| MLB Best Defensive 3rd Basemen Post-Dead Ball Era | |||||||||||
| (1919 to 2021) | |||||||||||
| FPCT | Power-Speed # | HRs | SBs | AB/HR | SBPct | BAvg | Hits | RBIs | Chances | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks | Robinson | 0.9713 | 47.7 | 268 | 28 | 39.8 | 0.560 | 0.267 | 2848 | 1357 | 9165 |
| George | Kell | 0.9686 | 41.6 | 78 | 51 | 85.9 | 0.586 | 0.306 | 2054 | 870 | 5294 |
| Scott | Rolen | 0.9676 | 162.1 | 316 | 118 | 23.4 | 0.707 | 0.281 | 2077 | 1287 | 5745 |
| Willie | Kamm | 0.9674 | 40.4 | 29 | 126 | 201.8 | 0.600 | 0.281 | 1643 | 826 | 5681 |
| Gary | Gaetti | 0.9653 | 130.7 | 360 | 96 | 24.8 | 0.596 | 0.255 | 2280 | 1340 | 6454 |
| Buddy | Bell | 0.9636 | 81.1 | 201 | 55 | 44.8 | 0.410 | 0.279 | 2514 | 1106 | 6977 |
| Aurelio | Rodriguez | 0.9635 | 45.8 | 124 | 35 | 53.3 | 0.530 | 0.237 | 1570 | 648 | 5894 |
| Willie | Jones | 0.9629 | 60.3 | 190 | 40 | 30.7 | 0.702 | 0.258 | 1502 | 812 | 5171 |
| Wade | Boggs | 0.9620 | 35.2 | 118 | 24 | 77.8 | 0.407 | 0.328 | 3010 | 1014 | 6025 |
| Ron | Cey | 0.9612 | 43.0 | 316 | 24 | 22.7 | 0.453 | 0.261 | 1868 | 1139 | 5741 |
| Graig | Nettles | 0.9605 | 53.3 | 390 | 32 | 23.0 | 0.471 | 0.248 | 2224 | 1314 | 7472 |
| Adrian | Beltre | 0.9595 | 154.7 | 477 | 121 | 23.2 | 0.742 | 0.286 | 3166 | 1707 | 7687 |
| Tim | Wallach | 0.9593 | 78.4 | 259 | 51 | 31.2 | 0.436 | 0.258 | 2083 | 1123 | 5894 |
| Sal | Bando | 0.9592 | 96.5 | 242 | 75 | 29.2 | 0.620 | 0.254 | 1790 | 1039 | 5595 |
| Robin | Ventura | 0.9580 | 43.1 | 294 | 24 | 24.0 | 0.387 | 0.267 | 1885 | 1182 | 5243 |
| Reference: Lahman Package in R (2022) [min.Chances(3B)>=5000 & FPCT>=.950] | |||||||||||