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Brooks Robinson, the all-time leader in double plays by a third baseman

In baseball statistics, a double play (denoted as DP) is the act of making two outs during the same continuous play. One double play is recorded for every defensive player who participates in the play, regardless of how many of the outs in which they were directly involved, and is counted in addition to whatever putouts and assists might also apply. Double plays can occur any time there is at least one baserunner and fewer than two outs. [1]

Most of the career leaders are relatively recent players who have benefitted from improved infield defense, with equipment of better quality; only six of the top 25 players made their major league debut before 1966, none of them before 1944. Only seven of the top 84 single-season totals were recorded before 1949, and only two of the top 152 were recorded before 1918. [2] Brooks Robinson holds the record for the most career double plays by a third baseman with 618. [3]

Key

Rank Rank among leaders in career double plays. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2024 DPs) Recorded double plays in 2024
MLB Total career double plays as a third baseman in Major League Baseball
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame
Bold Denotes active player [a]

List

Nolan Arenado, the active leader and 9th all-time in double plays by a third baseman.
Graig Nettles' 54 double plays in 1971 are the most by a third baseman.
Mike Schmidt holds the National League record.
Evan Longoria has led the American League in double plays three times in his career.
Pie Traynor held the National League record for 31 years.
Billy Nash held the major league record for 27 years.
  • Stats updated as of April 24, 2024.
Rank Player (2024 DPs) Double plays as a third baseman Other leagues, notes
MLB American League National League
1 Brooks Robinson* 618 618 0
2 Adrián Beltré* 523 355 168
3 Graig Nettles 470 418 52 Holds the single-season record of 54 (set in 1971)
4 Gary Gaetti 460 395 65
5 Mike Schmidt* 450 0 450
6 Buddy Bell 430 362 68
7 Wade Boggs* 423 423 0
8 Aurelio Rodriguez 408 396 12
9 Nolan Arenado (2) 397 0 397
10 Ron Santo* 395 6 389 Held National League record, 1972-1986
11 Evan Longoria (0) 390 303 87
12 Eddie Mathews* 369 0 369 Held major league record, 1966-1968; held National League record, 1964-1972
13 Robin Ventura 359 269 90
14 Ken Boyer 355 5 350
Scott Rolen* 355 30 325
16 Kyle Seager 351 351 0
17 Sal Bando 345 345 0
Eddie Yost 345 345 0 Held major league record, 1959-1966; held American League record, 1959-1967
19 Vinny Castilla 331 25 306
Doug DeCinces 331 331 0
21 Tim Wallach 319 4 315
22 Clete Boyer 315 223 92
Ron Cey 315 1 314
Matt Williams 315 21 294
25 Terry Pendleton 312 2 310
26 Harlond Clift 309 309 0 Held major league record, 1945-1959; held the single-season record, 1937-1971
27 George Brett* 307 307 0
28 George Kell* 306 306 0
Ken Keltner 306 306 0
30 Pie Traynor* 303 0 303 Held major league record, 1933-1945; held National League record, 1933-1964; held single-season record, 1925-1927; held NL single-season record, 1925-1950
31 Mike Lowell 302 109 193
32 Willie Kamm 299 299 0 Held American League record, 1933-1945
33 Frank Malzone 289 289 0
34 Pinky Higgins 288 288 0
Manny Machado (0) 288 164 124
36 Aramis Ramírez 287 0 287
37 Ken Caminiti 280 10 270
38 Heinie Groh 277 0 277 Held major league record, 1924-1933; held National League record, 1922-1933; held NL single-season record, 1915-1925
39 Jeff Cirillo 276 110 166 Holds the National League single-season record
(45 in 1998; tie)
Chipper Jones* 276 0 276
41 Willie Jones 273 2 271
42 Darrell Evans 270 2 268 Holds the National League single-season record (45 in 1974)
43 Ossie Bluege 266 266 0
Billy Nash 266 0 221 Includes 37 in Players' League, 8 in American Association; held major league record, 1897-1924; held single-season record, 1890-1925
45 Eric Chavez 262 254 8
46 Larry Gardner 261 261 0 Held American League record, 1923-1933; held the single-season record, 1920-1925 (tie)
47 Home Run Baker* 260 260 0 Held American League record, 1918-1924; held AL single-season record, 1910-1925
48 Ken McMullen 258 248 10
49 Carney Lansford 256 256 0
Doug Rader 256 2 254
51 Stan Hack 255 0 255
52 Arlie Latham 253 0 118 Includes 126 in American Association, 9 in the Players' League; held major league record, 1890-1897
53 Bob Elliott 252 21 231
54 Josh Donaldson 245 203 42
55 Troy Glaus 243 190 53
56 Todd Zeile 238 47 191
57 David Wright 237 0 237
58 Charlie Hayes 231 52 179
59 Matt Chapman (7) 230 223 7
Travis Fryman 230 230 0
61 Ryan Zimmerman 229 0 229
62 Jimmy Austin 228 228 0 Held American League record, 1916-1918
63 Don Hoak 227 0 227
64 Jimmy Collins* 225 113 112
65 Richie Hebner 224 10 214
Brandon Inge 224 222 2
Don Money 224 153 71
68 Eddie Foster 220 220 0
69 Ken Reitz 219 0 219
Pinky Whitney 219 0 219
71 Joe Randa 218 165 53
72 Billy Shindle 215 0 164 Includes 51 in American Association
73 Billy Werber 214 114 100
74 Lave Cross 212 71 139 Includes 2 in American Association; held National League single-season record, 1899-1915
75 Alex Rodriguez 205 205 0
76 Bob Bailey 203 0 203
77 Bill Madlock 200 2 198
78 Todd Frazier 199 74 125
Milt Stock 199 0 199
80 Mike Moustakas (0) 196 162 34
81 Andy Carey 194 190 4
Mike Pagliarulo 194 175 19
83 Hank Majeski 192 171 21
84 Eugenio Suárez (10) 191 44 147
85 Bill Mueller 190 57 133
86 Kevin Seitzer 189 189 0
87 Joe Crede 188 188 0
Jimmy Dykes 188 188 0
89 Paul Molitor* 185 185 0
90 Steve Buechele 184 123 61
Bill Melton 184 184 0
Red Rolfe 184 184 0
93 David Freese 183 31 152
94 Bill Bradley 182 160 18 Includes 4 in Federal League; held American League single-season record, 1901-1902 (tie)
Anthony Rendon (5) 182 37 145
96 Ken Oberkfell 180 0 180
97 Jim Tabor 178 153 25
98 Pedro Feliz 177 0 177
Toby Harrah 177 177 0
100 Tony Batista 174 138 36
José Ramírez (1) 174 174 0

Other Hall of Famers

Player Double plays as a third baseman Other leagues, notes
MLB American League National League
Tony Pérez* 141 0 141
Freddie Lindstrom* 135 0 135
Deacon White* 118 0 100 Includes 18 in Players' League
Cal Ripken Jr.* 117 117 0
John McGraw * 104 11 93
Joe Sewell* 103 103 0
George Davis* 90 0 90
Edgar Martínez* 90 90 0
Harmon Killebrew* 88 88 0
Bill McKechnie* 88 0 43 Includes 45 in Federal League
Frankie Frisch* 83 0 83
Jim Thome* 77 77 0
Joe Torre* 71 0 71
Judy Johnson * 68 0 0 Includes 28 in Eastern Colored League, 25 in Negro National League (second),
10 in American Negro League, 5 in East–West League (incomplete)
Bobby Wallace* 60 18 42
Jackie Robinson* 54 0 54
Cap Anson* 29 0 18 Includes 11 in National Association
Jud Wilson* 27 0 0 Includes 18 in Eastern Colored League, 6 in Negro National League (second),
2 in East-West League, 1 in American Negro League (incomplete)
Rogers Hornsby* 26 1 25
Honus Wagner* 26 0 26
Ray Dandridge* 25 0 0 Includes 25 in Negro National League (second) (incomplete)
Buck Ewing* 22 0 22
Ryne Sandberg* 19 0 19
Jimmie Foxx* 18 18 0
Jim O'Rourke* 18 0 15 Includes 3 in National Association
Johnny Bench* 17 0 17
Joe Cronin* 13 13 0
Roger Connor* 12 0 12
King Kelly* 9 0 7 Includes 2 in American Association
Willie Wells* 4 0 0 Includes 4 in Negro National League (second) (incomplete)

Notes

  1. ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

References

  1. ^ "Official Baseball Rules (2022 Edition): Rule 9.11" (PDF). Major League Baseball. Retrieved 23 Dec 2022.
  2. ^ "Single-Season Leaders & Records for Double Plays Turned as 3B". Baseball Reference. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Brooks Robinson Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

External links

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