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1879 MLB Third Base Assists Leaders

Assists at third base

Ed Williamson led the majors with 193 third base assists in 1879, 40 ahead of Hardy Richardson (153). It was one of 6 times Ed Williamson led in third base assists.

Ed Williamson Led all of MLB in 1879 Ed Williamson Chicago White Stockings
193 Third Base Assists 40 clear of Hardy Richardson
Showing Third Base Assists and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 3B A G PO E FPCT
1 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN 193 70 84 41 .871
2 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN 153 78 83 44 .843
3 Bill Hague Bill Hague PRO 122 51 54 38 .822
4 Fred Warner CL2 109 54 78 39 .827
5 Herm Doscher Herm Doscher TRN 101 50 51 38 .800
6 John Morrill John Morrill BSN 96 51 70 23 .878
7 King Kelly King Kelly CN1 88 33 36 25 .832
8 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson TRN 55 24 29 20 .808
9 Will Foley Will Foley CN1 54 29 46 22 .820
10 Red Woodhead SR1 51 34 52 27 .792
11 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN 43 33 36 18 .814
12 Jack Allen CL2 35 22 44 21 .790
13 Mike McGeary Mike McGeary PRO 35 12 20 5 .917
14 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt CN1 34 16 29 11 .851
15 John Ward John Ward PRO 32 16 17 9 .845
16 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock CL2 30 14 32 7 .899
17 Hick Carpenter Hick Carpenter SR1 27 18 35 10 .861
18 Mike Dorgan SR1 20 11 14 7 .829
19 George Bradley George Bradley TRN 17 5 5 6 .786
20 Frank Hankinson Frank Hankinson CHN 17 5 5 6 .786
21 John Stedronsky CHN 11 4 4 4 .789
22 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke PRO 8 3 0 1 .889
23 Mike Burke CN1 7 5 4 9 .550
24 Denny Sullivan PRO 5 4 1 8 .429
25 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling CN1 3 3 0 1 .750
26 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews PRO 2 5 3 4 .556
27 Davy Force Davy Force BFN 1 1 1 0 1.000
28 Orator Shafer Orator Shafer CHN 1 1 0 1 .500
29 Kick Kelly SR1 0 1 1 2 .333
30 Jimmy Macullar Jimmy Macullar SR1 0 1 1 0 1.000
31 Cal McVey Cal McVey CN1 0 1 2 0 1.000