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Progressive Leaders & Records for Def. Games as 3B

Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records: Single-Season Career Active Progressive Year-by-Year Top-Tens Yearly League

+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

Statistic Description: Defensive Games PlayedGames played at this position.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.5 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA, 500 games (fielding), 200 stolen base attempts (catchers) or 80 stolen base attempts (baserunners only since 1951) or 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year	Career	G	Single-Season	G	Active	G	Yearly	G
1871	Harry Schafer	31	Harry Schafer	31	Harry Schafer	31	Harry Schafer	31
1872	Harry Schafer	74	Cap Anson+	46	Harry Schafer	74	Cap Anson+	46
1873	Harry Schafer	121	Bob Ferguson	50	Harry Schafer	121	Bob Ferguson	50
1874	Harry Schafer	192	Harry Schafer	71	Harry Schafer	192	Harry Schafer	71
1875	Bob Ferguson	247	Bob Ferguson	85	Bob Ferguson	247	Bob Ferguson	85

1876	Bob Ferguson	316	Harry Schafer	70	Bob Ferguson	316	Harry Schafer	70
1877	Bob Ferguson	372	Harry Schafer	70	Bob Ferguson	372	Bill Hague	59
1878	Bob Ferguson	372	Harry Schafer	70	Ezra Sutton	292	Ned Williamson	63
1879	Bob Ferguson	396	Hardy Richardson	78	Bob Ferguson	396	Hardy Richardson	78
1880	Bob Ferguson	396	Roger Connor+	83	Ezra Sutton	362	Roger Connor+	83
1881	Ezra Sutton	443	Jerry Denny	85	Ezra Sutton	443	Jerry Denny	85
1882	Ezra Sutton	520	Jerry Denny	85	Ezra Sutton	520	Jerry Denny	84
1883	Ezra Sutton	613	Joe Farrell	101	Ezra Sutton	613	Joe Farrell	101
1884	Ezra Sutton	723	Dude Esterbrook	112	Ezra Sutton	723	Dude Esterbrook	112
1885	Ezra Sutton	814	Ned Williamson	113	Ezra Sutton	814	Ned Williamson	113
1886	Ezra Sutton	842	George Pinkney	141	Ezra Sutton	842	George Pinkney	141
1887	Ezra Sutton	853	George Pinkney	141	Ezra Sutton	853	Denny Lyons	137
1888	Hick Carpenter	937	George Pinkney	143	Hick Carpenter	937	George Pinkney	143
1889	Hick Carpenter	1058	George Pinkney	143	Hick Carpenter	1058	George Pinkney Billy Shindle	138
1890	Hick Carpenter	1058	George Pinkney	143	Jerry Denny	1007	Tom Burns	139
1891	Arlie Latham	1059	George Pinkney	143	Arlie Latham	1059	Billy Nash	140
1892	Arlie Latham	1201	George Pinkney	143	Arlie Latham	1201	Arlie Latham	142
1893	Arlie Latham	1328	George Pinkney	143	Arlie Latham	1328	George Davis+	133
1894	Arlie Latham	1457	George Pinkney	143	Arlie Latham	1457	Billy Nash	132
1895	Arlie Latham	1565	George Pinkney	143	Arlie Latham	1565	Billy Nash	133
1896	Arlie Latham	1573	George Pinkney	143	Arlie Latham	1573	Billy Shindle	131
1897	Arlie Latham	1573	George Pinkney	143	Billy Nash	1445	Charlie Irwin Billy Shindle Jimmy Collins+	134
1898	Arlie Latham	1573	Jimmy Collins+	152	Billy Nash	1465	Jimmy Collins+	152
1899	Arlie Latham	1573	Jimmy Williams	153	Lave Cross	745	Jimmy Williams	153
1900	Arlie Latham	1573	Jimmy Williams	153	Lave Cross	878	Jimmy Collins+	141
1901	Arlie Latham	1573	Jimmy Williams	153	Lave Cross	978	Otto Krueger	142
1902	Arlie Latham	1573	Jimmy Williams	153	Lave Cross	1115	Ed Gremminger	140
1903	Arlie Latham	1573	Jimmy Williams	153	Lave Cross	1251	Ed Gremminger	140
1904	Arlie Latham	1573	Jimmy Collins+	156	Lave Cross	1406	Jimmy Collins+	156
1905	Arlie Latham	1573	Jimmy Collins+	156	Lave Cross	1553	Ernie Courtney	155
1906	Lave Cross	1683	Jimmy Collins+	156	Lave Cross	1683	Harry Steinfeldt	150
1907	Lave Cross	1724	Jimmy Collins+	156	Lave Cross	1724	Harry Steinfeldt	151
1908	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin	157	Jimmy Collins+	1683	Art Devlin	157
1909	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin	157	Bill Bradley	1268	Eddie Grant	154
1910	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin	157	Harry Steinfeldt	1368	Eddie Grant	152
1911	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin	157	Harry Steinfeldt	1387	Bobby Byrne	152
1912	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin	157	Art Devlin	1123	Eddie Foster	154
1913	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin	157	Art Devlin	1192	Red Smith	151
1914	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster	157	Bobby Byrne	998	Eddie Foster	157
1915	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Bill Bradley	1390	Red Smith	157
1916	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Bobby Byrne	1143	Ossie Vitt	151
1917	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Jimmy Austin Mike Mowrey	1196	Heinie Groh	154
1918	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Home Run Baker+	1264	Eddie Foster Larry Gardner	127
1919	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Home Run Baker+	1405	Home Run Baker+	141
1920	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Jimmy Austin	1417	Milt Stock	155
1921	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Larry Gardner	1501	Howie Shanks	154
1922	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Larry Gardner	1629	Babe Pinelli	156
1923	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Larry Gardner	1648	Pie Traynor+	152
1924	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Larry Gardner	1656	Joe Dugan	148
1925	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Jimmy Austin	1429	Gene Robertson	154
1926	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Jimmy Austin	1430	Les Bell	155
1927	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Heinie Groh	1299	Willie Kamm Ossie Bluege	146
1928	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Joe Dugan	1019	Willie Kamm	155
1929	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Jimmy Austin	1431	Pinky Whitney	154
1930	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pie Traynor+	1265	Wally Gilbert	150
1931	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pie Traynor+	1420	Pie Traynor+	155
1932	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pie Traynor+	1547	Pinky Whitney	151
1933	Lave Cross	1724	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pie Traynor+	1701	Pie Traynor+	154
1934	Pie Traynor+	1811	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pie Traynor+	1811	Marv Owen	154
1935	Pie Traynor+	1860	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pie Traynor+	1860	Odell Hale	149
1936	Pie Traynor+	1860	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Ossie Bluege	1482	Marv Owen	153
1937	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pie Traynor+	1863	Buddy Lewis	156
1938	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Ossie Bluege	1485	Stan Hack	152
1939	Pie Traynor+	1863	Eddie Foster Red Smith Art Devlin	157	Ossie Bluege	1487	Stan Hack	156
1940	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pinky Higgins	1126	Bob Kennedy	154
1941	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pinky Higgins	1271	Harlond Clift	154
1942	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pinky Higgins	1408	Ken Keltner	151
1943	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pinky Higgins	1546	Billy Johnson	155
1944	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Pinky Higgins	1692	Ken Keltner	149
1945	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Stan Hack	1680	Steve Mesner	148
1946	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Stan Hack	1770	Whitey Kurowski	138
1947	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Stan Hack	1836	Frankie Gustine	156
1948	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Ken Keltner	1423	Bob Dillinger Ken Keltner	153
1949	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Red Smith	157	Ken Keltner	1492	Johnny Pesky	148
1950	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Willie Jones George Kell+ Red Smith	157	Ken Keltner	1500	Willie Jones George Kell+	157
1951	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Willie Jones George Kell+ Red Smith	157	Bob Elliott	1249	Al Rosen	154
1952	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Willie Jones George Kell+ Red Smith Eddie Yost	157	Bob Elliott	1262	Eddie Yost	157
1953	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Ray Jablonski Willie Jones George Kell+ Eddie Mathews+ Red Smith Eddie Yost	157	Bob Elliott	1365	Ray Jablonski Eddie Mathews+	157
1954	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Ray Jablonski Willie Jones George Kell+ Eddie Mathews+ Red Smith Eddie Yost	157	George Kell+	1392	Eddie Yost	155
1955	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Ray Jablonski Willie Jones George Kell+ Eddie Mathews+ Red Smith Eddie Yost	157	George Kell+	1497	Willie Jones	146
1956	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Ray Jablonski Willie Jones George Kell+ Eddie Mathews+ Red Smith Eddie Yost	157	George Kell+	1612	Eddie Mathews+	150
1957	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Ray Jablonski Willie Jones George Kell+ Eddie Mathews+ Red Smith Eddie Yost	157	George Kell+	1692	Frank Malzone	153
1958	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Ray Jablonski Willie Jones George Kell+ Eddie Mathews+ Red Smith Eddie Yost	157	Eddie Yost	1625	Frank Malzone	155
1959	Pie Traynor+	1863	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Ray Jablonski Willie Jones George Kell+ Eddie Mathews+ Red Smith Eddie Yost	157	Eddie Yost	1771	Don Hoak	155
1960	Eddie Yost	1913	Art Devlin Eddie Foster Ray Jablonski Willie Jones George Kell+ Eddie Mathews+ Red Smith Eddie Yost	157	Eddie Yost	1913	Don Hoak	155
1961	Eddie Yost	1980	Brooks Robinson+	163	Eddie Yost	1980	Brooks Robinson+	163
1962	Eddie Yost	2008	Brooks Robinson+	163	Eddie Yost	2008	Brooks Robinson+	162
1963	Eddie Yost	2008	Brooks Robinson+	163	Eddie Mathews+	1722	Ron Santo+	162
1964	Eddie Yost	2008	Brooks Robinson+	163	Eddie Mathews+	1850	Brooks Robinson+	163
1965	Eddie Yost	2008	Ron Santo+	164	Eddie Mathews+	2003	Ron Santo+	164
1966	Eddie Mathews+	2130	Ron Santo+	164	Eddie Mathews+	2130	Brooks Robinson+ Max Alvis	157
1967	Eddie Mathews+	2175	Ron Santo+	164	Eddie Mathews+	2175	Max Alvis Ron Santo+	161
1968	Eddie Mathews+	2181	Ron Santo+	164	Eddie Mathews+	2181	Sal Bando Brooks Robinson+ Ron Santo+	162
1969	Eddie Mathews+	2181	Ron Santo+	164	Brooks Robinson+	1870	Sal Bando	162
1970	Eddie Mathews+	2181	Ron Santo+	164	Brooks Robinson+	2026	Brooks Robinson+	156
1971	Brooks Robinson+	2182	Ron Santo+	164	Brooks Robinson+	2182	Paul Schaal Joe Torre	161
1972	Brooks Robinson+	2334	Ron Santo+	164	Brooks Robinson+	2334	Aurelio Rodriguez	153
1973	Brooks Robinson+	2488	Ron Santo+	164	Brooks Robinson+	2488	Aurelio Rodriguez	160
1974	Brooks Robinson+	2641	Ron Santo+	164	Brooks Robinson+	2641	Mike Schmidt+	162
1975	Brooks Robinson+	2784	Ron Santo+	164	Brooks Robinson+	2784	Sal Bando Ken Reitz	160
1976	Brooks Robinson+	2855	Ron Santo+	164	Brooks Robinson+	2855	Mike Schmidt+	160
1977	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Pete Rose	161
1978	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Sal Bando	1715	Graig Nettles	159
1979	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Sal Bando	1824	Darrell Evans	159
1980	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Sal Bando	1881	Ray Knight	162
1981	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Sal Bando	1896	Ray Knight	105
1982	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Aurelio Rodriguez	1916	Toby Harrah	159
1983	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Graig Nettles	1997	Ron Cey Pedro Guerrero	157
1984	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Graig Nettles	2116	Tim Wallach	160
1985	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Graig Nettles	2246	Wade Boggs+ Brook Jacoby	161
1986	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Graig Nettles	2360	Brook Jacoby	158
1987	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Graig Nettles	2400	Terry Pendleton	158
1988	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Graig Nettles	2412	Bobby Bonilla	159
1989	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Mike Schmidt+	2212	Terry Pendleton	161
1990	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	George Brett+	1689	Tim Wallach	161
1991	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Carney Lansford	1601	Matt Williams	155
1992	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Carney Lansford	1720	Terry Pendleton	158
1993	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Tim Wallach	1754	Terry Pendleton	161
1994	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Tim Wallach	1867	Travis Fryman	114
1995	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Tim Wallach	1963	Travis Fryman	144
1996	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Tim Wallach	2054	Vinny Castilla	160
1997	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Gary Gaetti	2082	Cal Ripken+	162
1998	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Gary Gaetti	2201	Vinny Castilla	162
1999	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Gary Gaetti	2282	Robin Ventura	160
2000	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Ken Caminiti	1610	Troy Glaus Joe Randa	156
2001	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Ken Caminiti	1676	Troy Glaus	159
2002	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Robin Ventura	1793	Mike Lowell	159
2003	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Robin Ventura	1876	Aramis Ramirez	159
2004	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Robin Ventura	1887	Hank Blalock	159
2005	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Vinny Castilla	1586	Alex Rodriguez	161
2006	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Vinny Castilla	1656	Pedro Feliz Brandon Inge	159
2007	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Scott Rolen	1501	Ryan Zimmerman	161
2008	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Scott Rolen	1616	David Wright	159
2009	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Scott Rolen	1743	Brandon Inge	161
2010	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Scott Rolen	1873	Chase Headley	158
2011	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Scott Rolen	1936	Casey McGehee Danny Valencia	147
2012	Brooks Robinson+	2870	Ron Santo+	164	Adrian Beltre	2059	Chase Headley	159

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