1881 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1881 on one page, top ten in each.
Charlie Bennett led qualified catchers with a .962 fielding percentage in 1881. Charlie Bennett also led in putouts (418). Doc Bushong led in assists (124) and double plays (10). Doc Bushong made the most errors, 44.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 42 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Charlie Bennett .962
- 2 Silver Flint .938
- 3 Bill Holbert .918
- 4 Doc Bushong .918
- 5 Buck Ewing .915
- 6 Jack Rowe .900
- 7 Pop Snyder .897
- 8 Emil Gross .893
- 9 John Clapp .890
Putouts
C PO- 1 Charlie Bennett 418
- 2 Doc Bushong 368
- 3 Silver Flint 319
- 4 Pop Snyder 261
- 5 Emil Gross 240
- 6 John Clapp 211
- 6 Buck Ewing 211
- 8 Doc Kennedy 207
- 9 Bill Holbert 201
- 10 Jack Rowe 187
Assists
C A- 1 Doc Bushong 124
- 2 Pop Snyder 105
- 3 Silver Flint 92
- 4 Buck Ewing 89
- 5 Charlie Bennett 85
- 6 John Clapp 73
- 7 Emil Gross 70
- 8 Bill Holbert 69
- 9 Barney Gilligan 41
- 10 Jack Rowe 39
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Doc Bushong 10
- 1 Bill Holbert 10
- 3 Buck Ewing 9
- 3 Barney Gilligan 9
- 5 John Clapp 8
- 6 Silver Flint 6
- 6 Charlie Bennett 6
- 8 Emil Gross 5
- 8 Jack Rowe 5
- 10 Doc Kennedy 4
Range Factor
C RF- 1 Charlie Bennett 7.19
- 2 Buck Ewing 6.82
- 3 Doc Bushong 6.47
- 4 Bill Holbert 6.28
- 5 Emil Gross 6.20
- 6 Pop Snyder 6.10
- 7 John Clapp 5.92
- 8 Silver Flint 5.14
- 9 Jack Rowe 4.91
Games
C G- 1 Silver Flint 80
- 2 Doc Bushong 76
- 3 Charlie Bennett 70
- 4 Pop Snyder 60
- 5 Emil Gross 50
- 6 John Clapp 48
- 7 Jack Rowe 46
- 8 Buck Ewing 44
- 9 Bill Holbert 43
- 10 Barney Gilligan 36
Errors
C E- 1 Doc Bushong 44
- 2 Pop Snyder 42
- 3 Emil Gross 37
- 4 John Clapp 35
- 5 Buck Ewing 28
- 6 Silver Flint 27
- 7 Jack Rowe 25
- 8 Bill Holbert 24
- 8 Sleeper Sullivan 24
- 10 Doc Kennedy 21