most home runs as a third baseman in 1971

Bill Melton hit the most homers by a third baseman in 1971, with 33 home runs.

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Bill Melton B. Melton	33	1971	CWS	150	543	72	146	18	2	86	61	11	87	3	3	621	267	53	1	5	5	8	.269	.352	.492	.843	95	31	.379	135	23.7
2	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	28	1971	CLE	158	598	78	156	18	1	86	82	3	56	7	4	690	260	47	1	6	6	15	.261	.350	.435	.785	94	22.7	.355	119	14.7
3	Rico Petrocelli R. Petrocelli	28	1971	BOS	158	553	82	139	24	4	89	91	2	108	2	0	661	255	56	6	9	5	20	.251	.354	.461	.815	95	27.2	.367	125	18.1
4	Tony Perez T. Perez	25	1971	CIN	158	609	72	164	22	3	91	51	1	120	4	1	664	267	50	0	3	5	13	.269	.325	.438	.764	85	16.5	.344	120	14.5
5	Sal Bando S. Bando	24	1971	OAK	153	538	75	146	23	1	94	86	8	55	3	7	643	243	48	6	5	11	14	.271	.377	.452	.828	95	29.4	.373	140	28.4
6	Joe Torre J. Torre	24	1971	STL	161	634	97	230	34	8	137	63	4	70	4	1	707	352	66	1	5	20	18	.363	.421	.555	.976	134	61.6	.429	173	56.6
7	Dick Allen D. Allen	23	1971	LAD	155	549	82	162	24	1	90	93	1	113	8	1	649	257	48	1	5	13	23	.295	.395	.468	.863	103	36.1	.386	149	34.9
8	Ken McMullen K. McMullen	21	1971	CAL	160	593	63	148	19	2	68	53	3	74	1	1	657	234	42	4	4	10	18	.250	.312	.395	.707	71	3.6	.318	103	2
9	Ron Santo R. Santo	21	1971	CHC	154	555	77	148	22	1	88	79	0	95	4	0	642	235	44	1	7	8	20	.267	.354	.423	.778	85	19.1	.351	111	8
10	Brooks Robinson B. Robinson	20	1971	BAL	156	589	67	160	21	1	92	63	3	50	0	0	663	243	42	1	7	8	15	.272	.341	.413	.754	83	14.4	.340	113	9.4
11	Richie Hebner R. Hebner	17	1971	PIT	112	388	50	105	17	8	67	32	3	68	2	2	434	189	42	5	6	1	6	.271	.326	.487	.813	61	16.7	.363	131	15
12	Aurelio Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	15	1971	DET	154	604	68	153	30	7	39	27	3	93	4	6	639	242	52	3	2	6	14	.253	.288	.401	.688	65	-1.1	.308	90	-7.2
13	Bob Bailey B. Bailey	14	1971	MON	157	545	65	137	21	4	83	97	0	105	13	7	654	208	39	3	9	8	19	.251	.359	.382	.741	81	13.3	.338	110	7.4
14	Darrell Evans D. Evans	12	1971	ATL	89	260	42	63	11	1	38	39	1	54	2	3	305	112	24	0	5	4	4	.242	.338	.431	.768	39	7.7	.345	110	3.4
15	Doug Rader D. Rader	12	1971	HOU	135	484	51	118	21	4	56	40	3	112	5	1	534	183	37	2	5	2	10	.244	.303	.378	.681	55	-0.3	.309	95	-3
16	Paul Schaal P. Schaal	11	1971	KCR	161	548	80	150	31	6	63	103	2	51	7	5	659	226	48	0	6	5	9	.274	.387	.412	.799	94	26.4	.365	129	21.4
17	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	7	1971	LAD	81	225	27	51	12	1	26	21	0	33	1	2	249	86	20	1	2	2	6	.227	.290	.382	.673	24	-1.2	.304	94	-1.6
18	Don Money D. Money	7	1971	PHI	121	439	40	98	22	8	38	31	3	80	4	1	482	157	37	4	5	10	6	.223	.276	.358	.634	39	-10.8	.279	70	-15.7
19	Ed Spiezio E. Spiezio	7	1971	SDP	97	308	16	71	10	1	36	22	4	50	6	5	340	104	18	1	5	3	8	.231	.286	.338	.624	28	-6.7	.283	79	-7.7
20	Clete Boyer C. Boyer	6	1971	ATL	30	98	10	24	1	0	19	8	0	11	0	0	108	43	7	1	1	2	1	.245	.299	.439	.738	12	1.4	.328	99	-0.2
21	Bob Aspromonte B. Aspromonte	5	1971	NYM	104	342	21	77	9	1	33	29	0	25	0	2	377	103	15	5	1	4	15	.225	.285	.301	.586	27	-11.5	.268	68	-13.4
22	Steve Braun S. Braun	5	1971	MIN	128	343	51	87	12	2	35	48	5	50	8	3	402	118	19	2	4	4	8	.254	.350	.344	.694	44	3	.320	98	-0.9
23	Al Gallagher A. Gallagher	5	1971	SFG	136	429	47	119	18	5	57	40	2	57	2	1	478	162	28	4	3	10	15	.277	.340	.378	.717	53	3.7	.321	101	0.4
24	Dalton Jones D. Jones	5	1971	DET	83	138	15	35	5	0	11	9	1	21	1	3	148	55	10	0	0	1	3	.254	.304	.399	.703	16	0.9	.319	97	-0.5
25	Davey Nelson D. Nelson	5	1971	WSH	85	329	47	92	11	3	33	23	1	29	17	8	358	124	19	4	1	2	9	.280	.328	.377	.705	39	2.7	.320	103	1.1

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