1871 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders
Every shortstop fielding board for 1871 on one page, top ten in each.
Davy Force led qualified shortstops with a .844 fielding percentage in 1871. Davy Force also led in assists (159) and putouts (46). Dickey Pearce led in double plays (8). Ed Duffy made the most errors, 44.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 22 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
SS FPCT- 1 Davy Force .844
- 2 John Radcliff .804
- 3 Dickey Pearce .793
- 4 John Bass .779
- 5 Dickie Flowers .769
- 6 Wally Goldsmith .767
- 7 Ed Duffy .750
Assists
SS A- 1 Davy Force 159
- 2 John Radcliff 116
- 3 Dickey Pearce 115
- 4 Ed Duffy 90
- 5 Dickie Flowers 72
- 6 Charles Fulmer 65
- 7 Ross Barnes 64
- 8 John Bass 61
- 8 George Wright 61
- 10 Wally Goldsmith 29
Putouts
SS PO- 1 Davy Force 46
- 2 Ross Barnes 44
- 3 Ed Duffy 42
- 4 John Bass 41
- 5 John Radcliff 40
- 6 George Wright 32
- 7 Charles Fulmer 29
- 8 Dickie Flowers 28
- 9 Dickey Pearce 27
- 9 Wally Goldsmith 27
Double Plays
SS DP- 1 Dickey Pearce 8
- 1 Dickie Flowers 8
- 1 George Wright 8
- 4 Davy Force 7
- 5 John Radcliff 5
- 5 Ed Duffy 5
- 7 Charles Fulmer 4
- 8 John Bass 3
- 8 Ross Barnes 3
- 8 Bill Craver 3
Range Factor
SS RF- 1 Davy Force 6.61
- 2 John Radcliff 5.57
- 3 Ed Duffy 5.08
- 4 Dickie Flowers 5.00
- 5 John Bass 4.64
- 6 Dickey Pearce 4.30
- 7 Wally Goldsmith 4.00
Games
SS G- 1 Dickey Pearce 33
- 2 Davy Force 31
- 3 John Radcliff 28
- 4 Ed Duffy 26
- 5 John Bass 22
- 6 Dickie Flowers 20
- 7 Charles Fulmer 16
- 8 Ross Barnes 15
- 8 George Wright 15
- 10 Wally Goldsmith 14
Errors
SS E- 1 Ed Duffy 44
- 2 Davy Force 38
- 2 John Radcliff 38
- 4 Dickey Pearce 37
- 5 Dickie Flowers 30
- 6 John Bass 29
- 7 Charles Fulmer 28
- 8 Ross Barnes 21
- 8 George Wright 21
- 8 Jimmy Hallinan 21