Major League Fielding Leaders

Putouts
1. Start • CHC 719
2. Goodman • MLG 693
3. Sullivan • CIN 680
4. Morrill • BSN 608
5. Croft • IND 552
Assists
1. Ferguson • CHC 238
2. Burdock • BSN 212
3. Carey • PRO 207
4. Gerhardt • CIN 206
5. Peters • MLG 205
Errors Committed
1. Quest • IND 60
2. Sweasy • PRO 59
3. Brown • PRO 54
4. Peters • MLG 53
5. Bennett • MLG 51
Def. Games as C
1. Flint • IND 59
2. Snyder • BSN 58
3. Harbridge • CHC 53
4. White • CIN 48
5. Brown • PRO 45
Putouts as C
1. Snyder • BSN 344
2. Flint • IND 285
3. White • CIN 262
4. Harbridge • CHC 257
5. Brown • PRO 232
Assists as C
1. Flint • IND 102
2. Snyder • BSN 92
3. Brown • PRO 84
4. Harbridge • CHC 66
White • CIN 66
Errors Committed as C
1. Harbridge • CHC 45
2. Brown • PRO 43
3. Snyder • BSN 42
Bennett • MLG 42
5. Flint • IND 39
Double Plays Turned as C
1. Brown • PRO 11
2. Flint • IND 7
3. Bennett • MLG 4
White • CIN 4
5. Anson • CHC 3
Kelly • CIN 3
Passed Balls
1. Harbridge • CHC 56
2. Flint • IND 55
Brown • PRO 55
4. White • CIN 40
Snyder • BSN 40
Def. Games as 1B
1. Start • CHC 61
Sullivan • CIN 61
3. Goodman • MLG 60
4. Morrill • BSN 59
5. Croft • IND 51
Putouts as 1B
1. Start • CHC 719
2. Goodman • MLG 693
3. Sullivan • CIN 680
4. Morrill • BSN 606
5. Murnane • PRO 543
Assists as 1B
1. Sullivan • CIN 23
2. Morrill • BSN 22
Murnane • PRO 22
4. Start • CHC 13
5. Goodman • MLG 12
Errors Committed as 1B
1. Goodman • MLG 42
2. Murnane • PRO 36
3. Start • CHC 33
4. Morrill • BSN 28
5. Croft • IND 21
Double Plays Turned as 1B
1. Morrill • BSN 36
2. Sullivan • CIN 33
3. Start • CHC 28
4. Murnane • PRO 25
5. Croft • IND 19
Def. Games as 2B
1. Quest • IND 62
2. Burdock • BSN 60
Gerhardt • CIN 60
4. Sweasy • PRO 55
5. McClellan • CHC 42
Putouts as 2B
1. Burdock • BSN 245
2. Quest • IND 228
3. Gerhardt • CIN 159
4. Sweasy • PRO 141
5. Peters • MLG 97
Assists as 2B
1. Burdock • BSN 212
2. Gerhardt • CIN 206
3. Quest • IND 196
4. Sweasy • PRO 183
5. McClellan • CHC 139
Errors Committed as 2B
1. Quest • IND 60
2. Sweasy • PRO 59
3. Burdock • BSN 41
4. Peters • MLG 40
5. Gerhardt • CIN 38
Double Plays Turned as 2B
1. Burdock • BSN 34
2. Quest • IND 27
3. Gerhardt • CIN 26
4. Sweasy • PRO 20
5. McClellan • CHC 15
Def. Games as 3B
1. Williamson • IND 63
2. Hague • PRO 62
3. McVey • CIN 61
4. Sutton • BSN 59
5. Hankinson • CHC 57
Putouts as 3B
1. Hankinson • CHC 94
2. Williamson • IND 88
3. Hague • PRO 81
4. Sutton • BSN 80
5. McVey • CIN 78
Assists as 3B
1. Hague • PRO 177
2. Hankinson • CHC 138
3. Williamson • IND 128
4. Sutton • BSN 118
5. McVey • CIN 106
Errors Committed as 3B
1. McVey • CIN 42
2. Foley • MLG 36
3. Hankinson • CHC 33
Williamson • IND 33
5. Sutton • BSN 25
Double Plays Turned as 3B
1. Hankinson • CHC 9
2. Foley • MLG 8
Sutton • BSN 8
4. McVey • CIN 6
Williamson • IND 6
Def. Games as SS
1. Carey • PRO 61
2. Geer • CIN 60
3. Wright • BSN 59
4. Ferguson • CHC 57
5. Warner • IND 41
Putouts as SS
1. Wright • BSN 72
2. Ferguson • CHC 71
3. Geer • CIN 58
4. Carey • PRO 56
5. Warner • IND 41
Assists as SS
1. Ferguson • CHC 226
2. Carey • PRO 207
3. Wright • BSN 197
4. Geer • CIN 177
5. Warner • IND 124
Errors Committed as SS
1. Ferguson • CHC 40
2. Carey • PRO 38
3. Geer • CIN 36
4. Redmond • MLG 35
5. Warner • IND 17
Double Plays Turned as SS
1. Wright • BSN 24
2. Ferguson • CHC 17
3. Geer • CIN 15
4. Warner • IND 9
5. Carey • PRO 8
Def. Games as OF
1. Shafer • IND 63
2. York • PRO 62
Higham • PRO 62
McKelvy • IND 62
5. Jones • CIN 61
Hines • PRO 61
Dalrymple • MLG 61
Putouts as OF
1. Dalrymple • MLG 128
2. Jones • CIN 120
3. McKelvy • IND 119
4. Hines • PRO 109
5. Shafer • IND 105
Assists as OF
1. Cassidy • CHC 30
2. Shafer • IND 28
3. Higham • PRO 27
4. Kelly • CIN 24
5. Holbert • MLG 19
Errors Committed as OF
1. Cassidy • CHC 28
Dalrymple • MLG 28
3. Shafer • IND 25
McKelvy • IND 25
5. Higham • PRO 24
Double Plays Turned as OF
1. Cassidy • CHC 6
2. Remsen • CHC 5
3. Higham • PRO 4
Hines • PRO 4
O'Rourke • BSN 4
Def. Games as P
1. Bond • BSN 59
2. Larkin • CHC 56
3. White • CIN 52
4. Weaver • MLG 45
5. Nolan • IND 38
Putouts as P
1. Weaver • MLG 31
2. Bond • BSN 27
3. Ward • PRO 23
4. Larkin • CHC 19
Nolan • IND 19
Assists as P
1. Bond • BSN 117
2. White • CIN 90
Larkin • CHC 90
4. Nolan • IND 80
5. Weaver • MLG 78
Errors Committed as P
1. Larkin • CHC 18
2. Weaver • MLG 16
3. Ward • PRO 15
White • CIN 15
5. Nolan • IND 11
Double Plays Turned as P
1. Nolan • IND 5
2. Bond • BSN 4
Ward • PRO 4
4. McCormick • IND 2
Nichols • PRO 2
White • CIN 2
Range Factor/9Inn as C
1. White • CIN 7.51
2. Snyder • BSN 7.49
3. Brown • PRO 7.16
4. Harbridge • CHC 6.79
5. Flint • IND 6.71
Range Factor/Game as C
1. Snyder • BSN 7.52
2. Brown • PRO 7.02
3. White • CIN 6.83
4. Flint • IND 6.56
5. Harbridge • CHC 6.09
Fielding % as C
1. Snyder • BSN .912
2. White • CIN .909
3. Flint • IND .908
4. Brown • PRO .880
5. Harbridge • CHC .878
Range Factor/9Inn as 1B
1. Murnane • PRO 12.28
2. Start • CHC 11.96
3. Goodman • MLG 11.88
4. Sullivan • CIN 11.57
5. Croft • IND 10.60
Range Factor/Game as 1B
1. Start • CHC 12.00
2. Murnane • PRO 11.77
3. Goodman • MLG 11.75
4. Sullivan • CIN 11.52
5. Morrill • BSN 10.64
Fielding % as 1B
1. Sullivan • CIN .975
2. Croft • IND .963
3. Morrill • BSN .957
4. Start • CHC .957
5. Goodman • MLG .944
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B
1. Burdock • BSN 7.57
2. Quest • IND 6.78
3. Peters • MLG 6.68
4. Gerhardt • CIN 6.16
5. Sweasy • PRO 5.88
Range Factor/Game as 2B
1. Burdock • BSN 7.62
2. Peters • MLG 6.85
3. Quest • IND 6.84
4. Gerhardt • CIN 6.08
5. Sweasy • PRO 5.89
Fielding % as 2B
1. Burdock • BSN .918
2. Gerhardt • CIN .906
3. Quest • IND .876
4. McClellan • CHC .866
5. Sweasy • PRO .846
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B
1. Hague • PRO 4.18
2. Hankinson • CHC 3.99
3. Williamson • IND 3.38
4. Sutton • BSN 3.36
5. Foley • MLG 3.22
Range Factor/Game as 3B
1. Hague • PRO 4.16
2. Hankinson • CHC 4.07
3. Williamson • IND 3.43
4. Sutton • BSN 3.36
5. McVey • CIN 3.02
Fielding % as 3B
1. Hague • PRO .925
2. Sutton • BSN .888
3. Hankinson • CHC .875
4. Williamson • IND .867
5. McVey • CIN .814
Range Factor/9Inn as SS
1. Ferguson • CHC 5.24
2. Wright • BSN 4.53
3. Carey • PRO 4.37
4. Geer • CIN 3.98
5. Warner • IND 3.95
Range Factor/Game as SS
1. Ferguson • CHC 5.21
2. Wright • BSN 4.56
3. Carey • PRO 4.31
4. Warner • IND 4.02
5. Geer • CIN 3.92
Fielding % as SS
1. Wright • BSN .947
2. Warner • IND .907
3. Ferguson • CHC .881
4. Carey • PRO .874
5. Geer • CIN .867
Range Factor/9Inn as OF
1. Dalrymple • MLG 2.29
2. McKelvy • IND 2.25
3. Shafer • IND 2.13
4. Remsen • CHC 2.07
5. Hines • PRO 2.06
Range Factor/Game as OF
1. Dalrymple • MLG 2.28
2. McKelvy • IND 2.21
3. Jones • CIN 2.11
4. Shafer • IND 2.11
5. Remsen • CHC 2.09
Fielding % as OF
1. Remsen • CHC .944
2. Jones • CIN .896
3. Clapp • IND .890
4. York • PRO .873
5. O'Rourke • BSN .860
Range Factor/9Inn as P
1. Nichols • PRO 3.03
2. McCormick • IND 2.92
3. Ward • PRO 2.61
4. Nolan • IND 2.57
5. Weaver • MLG 2.56
Range Factor/Game as P
1. Nichols • PRO 3.00
2. McCormick • IND 2.71
3. Ward • PRO 2.62
4. Nolan • IND 2.61
5. Bond • BSN 2.44
Fielding % as P
1. Nichols • PRO .971
2. McCormick • IND .950
3. Mitchell • CIN .944
4. Bond • BSN .941
5. Nolan • IND .900

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 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 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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