1874 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders
Every first base fielding board for 1874 on one page, top ten in each.
Joe Start led qualified first basemen with a .961 fielding percentage in 1874. Jim O'Rourke led in putouts (755) and double plays (40). Joe Start also led in assists (13). Denny Mack made the most errors, 55.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 44 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 Joe Start .961
- 2 Charlie Gould .951
- 3 Herman Dehlman .944
- 4 Jim O'Rourke .943
- 5 Everett Mills .920
- 6 Denny Mack .900
Putouts
1B PO- 1 Jim O'Rourke 755
- 2 Herman Dehlman 701
- 3 Joe Start 560
- 4 Everett Mills 522
- 5 Denny Mack 488
- 6 Charlie Gould 344
- 7 John Glenn 328
- 8 Wes Fisler 271
- 9 Jim Devlin 248
- 10 Cap Anson 229
Assists
1B A- 1 Joe Start 13
- 2 Jim O'Rourke 12
- 3 Wes Fisler 10
- 4 Herman Dehlman 9
- 4 Everett Mills 9
- 4 John Glenn 9
- 7 Denny Mack 8
- 8 Cap Anson 5
- 9 Charlie Gould 4
- 10 Jim Devlin 3
Double Plays
1B DP- 1 Jim O'Rourke 40
- 2 Denny Mack 31
- 3 Wes Fisler 17
- 4 Joe Start 13
- 5 Everett Mills 12
- 6 Charlie Gould 11
- 7 John Glenn 10
- 8 Cap Anson 9
- 9 Herman Dehlman 8
- 10 Jim Devlin 5
Range Factor
1B RF- 1 Herman Dehlman 13.40
- 2 Jim O'Rourke 10.96
- 3 Charlie Gould 10.88
- 4 Everett Mills 10.02
- 5 Joe Start 9.10
- 6 Denny Mack 8.86
Games
1B G- 1 Jim O'Rourke 70
- 2 Joe Start 63
- 3 Denny Mack 56
- 4 Herman Dehlman 53
- 4 Everett Mills 53
- 6 John Glenn 37
- 7 Charlie Gould 32
- 8 Wes Fisler 28
- 9 Cap Anson 24
- 9 Jim Devlin 24
Errors
1B E- 1 Denny Mack 55
- 2 Jim O'Rourke 46
- 2 Everett Mills 46
- 4 Herman Dehlman 42
- 5 John Glenn 30
- 6 Joe Start 23
- 7 Jim Devlin 19
- 8 Charlie Gould 18
- 9 Cap Anson 16
- 9 Z. H. Taylor 16