Third Base Chance Records

Baseball Almanac invites you to examine chance records for third baseman. Research is complete through completion of the previous season and includes all of the possible chance record variations.
"I will become a lefthanded hitter to keep the ball away from that guy (Brooks Robinson)." - Johnny Bench
Chance Records

Third Base
Fewest
In A Season (150+ Games)		 AL Dean Palmer 326 1996
NL Chipper Jones 318 1997
Fewest
In A Season
By The League Leader		 AL Robin Ventura 372 1996
NL Art Whitney 332 1934
Most
In A Career		 AL Brooks Robinson 8,902
NL Mike Schmidt 6,636
Most
In A Doubleheader		 AL Billy Purtell 16 07-14-1909
NL Eddie Zimmerman 18 07-04-1911
Most
In A Game		 AL Wid Conroy 13 09-25-1911
NL Tony Cuccinello
Jerry Denny
Art Devlin
Roy Hughes
Bill Joyce
Bill Kuehne
Bill Shindle		 13 07-12-1934
05-19-1890
05-23-1908
08-29-1944
05-26-1894
05-24-1889
09-28-1893
Most
In A Game
Extra Innings		 AL

Jimmy Collins

Ben Dyer

 14

06-21-1902
(15 Innings)

07-16-1919
(14 Innings)
NL Jerry Denny 16 08-17-1882
(18 Innings)
Most
In A Season		 AL Harlond Clift 603 1937
NL Jimmy Collins 601 1899
Most Seasons
Leading The League		 AL Frank Baker
Brooks Robinson		 8
NL Ron Santo 9


In 1904, Tommy Leach of Pittsburgh had five-hundred eighty-three chances at third for the modern single season record!

Joe Farrell played in two consecutive games at third with Detroit on June 30, and July 1, 1884, and had a major league record twenty-three chances for two consecutive games!

On August 23, 1920, Billy Gardner of Cleveland played in twenty-one innings of a doubleheader and set the record for longest doubleheader without a chance at third!
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