1873 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1873 on one page, top ten in each.
Tommy Beals led qualified second basemen with a .870 fielding percentage in 1873. Ross Barnes led in assists (168). Jack Burdock led in putouts (170). Jimmy Wood led in double plays (26). Jack Burdock made the most errors, 75.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 26 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Tommy Beals .870
- 2 Ross Barnes .857
- 3 Jimmy Wood .856
- 4 Wes Fisler .855
- 5 Tom Carey .847
- 6 Jack Burdock .818
Assists
2B A- 1 Ross Barnes 168
- 2 Jack Burdock 166
- 3 Tom Carey 136
- 4 Jimmy Wood 115
- 5 Wes Fisler 113
- 6 Tommy Beals 81
- 7 Candy Nelson 53
- 8 Ben Laughlin 38
- 9 John Donnelly 36
- 10 Andy Leonard 31
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Jack Burdock 170
- 2 Ross Barnes 167
- 3 Jimmy Wood 141
- 4 Tom Carey 135
- 5 Wes Fisler 99
- 5 Tommy Beals 99
- 7 Candy Nelson 58
- 8 John Donnelly 36
- 8 Ben Laughlin 36
- 10 Dick Higham 35
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Jimmy Wood 26
- 2 Ross Barnes 25
- 3 Jack Burdock 24
- 4 Tom Carey 21
- 5 Wes Fisler 19
- 6 Tommy Beals 14
- 7 Dick Higham 8
- 8 Ben Laughlin 7
- 9 Andy Leonard 6
- 10 Candy Nelson 4
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Ross Barnes 7.13
- 2 Tommy Beals 6.92
- 3 Jack Burdock 6.11
- 4 Jimmy Wood 6.10
- 5 Wes Fisler 5.89
- 6 Tom Carey 5.02
Games
2B G- 1 Jack Burdock 55
- 2 Tom Carey 54
- 3 Ross Barnes 47
- 4 Jimmy Wood 42
- 5 Wes Fisler 36
- 6 Candy Nelson 27
- 7 Tommy Beals 26
- 8 Dick Higham 18
- 9 John Donnelly 12
- 9 John Hatfield 12
Errors
2B E- 1 Jack Burdock 75
- 2 Ross Barnes 56
- 3 Tom Carey 49
- 4 Jimmy Wood 43
- 5 Wes Fisler 36
- 6 Ben Laughlin 32
- 7 Tommy Beals 27
- 8 Dick Higham 22
- 9 Candy Nelson 17
- 10 Andy Leonard 14