1879 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders
Every first base fielding board for 1879 on one page, top ten in each.
Joe Start led qualified first basemen with a .973 fielding percentage in 1879. Oscar Walker led in putouts (828), assists (30) and double plays (52). Oscar Walker made the most errors, 49.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 57 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 Joe Start .973
- 2 Bill Phillips .954
- 3 Cal McVey .946
- 4 Oscar Walker .946
Putouts
1B PO- 1 Oscar Walker 828
- 2 Joe Start 779
- 3 Cal McVey 736
- 4 Bill Phillips 726
- 5 Cap Anson 620
- 6 Ed Cogswell 539
- 7 Dan Brouthers 406
- 8 John Morrill 313
- 9 Hick Carpenter 300
- 10 Aaron Clapp 270
Assists
1B A- 1 Oscar Walker 30
- 2 Bill Phillips 22
- 3 John Morrill 16
- 4 Joe Start 11
- 5 Ed Cogswell 10
- 5 Hick Carpenter 10
- 7 Cap Anson 8
- 7 Mike Dorgan 8
- 9 Dan Brouthers 6
- 10 Cal McVey 5
Double Plays
1B DP- 1 Oscar Walker 52
- 2 Cal McVey 33
- 3 Cap Anson 26
- 4 Joe Start 24
- 4 Ed Cogswell 24
- 6 Bill Phillips 23
- 6 John Morrill 23
- 8 Hick Carpenter 12
- 9 Dan Brouthers 11
- 10 Aaron Clapp 10
Range Factor
1B RF- 1 Joe Start 12.15
- 2 Oscar Walker 11.92
- 3 Cal McVey 10.29
- 4 Bill Phillips 9.97
Games
1B G- 1 Bill Phillips 75
- 2 Cal McVey 72
- 2 Oscar Walker 72
- 4 Joe Start 65
- 5 Cap Anson 51
- 6 Ed Cogswell 49
- 7 Dan Brouthers 37
- 8 Hick Carpenter 34
- 9 John Morrill 33
- 10 Aaron Clapp 25
Errors
1B E- 1 Oscar Walker 49
- 2 Cal McVey 42
- 3 Bill Phillips 36
- 4 Dan Brouthers 33
- 5 Joe Start 22
- 6 Ed Cogswell 19
- 6 Aaron Clapp 19
- 8 Hick Carpenter 17
- 9 Cap Anson 16
- 10 Jack Remsen 13