1880 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1880 on one page, top ten in each.
Silver Flint led qualified catchers with a .934 fielding percentage in 1880. Emil Gross led in putouts (429) and assists (126). Doc Kennedy led in double plays (9). Emil Gross made the most errors, 86.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 43 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Silver Flint .934
- 2 Charlie Bennett .913
- 3 Bill Holbert .911
- 4 Doc Kennedy .899
- 5 John Clapp .897
- 6 Jack Rowe .897
- 7 Emil Gross .866
Putouts
C PO- 1 Emil Gross 429
- 2 John Clapp 420
- 3 Silver Flint 408
- 4 Doc Kennedy 397
- 5 Charlie Bennett 280
- 6 Bill Holbert 261
- 6 Doc Bushong 261
- 8 Jack Rowe 231
- 9 Sam Trott 170
- 10 Phil Powers 152
Assists
C A- 1 Emil Gross 126
- 2 John Clapp 121
- 3 Silver Flint 117
- 4 Bill Holbert 107
- 5 Doc Bushong 76
- 6 Doc Kennedy 68
- 7 Phil Powers 59
- 8 Jack Rowe 56
- 8 Sam Trott 56
- 10 Charlie Bennett 45
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Doc Kennedy 9
- 2 Bill Holbert 6
- 2 Doc Bushong 6
- 2 Phil Powers 6
- 5 Emil Gross 5
- 5 John Clapp 5
- 7 Silver Flint 4
- 7 Barney Gilligan 4
- 9 Jack Rowe 3
- 9 Charlie Bennett 3
Range Factor
C RF- 1 Silver Flint 7.84
- 2 John Clapp 7.41
- 3 Doc Kennedy 7.15
- 4 Charlie Bennett 7.07
- 5 Emil Gross 6.38
- 6 Bill Holbert 6.35
- 7 Jack Rowe 4.78
Games
C G- 1 Emil Gross 87
- 2 John Clapp 73
- 3 Silver Flint 67
- 4 Doc Kennedy 65
- 5 Jack Rowe 60
- 6 Bill Holbert 58
- 7 Charlie Bennett 46
- 8 Doc Bushong 40
- 9 Phil Powers 37
- 10 Sam Trott 36
Errors
C E- 1 Emil Gross 86
- 2 John Clapp 62
- 3 Doc Kennedy 52
- 4 Silver Flint 37
- 4 Phil Powers 37
- 6 Bill Holbert 36
- 7 Jack Rowe 33
- 8 Charlie Bennett 31
- 9 Doc Bushong 30
- 10 Sam Trott 27