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1871 MLB Catcher Errors Leaders

Errors committed at catcher

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Deacon White led the majors with 34 catcher errors in 1871, 8 ahead of Fergy Malone (26).

SS ASS POSS DPSS FPCTSS RFSS GSS E2B A2B PO2B DP2B FPCT2B RF2B G2B E3B A3B PO3B DP3B FPCT3B RF3B G3B EC POC AC DPC FPCTC RFC GC E1B PO1B A1B DP1B FPCT1B RF1B G1B EOF POOF AOF FPCTOF RFOF GOF EP AP POP FPCTP RFP GP E
Deacon White Led all of MLB in 1871 Deacon White Cleveland Forest Citys
34 Catcher Errors 8 clear of Fergy Malone
Showing Catcher Errors and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team C E G PO A FPCT
1 Deacon White Deacon White CL1 34 29 136 20 .821
2 Fergy Malone Fergy Malone PH1 26 27 122 32 .856
3 Charlie Hodes CH1 21 20 64 18 .796
4 Charlie Mills Charlie Mills NY2 20 29 110 19 .866
5 Doug Allison Doug Allison WS3 20 27 68 15 .806
6 Cal McVey Cal McVey BS1 17 29 105 12 .873
7 Scott Hastings Scott Hastings RC1 16 23 77 18 .856
8 Mike McGeary Mike McGeary TRO 12 26 82 22 .897
9 Marshall King CH1 8 9 22 5 .771
10 Cap Anson Cap Anson RC1 8 5 10 0 .556
11 Tom Foley CH1 8 4 13 1 .636
12 Bill Lennon Bill Lennon FW1 6 12 43 4 .887
13 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson NY2 4 5 19 0 .826
14 Wally Goldsmith FW1 4 2 4 0 .500
15 Dave Birdsall Dave Birdsall BS1 2 7 9 6 .882
16 Fred Waterman Fred Waterman WS3 2 6 17 5 .917
17 Elmer White CL1 2 3 5 3 .800
18 Dick Higham Dick Higham NY2 2 1 6 0 .750
19 Paddy Quinn FW1 1 5 21 6 .964
20 Bill Craver Bill Craver TRO 1 3 10 4 .933
21 John Bass John Bass CL1 1 1 4 0 .800
22 Harry Berthrong Harry Berthrong WS3 1 1 0 0 .000
23 Ned Cuthbert Ned Cuthbert PH1 1 1 2 1 .750
24 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton CL1 1 1 0 0 .000
25 Frank Sellman FW1 0 5 9 2 1.000
26 Henry Kohler FW1 0 2 0 0 —
27 Bill Barrett FW1 0 1 8 0 1.000