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1885 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders

Every catcher fielding board for 1885 on one page, top ten in each.

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Bill Traffley led qualified catchers with a .943 fielding percentage in 1885. Doc Bushong led in putouts (429) and assists (122). Barney Gilligan led in double plays (13). Barney Gilligan made the most errors, 57.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 55 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

C FPCT
  1. 1 Bill Traffley .943
  2. 2 John Milligan .935
  3. 3 Doc Bushong .932
  4. 4 Silver Flint .927
  5. 5 Fred Carroll .926
  6. 6 Charlie Bennett .920
  7. 7 Buck Ewing .918
  8. 8 George Myers .899
  9. 9 Fatty Briody .893
  10. 10 Charlie Reipschlager .879

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Putouts

C PO
  1. 1 Doc Bushong 429
  2. 2 John Milligan 419
  3. 3 Bill Traffley 357
  4. 4 Silver Flint 356
  5. 5 Charlie Bennett 347
  6. 6 Buck Ewing 337
  7. 7 Fred Carroll 328
  8. 8 George Myers 305
  9. 8 Barney Gilligan 305
  10. 10 Pat Deasley 281

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Assists

C A
  1. 1 Doc Bushong 122
  2. 2 Charlie Reipschlager 117
  3. 3 Bill Traffley 105
  4. 4 Buck Ewing 102
  5. 5 Silver Flint 100
  6. 6 Fred Carroll 99
  7. 7 George Myers 95
  8. 8 Charlie Bennett 87
  9. 9 Barney Gilligan 84
  10. 9 John Milligan 84

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Double Plays

C DP
  1. 1 Barney Gilligan 13
  2. 2 John Milligan 11
  3. 3 Doc Bushong 10
  4. 3 Charlie Bennett 10
  5. 5 Buck Ewing 8
  6. 5 Con Daily 8
  7. 5 Pat Dealy 8
  8. 8 Bill Traffley 6
  9. 8 Charlie Reipschlager 6
  10. 8 Mert Hackett 6

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Range Factor

C RF
  1. 1 John Milligan 8.25
  2. 2 Bill Traffley 7.57
  3. 3 Fred Carroll 7.12
  4. 4 Charlie Bennett 7.00
  5. 5 Buck Ewing 6.97
  6. 6 Silver Flint 6.71
  7. 7 Doc Bushong 6.48
  8. 8 Charlie Reipschlager 6.42
  9. 9 Barney Gilligan 5.99
  10. 10 George Myers 5.80

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Games

C G
  1. 1 Doc Bushong 85
  2. 2 George Myers 69
  3. 3 Silver Flint 68
  4. 4 Barney Gilligan 65
  5. 5 Buck Ewing 63
  6. 6 Charlie Bennett 62
  7. 7 John Milligan 61
  8. 7 Bill Traffley 61
  9. 9 Fatty Briody 60
  10. 9 Fred Carroll 60

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Errors

C E
  1. 1 Barney Gilligan 57
  2. 1 Andy Cusick 57
  3. 3 Charlie Reipschlager 52
  4. 4 George Myers 45
  5. 4 Tom Gunning 45
  6. 6 Con Daily 41
  7. 7 Doc Bushong 40
  8. 8 Buck Ewing 39
  9. 8 Fatty Briody 39
  10. 10 Charlie Bennett 38

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