1879 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders
Every shortstop fielding board for 1879 on one page, top ten in each.
Davy Force led qualified shortstops with a .929 fielding percentage in 1879. George Wright led in assists (319) and putouts (96). Davy Force also led in double plays (26). John Peters made the most errors, 71.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 53 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
SS FPCT- 1 Davy Force .929
- 2 George Wright .924
- 3 Tom Carey .864
- 4 Ross Barnes .855
- 5 John Peters .837
Assists
SS A- 1 George Wright 319
- 2 John Peters 271
- 3 Davy Force 264
- 4 Tom Carey 263
- 5 Ross Barnes 211
- 6 Ed Caskin 169
- 7 Ezra Sutton 167
- 8 Jimmy Macullar 111
- 9 Candy Nelson 89
- 10 Sadie Houck 86
Putouts
SS PO- 1 George Wright 96
- 2 Ross Barnes 95
- 3 John Peters 94
- 4 Tom Carey 79
- 5 Davy Force 74
- 6 Jimmy Macullar 62
- 7 Ezra Sutton 53
- 8 John Richmond 52
- 9 Sadie Houck 47
- 10 Ed Caskin 42
Double Plays
SS DP- 1 Davy Force 26
- 2 George Wright 17
- 3 Ezra Sutton 15
- 4 John Peters 14
- 4 Ross Barnes 14
- 6 Tom Carey 13
- 7 Ed Caskin 10
- 8 Jimmy Macullar 9
- 8 Sadie Houck 9
- 10 Candy Nelson 8
Range Factor
SS RF- 1 Ross Barnes 5.02
- 2 George Wright 4.88
- 3 John Peters 4.40
- 4 Davy Force 4.33
- 5 Tom Carey 4.28
Games
SS G- 1 George Wright 85
- 2 John Peters 83
- 3 Tom Carey 80
- 4 Davy Force 78
- 5 Ross Barnes 61
- 6 Ezra Sutton 51
- 7 Ed Caskin 42
- 8 Jimmy Macullar 37
- 9 Sadie Houck 33
- 10 John Richmond 28
Errors
SS E- 1 John Peters 71
- 2 Tom Carey 54
- 3 Ross Barnes 52
- 4 George Wright 34
- 5 Ezra Sutton 29
- 6 Sadie Houck 28
- 7 Jimmy Macullar 27
- 8 Davy Force 26
- 9 Candy Nelson 25
- 10 Ed Caskin 23