1872 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders
Every first base fielding board for 1872 on one page, top ten in each.
Joe Start led qualified first basemen with a .958 fielding percentage in 1872. Charlie Gould led in putouts (513) and double plays (33). Denny Mack led in assists (11). Charlie Gould made the most errors, 37.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 38 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 Joe Start .958
- 2 Michael McAtee .948
- 3 Joe Simmons .938
- 4 Charlie Gould .933
- 5 Everett Mills .931
- 6 Andy Allison .930
- 7 Herman Dehlman .928
- 8 Tim Murnane .905
Putouts
1B PO- 1 Charlie Gould 513
- 2 Joe Start 497
- 3 Everett Mills 464
- 4 Herman Dehlman 457
- 5 Tim Murnane 285
- 6 Denny Mack 280
- 7 Michael McAtee 253
- 8 Andy Allison 224
- 9 Fergy Malone 162
- 10 Joe Simmons 133
Assists
1B A- 1 Denny Mack 11
- 2 Everett Mills 6
- 2 Charlie Gould 6
- 4 Herman Dehlman 4
- 4 Jim Carleton 4
- 6 Fergy Malone 3
- 6 Joe Simmons 3
- 8 Michael McAtee 2
- 8 Andy Allison 2
- 10 Clipper Flynn 1
Double Plays
1B DP- 1 Charlie Gould 33
- 2 Joe Start 26
- 3 Everett Mills 17
- 4 Joe Simmons 11
- 5 Herman Dehlman 9
- 6 Denny Mack 8
- 7 Tim Murnane 7
- 8 Michael McAtee 6
- 8 Andy Allison 6
- 10 Clipper Flynn 5
Range Factor
1B RF- 1 Herman Dehlman 12.46
- 2 Tim Murnane 12.39
- 3 Charlie Gould 11.80
- 4 Andy Allison 10.27
- 5 Michael McAtee 10.20
- 6 Joe Start 9.20
- 7 Joe Simmons 9.07
- 8 Everett Mills 8.55
Games
1B G- 1 Everett Mills 55
- 2 Joe Start 54
- 3 Charlie Gould 44
- 4 Herman Dehlman 37
- 5 Denny Mack 26
- 6 Michael McAtee 25
- 7 Tim Murnane 23
- 8 Andy Allison 22
- 9 Fergy Malone 17
- 10 Joe Simmons 15
Errors
1B E- 1 Charlie Gould 37
- 2 Herman Dehlman 36
- 3 Everett Mills 35
- 4 Tim Murnane 30
- 5 Joe Start 22
- 6 Andy Allison 17
- 7 Denny Mack 16
- 7 Fergy Malone 16
- 9 Michael McAtee 14
- 10 Clipper Flynn 12