1871 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders
Every first base fielding board for 1871 on one page, top ten in each.
Wes Fisler led qualified first basemen with a .972 fielding percentage in 1871. Everett Mills led in putouts (343). Clipper Flynn led in assists (8). Charlie Gould led in double plays (21). Charlie Gould made the most errors, 36.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 19 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 Wes Fisler .972
- 2 Everett Mills .967
- 3 Michael McAtee .943
- 4 Denny Mack .936
- 5 Joe Start .921
- 6 Charlie Gould .906
- 7 Jim Carleton .898
- 8 Jim Foran .878
Putouts
1B PO- 1 Everett Mills 343
- 1 Charlie Gould 343
- 3 Joe Start 334
- 4 Jim Carleton 295
- 5 Michael McAtee 276
- 6 Denny Mack 271
- 7 Wes Fisler 240
- 8 Clipper Flynn 183
- 9 Jim Foran 111
- 10 Lip Pike 44
Assists
1B A- 1 Clipper Flynn 8
- 2 Denny Mack 6
- 3 Everett Mills 5
- 3 Michael McAtee 5
- 5 Jim Carleton 4
- 5 Jim Foran 4
- 7 Charlie Gould 3
- 8 Joe Start 2
- 9 Wes Fisler 1
- 9 Ned Connor 1
Double Plays
1B DP- 1 Charlie Gould 21
- 2 Everett Mills 16
- 3 Michael McAtee 14
- 4 Clipper Flynn 12
- 5 Joe Start 11
- 5 Denny Mack 11
- 7 Jim Carleton 10
- 8 Wes Fisler 9
- 9 Lip Pike 3
- 10 Jim Foran 2
Range Factor
1B RF- 1 Denny Mack 11.54
- 2 Charlie Gould 11.53
- 3 Everett Mills 10.88
- 4 Michael McAtee 10.81
- 5 Jim Carleton 10.31
- 6 Joe Start 10.18
- 7 Wes Fisler 9.27
- 8 Jim Foran 7.19
Games
1B G- 1 Joe Start 33
- 2 Everett Mills 32
- 3 Charlie Gould 30
- 4 Jim Carleton 29
- 5 Wes Fisler 26
- 5 Michael McAtee 26
- 7 Denny Mack 24
- 8 Clipper Flynn 19
- 9 Jim Foran 16
- 10 Ned Connor 4
Errors
1B E- 1 Charlie Gould 36
- 2 Jim Carleton 34
- 3 Joe Start 29
- 4 Denny Mack 19
- 5 Michael McAtee 17
- 6 Jim Foran 16
- 7 Everett Mills 12
- 8 Clipper Flynn 9
- 9 Wes Fisler 7
- 10 Ned Connor 5