The batting average may have precluded using him every day (and when they did, everything went south big-time), but Tim Bogar had two of the finest fielding seasons ever enjoyed by an Astros shortstop in 1997 and 1998. The numbers were also not as good at second or third; regardless, Bogar played Roger-Metzger-style defense at short those two years, and actually left the Astros with a higher fielding percentage than Metzger had posted, even if he did trail a certain all-field no-hit shortstop of later Astrodays.

Top Five Astros Shortstops
by Year and Fielding Percentage

Year	Name	Games	F Pct	Double Plays	Total Chances/DP	Range Factor
2003	Adam Everett	128	.991	71	7.831	4.305
2006	Adam Everett	149	.990	103	6.680	4.570
1998	Tim Bogar	55	.989	16	11.000	3.164
1976	Roger Metzger	150	.986	93	7.796	4.767
1997	Tim Bogar	80	.984	53	6.075	3.962

Background: 2001 Topps # 162