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1879 NL First Base Games Leaders

Games played at first base

Bill Phillips led the NL with 75 first base games in 1879, 3 ahead of Cal McVey (72).

Bill Phillips Led the NL in 1879 Bill Phillips Cleveland Blues
75 First Base Games 3 clear of Cal McVey
Showing First Base Games and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 1B G PO A E FPCT
1 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips CL2 75 726 22 36 .954
2 Cal McVey Cal McVey CN1 72 736 5 42 .946
3 Oscar Walker BFN 72 828 30 49 .946
4 Joe Start Joe Start PRO 65 779 11 22 .973
5 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN 51 620 8 16 .975
6 Ed Cogswell Ed Cogswell BSN 49 539 10 19 .967
7 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers TRN 37 406 6 33 .926
8 Hick Carpenter Hick Carpenter SR1 34 300 10 17 .948
9 John Morrill John Morrill BSN 33 313 16 11 .968
10 Aaron Clapp TRN 25 270 4 19 .935
11 Mike Dorgan SR1 21 200 8 10 .954
12 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke PRO 20 219 1 11 .952
13 John McGuinness SR1 12 113 3 9 .928
14 Charlie Reilley TRN 11 123 2 6 .954
15 Jack Remsen Jack Remsen CHN 11 135 5 13 .915
16 George Gore George Gore CHN 9 108 2 5 .957
17 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt CN1 8 82 5 5 .946
18 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley BFN 7 76 4 6 .930
19 Lew Brown Lew Brown PRO 6 72 2 2 .974
20 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN 6 77 1 3 .963
21 Doc Kennedy CL2 4 41 2 2 .956
22 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CL2 4 38 0 1 .974
23 George Bradley George Bradley TRN 3 31 2 3 .917
24 Charlie Eden CL2 3 12 1 3 .813
25 George Adams SR1 2 15 0 4 .789
26 John Cassidy John Cassidy TRN 2 17 1 3 .857
27 Curry Foley Curry Foley BSN 2 16 1 1 .944
28 Kick Kelly SR1 2 13 0 1 .929
29 Deacon White Deacon White CN1 2 18 3 1 .955
30 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN 1 1 0 0 1.000
31 Frank Decker SR1 1 9 0 2 .818
32 Fred Goldsmith TRN 1 4 0 0 1.000
33 Joe Hornung BFN 1 6 0 0 1.000
34 John Kelly CL2 1 7 0 0 1.000
35 Steve Libby BFN 1 8 0 0 1.000
36 Fred Warner CL2 1 13 0 0 1.000
37 Bill White Bill White PRO 1 12 0 0 1.000