1878 MLB Outfield Assists Leaders

John Cassidy led all of MLB in outfield assists in 1878 with 30, 2 ahead of Orator Shafer (28). It stands 80th among all single seasons in MLB history.

Led all of MLB in 1878 John Cassidy Chicago White Stockings

30 Outfield Assists 2 clear of Orator Shafer

Showing Outfield Assists and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	OF A	G	PO	E	FPCT
1	John Cassidy	CHN	30	60	89	28	.810
2	Orator Shafer	IN1	28	63	105	25	.842
3	Dick Higham	PRO	27	62	76	24	.811
4	King Kelly	CN1	24	47	51	23	.765
5	Bill Holbert	ML2	19	30	35	12	.818
6	RM Russ McKelvy	IN1	18	62	119	25	.846
7	Paul Hines	PRO	15	61	109	22	.849
8	Jim O'Rourke	BSN	15	57	102	19	.860
9	Tom York	PRO	14	62	89	15	.873
10	Jack Remsen	CHN	14	56	103	7	.944
11	Abner Dalrymple	ML2	11	61	128	28	.832
12	Charley Jones	CN1	9	61	120	15	.896
13	Jack Manning	BSN	9	59	61	23	.753
14	Mike Golden	ML2	9	39	50	12	.831
15	Andy Leonard	BSN	8	60	65	21	.777
16	Cap Anson	CHN	6	48	60	14	.825
17	John Clapp	IN1	5	44	60	8	.890
18	Lip Pike	CN1	4	31	38	9	.824
19	George Creamer	ML2	4	17	21	5	.833
20	Deacon White	CN1	4	16	15	6	.760
21	CB Charlie Bennett	ML2	2	20	21	9	.719
22	JH Jimmy Hallinan	CHN	2	14	17	6	.760
23	SW Sam Weaver	ML2	2	9	6	2	.800
24	BM Bobby Mitchell	CN1	2	1	1	1	.750
25	Buttercup Dickerson	CN1	1	29	56	8	.877
26	PM Pidgey Morgan	ML2	1	13	9	3	.769
27	AC Art Croft	IN1	1	9	18	4	.826
28	BH Bill Harbridge	CHN	1	8	7	1	.889
29	BR Billy Redmond	ML2	1	7	10	3	.786
30	TH Tom Healey	IN1	1	3	0	3	.250
31	Jim McCormick	IN1	1	3	3	1	.800
32	Terry Larkin	CHN	1	1	0	0	1.000
33	Silver Flint	IN1	0	9	11	5	.688
34	Tommy Bond	BSN	0	2	0	0	—
35	Harry Schafer	BSN	0	2	2	0	1.000
36	Pop Snyder	BSN	0	2	0	0	—
37	Bill Sullivan	CHN	0	2	1	0	1.000
38	FW Fred Warner	IN1	0	2	3	1	.750
39	Lew Brown	PRO	0	1	0	0	—
40	Jake Knodell	ML2	0	1	0	0	—
41	Bill McClellan	CHN	0	1	0	0	—
42	John Morrill	BSN	0	1	1	0	1.000
43	Tim Murnane	PRO	0	1	2	2	.500
44	The Only Nolan	IN1	0	1	0	0	—
45	LR Laurie Reis	CHN	0	1	1	0	1.000