1881 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders
Every first base fielding board for 1881 on one page, top ten in each.
Cap Anson led qualified first basemen with a .975 fielding percentage in 1881. Cap Anson also led in putouts (892) and assists (43). Roger Connor led in double plays (51). Roger Connor made the most errors, 46.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 56 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 Cap Anson .975
- 2 John Morrill .969
- 3 Bill Phillips .966
- 4 Joe Start .963
- 5 Harry Stovey .955
- 6 Roger Connor .950
Putouts
1B PO- 1 Cap Anson 892
- 2 Joe Start 837
- 3 Roger Connor 836
- 4 Bill Phillips 806
- 5 John Morrill 743
- 6 Harry Stovey 578
- 7 Martin Powell 537
- 8 Dan Brouthers 329
- 9 Mike Dorgan 308
- 10 Lew Brown 304
Assists
1B A- 1 Cap Anson 43
- 2 Roger Connor 40
- 3 John Morrill 37
- 4 Bill Phillips 24
- 5 Joe Start 17
- 5 Martin Powell 17
- 7 Harry Stovey 16
- 8 Dan Brouthers 11
- 9 Curry Foley 10
- 10 Lew Brown 9
Double Plays
1B DP- 1 Roger Connor 51
- 1 Bill Phillips 51
- 3 Joe Start 50
- 4 Cap Anson 48
- 5 Martin Powell 47
- 6 John Morrill 32
- 7 Harry Stovey 26
- 8 Lew Brown 24
- 9 Dan Brouthers 17
- 10 Mike Dorgan 12
Range Factor
1B RF- 1 Cap Anson 11.13
- 2 Joe Start 10.81
- 3 John Morrill 10.54
- 4 Harry Stovey 10.42
- 5 Roger Connor 10.31
- 6 Bill Phillips 9.76
Games
1B G- 1 Roger Connor 85
- 1 Bill Phillips 85
- 3 Cap Anson 84
- 4 Joe Start 79
- 5 John Morrill 74
- 6 Harry Stovey 57
- 7 Martin Powell 55
- 8 Lew Brown 32
- 9 Dan Brouthers 30
- 10 Mike Dorgan 27
Errors
1B E- 1 Roger Connor 46
- 2 Joe Start 33
- 3 Martin Powell 31
- 4 Bill Phillips 29
- 5 Harry Stovey 28
- 6 John Morrill 25
- 7 Cap Anson 24
- 8 Dan Brouthers 17
- 9 Deacon White 16
- 10 Mike Dorgan 15