contributed with his bat, hitting well over. And even if you pick the ball cleanly, you then have to throw the ball quickly and accurately all the way across the diamond to first base.
So forgive the third basemen below for not boasting as high of a single-season fielding percentage as their counterparts at other positions. Just getting through a season without taking a liner off the nose would count as a win in our books! With a lifetime batting average of.
But he was still a valuable part of several playoff squads because of the way he could pick it at shortstop, an ability that only improved as he got older. In fact, Bordick was 36 years old when he set the all-time record for highest fielding percentage in a season by a shortstop, successfully handling all but one of his chances in In that season, Bordick also set the record for most consecutive errorless games by a shortstop , a streak during which he also passed former Orioles great Cal Ripken Jr.
By comparison to infielders, outfielders have things pretty easy defensively. In order to avoid committing an error, all they have to do is stop balls from going through their legs or bouncing off their gloves, then not overthrow the cut-off man or whichever base they throw to.
What separates the greatest outfielders from the rest is the amount of ground they cover, not the number of errors they commit. In addition to a. Brad Ausmus deserves an honorable mention here for finishing his lengthy career just a percentage point behind Wilson. He led his league five times in fielding percentage, called a great game from behind the plate, and was particularly known for his athleticism and range.
As one of the top run-producing first basemen of his generation, Mark Teixeira might not have been fully appreciated for his work with the glove. He was a five-time Gold Glove recipient, and Baseball Info Solutions estimated that he saved runs above average for his position throughout his career. Although Travis Lee technically shares the all-time career fielding percentage record for first basemen with Teixeira, Lee played nearly half the games that Big Tex played in.
Over a seven-year stretch from , the diminutive Red Sox sparkplug prevented 79 runs that an average second baseman may have allowed, according to the BIS Defensive Runs Saved Above Average statistic.
But the Puerto Rico native tops all third sackers in all-time fielding percentage, booting just 2. The versatile Lowell was also solid in his limited action at first base. Thanks to soft hands and quick reflexes developed as a child growing up in Venezuela he used to always carry around a rubber ball or tennis ball that he would throw against walls and catch barehanded , Vizquel set the standard for the position throughout a year career spent mostly with the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians.
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