1880 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders
Every third base fielding board for 1880 on one page, top ten in each.
Ed Williamson led qualified third basemen with a .893 fielding percentage in 1880. George Bradley led in assists (165). Hick Carpenter led in putouts (136). Roger Connor led in double plays (10). Roger Connor made the most errors, 60.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 58 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
3B FPCT- 1 Ed Williamson .893
- 2 Art Whitney .860
- 3 Hick Carpenter .853
- 4 Hardy Richardson .848
- 5 Roger Connor .821
Assists
3B A- 1 George Bradley 165
- 2 Art Whitney 162
- 3 Roger Connor 159
- 4 Hardy Richardson 154
- 5 Ed Williamson 143
- 6 Hick Carpenter 126
- 7 Frank Hankinson 89
- 8 Mike McGeary 83
- 9 John Morrill 69
- 9 John Ward 69
Putouts
3B PO- 1 Hick Carpenter 136
- 2 Roger Connor 116
- 3 Hardy Richardson 108
- 4 Art Whitney 83
- 4 Ed Williamson 83
- 6 George Bradley 76
- 7 Frank Hankinson 68
- 8 Ezra Sutton 64
- 9 Mike McGeary 50
- 10 John Morrill 44
Double Plays
3B DP- 1 Roger Connor 10
- 2 Hick Carpenter 9
- 3 George Bradley 8
- 4 Frank Hankinson 7
- 5 Hardy Richardson 6
- 5 Art Whitney 6
- 7 Ed Williamson 5
- 7 Mike McGeary 5
- 7 Ezra Sutton 5
- 10 John Morrill 4
Range Factor
3B RF- 1 Hick Carpenter 3.91
- 2 Ed Williamson 3.59
- 3 Roger Connor 3.31
- 4 Hardy Richardson 3.24
- 5 Art Whitney 3.22
Games
3B G- 1 Roger Connor 83
- 2 Hardy Richardson 81
- 3 Art Whitney 76
- 4 Hick Carpenter 67
- 5 Ed Williamson 63
- 6 George Bradley 57
- 7 Frank Hankinson 56
- 8 Mike McGeary 46
- 9 John Morrill 40
- 10 Ezra Sutton 37
Errors
3B E- 1 Roger Connor 60
- 2 Hardy Richardson 47
- 3 Hick Carpenter 45
- 4 Art Whitney 40
- 4 George Bradley 40
- 6 Frank Hankinson 29
- 7 Ed Williamson 27
- 8 John Morrill 22
- 9 Mike McGeary 17
- 10 Ezra Sutton 15