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1879 NL Shortstop Assists Leaders

Assists at shortstop

George Wright led the NL with 319 shortstop assists in 1879, 48 ahead of John Peters (271). It was one of 4 times George Wright led in shortstop assists.

George Wright Led the NL in 1879 George Wright Providence Grays
319 Shortstop Assists 48 clear of John Peters
Showing Shortstop Assists and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SS A G PO E FPCT
1 George Wright George Wright PRO 319 85 96 34 .924
2 John Peters John Peters CHN 271 83 94 71 .837
3 Davy Force Davy Force BFN 264 78 74 26 .929
4 Tom Carey Tom Carey CL2 263 80 79 54 .864
5 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes CN1 211 61 95 52 .855
6 Ed Caskin Ed Caskin TRN 169 42 42 23 .902
7 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN 167 51 53 29 .884
8 Jimmy Macullar Jimmy Macullar SR1 111 37 62 27 .865
9 Candy Nelson Candy Nelson TRN 89 24 37 25 .834
10 Sadie Houck BSN 86 33 47 28 .826
11 John Richmond John Richmond SR1 68 28 52 18 .870
12 Mike Burke CN1 53 19 28 22 .786
13 John Shoup TRN 31 10 10 9 .820
14 Mike Dorgan SR1 15 6 7 8 .733
15 George Creamer George Creamer SR1 10 3 4 3 .824
16 Barney Gilligan Barney Gilligan CL2 7 2 3 1 .909
17 George Bradley George Bradley TRN 2 1 2 0 1.000
18 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN 2 1 1 1 .750
19 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt CN1 1 1 5 0 1.000