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1885 MLB Outfield Fielding Leaders

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

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John Corkhill led all outfielders in assists in 1885, with 35. Curt Welch led in putouts (236). Tom Brown made the most errors, 43.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 75 games at outfield, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Assists

OF A
  1. 1 John Corkhill 35
  2. 2 Hugh Nicol 33
  3. 3 King Kelly 29
  4. 4 Orator Shafer 28
  5. 5 Jim Fogarty 26
  6. 5 Paul Radford 26
  7. 7 Curt Welch 25
  8. 8 Sam Thompson 24
  9. 9 Jim Lillie 23
  10. 9 Henry Larkin 23

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Putouts

OF PO
  1. 1 Curt Welch 236
  2. 2 Joe Sommer 229
  3. 3 Jim Fogarty 227
  4. 4 Ned Hanlon 220
  5. 5 Jim Clinton 215
  6. 6 Pete Browning 214
  7. 6 Charley Jones 214
  8. 8 Hugh Nicol 213
  9. 9 Henry Larkin 208
  10. 10 Cliff Carroll 207

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Fielding Percentage

OF FPCT
  1. 1 Curt Welch .946
  2. 2 Patrick Gillespie .942
  3. 3 Jim Fogarty .941
  4. 4 Jim O'Rourke .940
  5. 5 John Corkhill .938
  6. 6 Ed Andrews .921
  7. 7 Joe Sommer .920
  8. 8 Chicken Wolf .917
  9. 9 Fred Mann .908
  10. 10 Mike Dorgan .905

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Range Factor

OF RF
  1. 1 Jim Fogarty 2.88
  2. 2 Paul Hines 2.36
  3. 3 Curt Welch 2.33
  4. 4 Ned Hanlon 2.28
  5. 5 Joe Sommer 2.27
  6. 6 Jim Manning 2.23
  7. 7 Hugh Nicol 2.22
  8. 8 John Corkhill 2.18
  9. 9 Jim Clinton 2.18
  10. 10 Henry Larkin 2.14

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Games

OF G
  1. 1 Abner Dalrymple 113
  2. 2 Pete Browning 112
  3. 2 Charley Jones 112
  4. 2 Jim Lillie 112
  5. 2 Jim O'Rourke 112
  6. 2 Curt Welch 112
  7. 7 Hugh Nicol 111
  8. 7 Chicken Wolf 111
  9. 9 John Corkhill 110
  10. 10 George Gore 109

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Errors

OF E
  1. 1 Tom Brown 43
  2. 2 Ned Hanlon 38
  3. 3 Paul Hines 34
  4. 4 Jim Lillie 33
  5. 5 Jim Clinton 32
  6. 5 Ed Kennedy 32
  7. 7 Hugh Nicol 31
  8. 7 Henry Larkin 31
  9. 9 Charley Jones 29
  10. 9 George Gore 29

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