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1883 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders

Every first base fielding board for 1883 on one page, top ten in each.

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John Morrill led qualified first basemen with a .974 fielding percentage in 1883. Charlie Comiskey led in putouts (1,085). Cap Anson led in assists (41). Martin Powell led in double plays (62). Dan Stearns made the most errors, 57.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 66 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

1B FPCT
  1. 1 John Morrill .974
  2. 2 Bill Phillips .967
  3. 3 Sid Farrar .965
  4. 4 Harry Stovey .965
  5. 5 Cap Anson .964
  6. 6 Charlie Comiskey .963
  7. 7 John Reilly .961
  8. 7 Dan Brouthers .961
  9. 9 Steve Brady .961
  10. 10 Roger Connor .958

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Putouts

1B PO
  1. 1 Charlie Comiskey 1,085
  2. 2 Dan Brouthers 1,040
  3. 3 Sid Farrar 1,038
  4. 4 Cap Anson 1,031
  5. 5 Martin Powell 995
  6. 6 Harry Stovey 984
  7. 6 Dan Stearns 984
  8. 8 John Reilly 959
  9. 9 Roger Connor 958
  10. 10 Bill Phillips 953

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Assists

1B A
  1. 1 Cap Anson 41
  2. 2 Roger Connor 40
  3. 3 Dan Stearns 38
  4. 4 Dan Brouthers 35
  5. 5 Martin Powell 32
  6. 6 Sid Farrar 31
  7. 7 Joe Start 29
  8. 7 Steve Brady 29
  9. 9 Ed Swartwood 23
  10. 10 Bill Phillips 22

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Double Plays

1B DP
  1. 1 Martin Powell 62
  2. 2 Cap Anson 59
  3. 3 Bill Phillips 53
  4. 4 John Reilly 50
  5. 5 Charlie Comiskey 49
  6. 6 Joe Start 48
  7. 7 Sid Farrar 45
  8. 8 Jim Field 44
  9. 9 Dan Brouthers 40
  10. 9 Jumbo Latham 40

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Range Factor

1B RF
  1. 1 Charlie Comiskey 11.51
  2. 2 Dan Stearns 11.11
  3. 3 Dan Brouthers 11.08
  4. 4 Joe Start 10.94
  5. 5 Cap Anson 10.94
  6. 6 Harry Stovey 10.82
  7. 7 Sid Farrar 10.80
  8. 8 Steve Brady 10.53
  9. 9 Jim Field 10.40
  10. 10 Roger Connor 10.18

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Games

1B G
  1. 1 Martin Powell 101
  2. 2 Sid Farrar 99
  3. 3 Cap Anson 98
  4. 3 Roger Connor 98
  5. 3 John Reilly 98
  6. 6 Dan Brouthers 97
  7. 6 Bill Phillips 97
  8. 8 Charlie Comiskey 96
  9. 9 Harry Stovey 93
  10. 10 Dan Stearns 92

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Errors

1B E
  1. 1 Dan Stearns 57
  2. 2 Martin Powell 54
  3. 3 Jim Field 52
  4. 4 Ed Swartwood 45
  5. 5 Roger Connor 44
  6. 5 Dan Brouthers 44
  7. 7 Charlie Comiskey 43
  8. 7 Joe Start 43
  9. 9 Cap Anson 40
  10. 9 John Reilly 40

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