1872 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1872 on one page, top ten in each.
Fergy Malone led qualified catchers with a .884 fielding percentage in 1872. Nat Hicks led in putouts (295). Tom Barlow led in assists (48). Deacon White led in double plays (5). Nat Hicks made the most errors, 47.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 24 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Fergy Malone .884
- 2 Doug Allison .883
- 3 Deacon White .882
- 4 Nat Hicks .875
- 5 Cal McVey .869
- 6 John Clapp .845
- 7 Bill Lennon .765
- 8 Tom Barlow .758
Putouts
C PO- 1 Nat Hicks 295
- 2 Doug Allison 182
- 3 Bill Craver 166
- 4 Cal McVey 149
- 5 Dick Higham 131
- 6 Scott Hastings 118
- 7 Mike McGeary 109
- 8 Fergy Malone 101
- 9 Tom Barlow 90
- 10 John Clapp 66
Assists
C A- 1 Tom Barlow 48
- 2 Nat Hicks 34
- 3 Doug Allison 30
- 3 Cal McVey 30
- 5 Fergy Malone 28
- 6 Bill Craver 25
- 7 Dick Higham 24
- 8 John Clapp 21
- 9 Scott Hastings 17
- 10 Mike McGeary 15
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Deacon White 5
- 2 Bill Craver 4
- 3 Nat Hicks 3
- 3 Scott Hastings 3
- 3 Fergy Malone 3
- 3 Mike McGeary 3
- 7 Doug Allison 2
- 7 Cal McVey 2
- 9 Tom Barlow 1
- 9 John Clapp 1
Range Factor
C RF- 1 Nat Hicks 6.09
- 2 Fergy Malone 5.38
- 3 Deacon White 5.36
- 4 Doug Allison 5.30
- 5 Cal McVey 4.59
- 6 John Clapp 4.58
- 7 Tom Barlow 3.83
- 8 Bill Lennon 3.55
Games
C G- 1 Nat Hicks 54
- 2 Doug Allison 40
- 3 Cal McVey 39
- 4 Tom Barlow 36
- 5 Bill Craver 27
- 6 Scott Hastings 25
- 6 Dick Higham 25
- 8 Fergy Malone 24
- 9 Mike McGeary 23
- 10 John Clapp 19
Errors
C E- 1 Nat Hicks 47
- 2 Tom Barlow 44
- 3 Doug Allison 28
- 3 Dick Higham 28
- 5 Cal McVey 27
- 5 Bill Craver 27
- 7 Scott Hastings 23
- 8 Mike McGeary 19
- 9 Fergy Malone 17
- 10 John Clapp 16