1872 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders
Every shortstop fielding board for 1872 on one page, top ten in each.
Dickey Pearce led qualified shortstops with a .844 fielding percentage in 1872. George Wright led in assists (193), putouts (87) and double plays (25). John Radcliff made the most errors, 66.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 38 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
SS FPCT- 1 Dickey Pearce .844
- 2 George Wright .836
- 3 Jim Holdsworth .774
- 4 John Radcliff .771
- 5 Jim Snyder .755
- 6 Jack Burdock .743
Assists
SS A- 1 George Wright 193
- 2 John Radcliff 156
- 3 Dickey Pearce 144
- 4 Jack Burdock 112
- 5 Jim Snyder 95
- 6 Mike McGeary 94
- 7 Jim Holdsworth 72
- 8 Jim O'Rourke 57
- 9 Denny Mack 56
- 10 Charles Fulmer 53
Putouts
SS PO- 1 George Wright 87
- 2 John Radcliff 66
- 3 Jim Holdsworth 65
- 4 Jack Burdock 50
- 5 Dickey Pearce 34
- 6 Jim Snyder 25
- 7 Mike McGeary 24
- 7 Charles Fulmer 24
- 9 Denny Mack 22
- 10 Jim O'Rourke 18
Double Plays
SS DP- 1 George Wright 25
- 2 Dickey Pearce 12
- 3 Jim Holdsworth 10
- 4 John Radcliff 9
- 5 Charles Fulmer 5
- 6 Jim Snyder 4
- 7 Jack Burdock 2
- 7 Ham Allen 2
- 7 Davy Force 2
- 7 John Clapp 2
Range Factor
SS RF- 1 George Wright 5.83
- 2 Jim Holdsworth 5.48
- 3 Jim Snyder 5.00
- 4 Jack Burdock 4.50
- 5 John Radcliff 4.44
- 6 Dickey Pearce 4.24
Games
SS G- 1 John Radcliff 50
- 2 George Wright 48
- 3 Dickey Pearce 42
- 4 Jack Burdock 36
- 5 Jim Holdsworth 25
- 6 Jim Snyder 24
- 7 Mike McGeary 23
- 8 Denny Mack 21
- 9 Jim O'Rourke 15
- 10 Charles Fulmer 14
Errors
SS E- 1 John Radcliff 66
- 2 Jack Burdock 56
- 3 George Wright 55
- 4 Jim Holdsworth 40
- 5 Jim Snyder 39
- 6 Dickey Pearce 33
- 7 Mike McGeary 30
- 8 Jim O'Rourke 27
- 9 Denny Mack 25
- 10 Jacob Doyle 18