1876 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1876 on one page, top ten in each.
Ross Barnes led qualified second basemen with a .910 fielding percentage in 1876. Ed Somerville led in assists (251). Jack Burdock led in putouts (211). Charlie Sweasy led in double plays (30). Ed Somerville made the most errors, 69.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 44 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Ross Barnes .910
- 2 Jack Burdock .895
- 3 Mike McGeary .889
- 4 Ed Somerville .870
- 5 Charlie Sweasy .864
- 6 Bill Craver .814
Assists
2B A- 1 Ed Somerville 251
- 2 Ross Barnes 199
- 3 Mike McGeary 180
- 4 Jack Burdock 174
- 5 Charlie Sweasy 158
- 6 John Morrill 117
- 7 Bill Craver 84
- 8 Andy Leonard 81
- 9 Wes Fisler 65
- 10 Bill Fouser 52
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Jack Burdock 211
- 2 Ed Somerville 210
- 3 Ross Barnes 167
- 3 Charlie Sweasy 167
- 5 Mike McGeary 132
- 6 John Morrill 105
- 7 Bill Craver 95
- 8 Andy Leonard 89
- 9 Ezra Sutton 47
- 10 Wes Fisler 45
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Charlie Sweasy 30
- 2 Ross Barnes 22
- 2 Ed Somerville 22
- 4 Jack Burdock 18
- 4 John Morrill 18
- 6 Mike McGeary 16
- 7 Andy Leonard 10
- 8 Bill Craver 7
- 8 Wes Fisler 7
- 8 Ezra Sutton 7
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Ed Somerville 7.20
- 2 Charlie Sweasy 5.91
- 3 Jack Burdock 5.58
- 4 Mike McGeary 5.57
- 5 Ross Barnes 5.55
- 6 Bill Craver 4.26
Games
2B G- 1 Jack Burdock 69
- 2 Ross Barnes 66
- 3 Ed Somerville 64
- 4 Mike McGeary 56
- 5 Charlie Sweasy 55
- 6 Bill Craver 42
- 7 John Morrill 37
- 8 Andy Leonard 30
- 9 Wes Fisler 21
- 10 Ezra Sutton 15
Errors
2B E- 1 Ed Somerville 69
- 2 Charlie Sweasy 51
- 3 Jack Burdock 45
- 4 Bill Craver 41
- 5 Mike McGeary 39
- 6 John Morrill 37
- 7 Ross Barnes 36
- 8 Andy Leonard 29
- 9 Wes Fisler 22
- 10 Bill Fouser 18