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Career Leaders & Records for Double Plays Turned as 3B
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Statistic Description: Double Plays as Defender
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| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Double Plays Turned as 3B | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brooks Robinson+ (23) | 618 | R |
| 2. | Graig Nettles (22) | 470 | R |
| 3. | Gary Gaetti (20) | 460 | R |
| 4. | Mike Schmidt+ (18) | 450 | R |
| 5. | Buddy Bell (18) | 430 | R |
| 6. | Wade Boggs+ (18) | 423 | R |
| 7. | Aurelio Rodriguez (17) | 408 | R |
| 8. | Ron Santo+ (15) | 395 | R |
| 9. | Adrian Beltre (15, 33) | 375 | R |
| 10. | Eddie Mathews+ (17) | 369 | R |
| 11. | Robin Ventura (16) | 359 | R |
| 12. | Ken Boyer (15) | 355 | R |
| Scott Rolen (17, 37) | 355 | R | |
| 14. | Sal Bando (16) | 345 | R |
| Eddie Yost (18) | 345 | R | |
| 16. | Vinny Castilla (16) | 331 | R |
| Doug DeCinces (15) | 331 | R | |
| 18. | Tim Wallach (17) | 319 | R |
| 19. | Clete Boyer (16) | 315 | R |
| Ron Cey (17) | 315 | R | |
| Matt Williams (17) | 315 | R | |
| 22. | Terry Pendleton (15) | 312 | R |
| 23. | Harlond Clift (12) | 309 | R |
| 24. | George Brett+ (21) | 307 | R |
| 25. | George Kell+ (15) | 306 | R |
| Ken Keltner (13) | 306 | R | |
| 27. | Pie Traynor+ (17) | 303 | R |
| 28. | Mike Lowell (13) | 302 | R |
| 29. | Willie Kamm (13) | 299 | R |
| 30. | Frank Malzone (12) | 289 | R |
| 31. | Pinky Higgins (14) | 288 | R |
| 32. | Ken Caminiti (15) | 280 | R |
| 33. | Heinie Groh (16) | 277 | R |
| 34. | Jeff Cirillo (14) | 276 | R |
| Chipper Jones (19, 40) | 276 | R | |
| 36. | Willie Jones (15) | 273 | R |
| 37. | Darrell Evans (21) | 270 | R |
| 38. | Ossie Bluege (18) | 266 | R |
| Billy Nash (15) | 266 | R | |
| 40. | Larry Gardner (17) | 261 | R |
| 41. | Home Run Baker+ (13) | 260 | R |
| 42. | Ken McMullen (16) | 258 | R |
| 43. | Carney Lansford (15) | 256 | R |
| Doug Rader (11) | 256 | R | |
| 45. | Stan Hack (16) | 255 | R |
| 46. | Eric Chavez (15, 34) | 254 | R |
| 47. | Arlie Latham (17) | 253 | R |
| 48. | Bob Elliott (15) | 252 | R |
| 49. | Aramis Ramirez (15, 34) | 248 | R |
| 50. | Troy Glaus (13) | 243 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Double Plays Turned as 3B | Throws |
| 51. | Todd Zeile (16) | 238 | R |
| 52. | Charlie Hayes (14) | 231 | R |
| 53. | Travis Fryman (13) | 230 | R |
| 54. | Jimmy Austin (18) | 228 | R |
| 55. | Don Hoak (11) | 227 | R |
| 56. | Jimmy Collins+ (14) | 225 | R |
| 57. | Richie Hebner (18) | 224 | R |
| Don Money (16) | 224 | R | |
| 59. | Brandon Inge (12, 35) | 222 | R |
| 60. | Eddie Foster (13) | 220 | R |
| 61. | Ken Reitz (11) | 219 | R |
| Pinky Whitney (12) | 219 | R | |
| 63. | Joe Randa (12) | 218 | R |
| 64. | Billy Shindle (13) | 215 | R |
| 65. | Billy Werber (11) | 214 | R |
| 66. | Lave Cross (21) | 212 | R |
| 67. | Bob Bailey (17) | 203 | R |
| 68. | Bill Madlock (15) | 200 | R |
| 69. | Milt Stock (14) | 199 | R |
| 70. | Ryan Zimmerman (8, 27) | 197 | R |
| 71. | Alex Rodriguez (19, 36) | 196 | R |
| 72. | Andy Carey (11) | 194 | R |
| Mike Pagliarulo (11) | 194 | R | |
| 74. | Hank Majeski (13) | 192 | R |
| 75. | David Wright (9, 29) | 191 | R |
| 76. | Bill Mueller (11) | 190 | R |
| 77. | Kevin Seitzer (12) | 189 | R |
| 78. | Joe Crede (10) | 188 | R |
| Jimmy Dykes (22) | 188 | R | |
| 80. | Paul Molitor+ (21) | 185 | R |
| 81. | Steve Buechele (11) | 184 | R |
| Bill Melton (10) | 184 | R | |
| Red Rolfe (10) | 184 | R | |
| 84. | Bill Bradley (14) | 182 | R |
| 85. | Ken Oberkfell (16) | 180 | R |
| 86. | Jim Tabor (9) | 178 | R |
| 87. | Pedro Feliz (11) | 177 | R |
| Toby Harrah (17) | 177 | R | |
| 89. | Tony Batista (11) | 174 | R |
| Harry Steinfeldt (14) | 174 | R | |
| 91. | Don Wert (9) | 173 | R |
| 92. | Mike Mowrey (13) | 172 | R |
| 93. | Tom Brookens (12) | 171 | R |
| 94. | Scott Brosius (11) | 170 | R |
| 95. | Aaron Boone (12) | 169 | R |
| Grady Hatton (12) | 169 | R | |
| 97. | Brook Jacoby (11) | 168 | R |
| Marv Owen (9) | 168 | R | |
| 99. | Ed Charles (8) | 165 | R |
| Denny Lyons (13) | 165 | R | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Double Plays Turned as 3B | Throws |
| 101. | Casey Blake (13) | 163 | R |
| Billy Johnson (9) | 163 | R | |
| 103. | Bobby Bonilla (16) | 162 | R |
| 104. | Les Bell (9) | 161 | R |
| 105. | Roy Howell (11) | 160 | R |
| Larry Parrish (15) | 160 | R | |
| 107. | Al Rosen (10) | 159 | R |
| 108. | Joe Dugan (14) | 158 | R |
| 109. | Randy Jackson (10) | 157 | R |
| Evan Longoria (5, 26) | 157 | R | |
| 111. | Dean Palmer (14) | 156 | R |
| 112. | Jim Davenport (13) | 155 | R |
| 113. | Billy Cox (11) | 154 | R |
| 114. | Jim Presley (8) | 152 | R |
| Paul Schaal (11) | 152 | R | |
| Red Smith (9) | 152 | R | |
| 117. | Rico Petrocelli (13) | 150 | R |
| 118. | Wayne Gross (11) | 149 | R |
| Joe Stripp (11) | 149 | R | |
| 120. | Wayne Garrett (10) | 148 | R |
| 121. | David Bell (12) | 147 | R |
| Jerry Denny (13) | 147 | R | |
| 123. | Sammy Hale (10) | 145 | R |
| Ossie Vitt (10) | 145 | R | |
| 125. | Max Alvis (9) | 144 | R |
| Ray Knight (13) | 144 | R | |
| Ed Sprague (11) | 144 | R | |
| 128. | George Pinkney (10) | 143 | R |
| 129. | Hick Carpenter (12) | 142 | L |
| Hank Thompson (9) | 142 | R | |
| 131. | Buddy Lewis (11) | 141 | R |
| Tony Perez+ (23) | 141 | R | |
| 133. | Howard Johnson (14) | 138 | R |
| Melvin Mora (13) | 138 | R | |
| 135. | Whitey Kurowski (9) | 137 | R |
| 136. | Phil Garner (16) | 135 | R |
| Freddie Lindstrom+ (13) | 135 | R | |
| 138. | Charlie Irwin (10) | 134 | R |
| 139. | Edgardo Alfonzo (12) | 133 | R |
| Bobby Byrne (11) | 133 | R | |
| Bubba Phillips (10) | 133 | R | |
| Rich Rollins (10) | 133 | R | |
| 143. | Art Devlin (10) | 132 | R |
| 144. | Joe Mulvey (12) | 131 | R |
| 145. | Hank Blalock (9) | 130 | R |
| Corey Koskie (9) | 130 | R | |
| 147. | Joe Foy (6) | 129 | R |
| Gene Freese (12) | 129 | R | |
| 149. | Garrett Atkins (8) | 128 | R |
| Charlie Deal (10) | 128 | R | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Double Plays Turned as 3B | Throws |
| 151. | Bill Kuehne (10) | 127 | R |
| Gil McDougald (10) | 127 | R | |
| Marty McManus (15) | 127 | R | |
| 154. | Bobby Adams (14) | 125 | R |
| Bob Dillinger (6) | 125 | R | |
| Placido Polanco (15, 36) | 125 | R | |
| 157. | Chris Sabo (9) | 123 | R |
| Charley Smith (10) | 123 | R | |
| Heinie Zimmerman (13) | 123 | R | |
| 160. | Mark Reynolds (6, 28) | 122 | R |
| 161. | Johnny Pesky (10) | 121 | R |
| 162. | Bob Aspromonte (13) | 120 | R |
| 163. | Doc Casey (10) | 119 | R |
| Morgan Ensberg (8) | 119 | R | |
| Luis Salazar (13) | 119 | R | |
| Ned Williamson (13) | 119 | R | |
| 167. | Tom Burns (13) | 118 | R |
| Deacon White+ (20) | 118 | R | |
| 169. | Cal Ripken+ (21) | 117 | R |
| 170. | Dick Allen (15) | 116 | R |
| Frank Hankinson (10) | 116 | R | |
| 172. | Pinky May (5) | 114 | R |
| 173. | Tony Boeckel (6) | 113 | R |
| Andy High (13) | 113 | R | |
| Tommy Leach (19) | 113 | R | |
| Frank O'Rourke (14) | 113 | R | |
| Eric Soderholm (9) | 113 | R | |
| 178. | Ray Boone (13) | 112 | R |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff (6, 30) | 112 | R | |
| Cecil Travis (12) | 112 | R | |
| Art Whitney (11) | 112 | R | |
| 182. | Geoff Blum (14, 39) | 110 | R |
| Jim Gilliam (14) | 110 | R | |
| Kelly Gruber (10) | 110 | R | |
| 185. | Miguel Cabrera (10, 29) | 108 | R |
| Jack Howell (11) | 108 | R | |
| Rube Lutzke (5) | 108 | R | |
| 188. | Lee Handley (10) | 107 | R |
| 189. | Enos Cabell (15) | 105 | R |
| Eddie Grant (10) | 105 | R | |
| Bill Joyce (8) | 105 | R | |
| Cookie Lavagetto (10) | 105 | R | |
| Ezra Sutton (18) | 105 | R | |
| Terry Turner (17) | 105 | R | |
| 195. | Bob Horner (10) | 104 | R |
| John McGraw+ (16) | 104 | R | |
| Fernando Tatis (11) | 104 | R | |
| 198. | Edwin Encarnacion (8, 29) | 103 | R |
| Jeff King (11) | 103 | R | |
| Joe Sewell+ (14) | 103 | R | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Double Plays Turned as 3B | Throws |
| 201. | Vance Law (11) | 102 | R |
| 202. | Sparky Adams (13) | 101 | R |
| Floyd Baker (13) | 101 | R | |
| Babe Pinelli (8) | 101 | R | |
| Johnny Vergez (6) | 101 | R | |
| 206. | Chone Figgins (11, 34) | 100 | R |
| Ty Wigginton (11, 34) | 100 | R | |
| 208. | Fred Hatfield (9) | 99 | R |
| Steve Ontiveros (8) | 99 | R | |
| 210. | Butch Hobson (8) | 98 | R |
| 211. | John Castino (6) | 97 | R |
| 212. | Bob Jones (9) | 96 | R |
| Hans Lobert (14) | 96 | R | |
| 214. | Mark Christman (9) | 95 | R |
| Harry Lord (9) | 95 | R | |
| Rance Mulliniks (16) | 95 | R | |
| Howie Shanks (14) | 95 | R | |
| 218. | Jack Hannahan (6, 32) | 94 | R |
| Patsy Tebeau (13) | 94 | R | |
| 220. | Bill Coughlin (9) | 93 | R |
| Steve Mesner (6) | 93 | R | |
| Harry Wolverton (9) | 93 | R | |
| 223. | Jim Ray Hart (12) | 92 | R |
| Hector Lopez (12) | 92 | R | |
| Gene Robertson (9) | 92 | R | |
| 226. | Mike Cubbage (8) | 91 | R |
| Pete Rose (24) | 91 | R | |
| 228. | George Davis+ (20) | 90 | R |
| Wally Gilbert (5) | 90 | R | |
| Tim Hulett (12) | 90 | R | |
| Bob Kennedy (16) | 90 | R | |
| Edgar Martinez (18) | 90 | R | |
| Charlie Reilly (8) | 90 | R | |
| 234. | Leo Gomez (7) | 89 | R |
| 235. | Ray Jablonski (8) | 88 | R |
| Harmon Killebrew+ (22) | 88 | R | |
| Bill McKechnie+ (11) | 88 | R | |
| Phil Nevin (12) | 88 | R | |
| Lenny Randle (12) | 88 | R | |
| Lew Riggs (10) | 88 | R | |
| 241. | Dave Chalk (9) | 87 | R |
| Tony Cuccinello (15) | 87 | R | |
| Bernie Friberg (14) | 87 | R | |
| Fred Haney (7) | 87 | R | |
| Dave Hollins (12) | 87 | R | |
| Pete Suder (13) | 87 | R | |
| Pete Ward (9) | 87 | R | |
| 248. | Sean Berry (11) | 86 | R |
| Chuck Dressen (8) | 86 | R | |
| 250. | Russ Davis (8) | 85 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Double Plays Turned as 3B | Throws |
| 251. | Doug Baird (6) | 84 | R |
| Dave Magadan (16) | 84 | R | |
| George Moriarty (13) | 84 | R | |
| Lee Tannehill (10) | 84 | R | |
| 255. | Jim Donnelly (11) | 83 | R |
| Frankie Frisch+ (19) | 83 | R | |
| Jerry Royster (16) | 83 | R | |
| Mark Teahen (7, 30) | 83 | R | |
| 259. | Sean Burroughs (7, 31) | 82 | R |
| 260. | Hubie Brooks (15) | 80 | R |
| 261. | Alberto Callaspo (7, 29) | 79 | R |
| Frankie Gustine (12) | 79 | R | |
| Barry McCormick (10) | 79 | R | |
| 264. | Scott Cooper (7) | 77 | R |
| Buck Herzog (13) | 77 | R | |
| Bill Stein (14) | 77 | R | |
| Jim Thome (22, 41) | 77 | R | |
| 268. | Dave Brain (7) | 76 | R |
| Pete Castiglione (8) | 76 | R | |
| Chippy McGarr (10) | 76 | R | |
| Jim Morrison (12) | 76 | R | |
| 272. | Shane Andrews (7) | 75 | R |
| David Freese (4, 29) | 75 | R | |
| Sid Gordon (13) | 75 | R | |
| 275. | Andy LaRoche (5, 28) | 74 | R |
| 276. | Fred Hartman (6) | 72 | R |
| 277. | Chris Brown (6) | 71 | R |
| Odell Hale (10) | 71 | R | |
| Eddie Kasko (10) | 71 | R | |
| Mike Lamb (10) | 71 | R | |
| Joe Torre (18) | 71 | R | |
| Buck Weaver (9) | 71 | R | |
| 283. | Mike Blowers (11) | 70 | R |
| Jimmy Johnston (13) | 70 | R | |
| Craig Paquette (11) | 70 | R | |
| 286. | Wilson Betemit (10, 30) | 69 | R |
| Howard Freigau (7) | 69 | R | |
| Shea Hillenbrand (7) | 69 | R | |
| Garth Iorg (9) | 69 | R | |
| Mike Shannon (9) | 69 | R | |
| Maury Wills (14) | 69 | R | |
| 292. | Don Gutteridge (12) | 68 | R |
| Dave Roberts (10) | 68 | R | |
| Vern Stephens (15) | 68 | R | |
| Chad Tracy (8, 32) | 68 | R | |
| 296. | Jumbo Davis (7) | 67 | R |
| Jim Finigan (6) | 67 | R | |
| Gary Sheffield (22) | 67 | R | |
| Michael Young (13, 35) | 67 | R | |
| 300. | Willie Greene (9) | 66 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Double Plays Turned as 3B | Throws |
| Scott Leius (9) | 66 | R | |
| 302. | Billy Clingman (10) | 65 | R |
| Wid Conroy (11) | 65 | R | |
| Pablo Sandoval (5, 25) | 65 | R | |
| 305. | Jim Gantner (17) | 64 | R |
| Wes Helms (13) | 64 | R | |
| Casey McGehee (5, 29) | 64 | R | |
| Denis Menke (13) | 64 | R | |
| Tony Phillips (18) | 64 | R | |
| 310. | Danny O'Connell (10) | 63 | R |
| John Valentin (11) | 63 | R | |
| Craig Worthington (7) | 63 | R | |
| 313. | Kurt Bevacqua (15) | 61 | R |
| Tony Taylor (19) | 61 | R | |
| 315. | Bobby Brown (8) | 60 | R |
| Jose Pagan (15) | 60 | R | |
| Bobby Wallace+ (25) | 60 | R | |
| Denny Walling (18) | 60 | R | |
| Jack Warner (8) | 60 | R | |
| Kevin Youkilis (9, 33) | 60 | R | |
| 321. | Craig Counsell (16) | 59 | R |
| Rene Gonzales (13) | 59 | R | |
| Chase Headley (6, 28) | 59 | R | |
| Jose Hernandez (15) | 59 | R | |
| Frank Thomas (16) | 59 | R | |
| Felix Torres (3) | 59 | R | |
| 327. | Woody English (12) | 58 | R |
| Roy Hartzell (11) | 58 | R | |
| Art Howe (11) | 58 | R | |
| Jerry Kenney (6) | 58 | R | |
| 331. | Reno Bertoia (10) | 57 | R |
| Don Buford (10) | 57 | R | |
| Darnell Coles (14) | 57 | R | |
| Rick Schu (9) | 57 | R | |
| Chris Stynes (10) | 57 | R | |
| Russ Wrightstone (9) | 57 | R | |
| 337. | Russell Branyan (14, 36) | 56 | R |
| Ron Coomer (9) | 56 | R | |
| Al Dark (14) | 56 | R | |
| Bill Hall (11, 32) | 56 | R | |
| Billy Hitchcock (9) | 56 | R | |
| Mike Muldoon (5) | 56 | ||
| Tim Naehring (8) | 56 | R | |
| Bill Spiers (13) | 56 | R | |
| Rollie Zeider (9) | 56 | R | |
| 346. | Pedro Alvarez (3, 25) | 55 | R |
| Pedro Guerrero (15) | 55 | R | |
| Lenny Harris (18) | 55 | R | |
| Aubrey Huff (13, 35) | 55 | R | |
| Coco Laboy (5) | 55 | R | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Double Plays Turned as 3B | Throws |
| Billy Lauder (5) | 55 | R | |
| Mike Moustakas (2, 23) | 55 | R | |
| Sibby Sisti (13) | 55 | R | |
| Sammy Strang (10) | 55 | R | |
| 355. | Jose Bautista (9, 31) | 54 | R |
| Steve Braun (15) | 54 | R | |
| Greg Pryor (10) | 54 | R | |
| Jackie Robinson+ (10) | 54 | R | |
| Harry Schafer (8) | 54 | R | |
| 360. | Frank Ellerbe (6) | 53 | R |
| Art Scharein (3) | 53 | R | |
| 362. | Billy Goodman (16) | 52 | R |
| Jeff Hamilton (6) | 52 | R | |
| John Kennedy (12) | 52 | R | |
| Herbert Perry (9) | 52 | R | |
| Bobby Reeves (6) | 52 | R | |
| 367. | Alex Gordon (6, 28) | 51 | R |
| Bert Haas (9) | 51 | R | |
| Eric Hinske (11, 34) | 51 | R | |
| Steve Lyons (9) | 51 | R | |
| Fritz Maisel (6) | 51 | R | |
| Fred Marsh (7) | 51 | R | |
| Buddy Myer (17) | 51 | R | |
| Ed Spiezio (9) | 51 | R | |
| 375. | Jorge Cantu (8, 30) | 50 | R |
| Al Gallagher (4) | 50 | R | |
| Oscar Grimes (9) | 50 | R | |
| Ian Stewart (6, 27) | 50 | R | |
| 379. | Steve Boros (7) | 49 | R |
| Chris Truby (4) | 49 | R | |
| 381. | Wayne Causey (11) | 48 | R |
| Chris Johnson (4, 27) | 48 | R | |
| Phil Mankowski (6) | 48 | R | |
| Jhonny Peralta (10, 30) | 48 | R | |
| Goldie Rapp (3) | 48 | R | |
| Randy Velarde (16) | 48 | R | |
| 387. | Clyde Beck (6) | 47 | R |
| Jack Gleason (6) | 47 | R | |
| Eddie Mulligan (5) | 47 | R | |
| Nick Punto (12, 34) | 47 | R | |
| George Scott (14) | 47 | R | |
| B.J. Surhoff (19) | 47 | R | |
| Ramon Vazquez (9) | 47 | R | |
| 394. | Jimmy Brown (8) | 46 | R |
| Mark DeRosa (15, 37) | 46 | R | |
| Joe Evans (11) | 46 | R | |
| Pete Gilbert (4) | 46 | R | |
| Shane Halter (8) | 46 | R | |
| Al Smith (12) | 46 | R | |
| Don Zimmer (12) | 46 | R |
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