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1885 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

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

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Art Whitney led qualified shortstops with a .918 fielding percentage in 1885. Germany Smith led in assists (455). Jimmy Macullar led in putouts (175). Frank Fennelly led in double plays (46). Tom Burns made the most errors, 96.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 74 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Art Whitney .918
  2. 2 Jack Glasscock .917
  3. 3 John Ward .904
  4. 4 Candy Nelson .893
  5. 5 Joe Miller .891
  6. 6 Charlie Bastian .890
  7. 7 Germany Smith .884
  8. 8 Jimmy Macullar .877
  9. 9 Frank Fennelly .873
  10. 10 Bill Gleason .869

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Germany Smith 455
  2. 2 Jack Glasscock 397
  3. 3 Tom Burns 370
  4. 3 Candy Nelson 370
  5. 5 Sadie Houck 362
  6. 6 Frank Fennelly 359
  7. 7 John Ward 350
  8. 8 Charlie Bastian 337
  9. 9 Jimmy Macullar 311
  10. 10 Bill Gleason 303

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Jimmy Macullar 175
  2. 2 John Ward 167
  3. 3 Charlie Bastian 164
  4. 4 Germany Smith 161
  5. 5 Jack Glasscock 156
  6. 6 Candy Nelson 153
  7. 7 Frank Fennelly 151
  8. 7 Tom Burns 151
  9. 9 Sam Wise 135
  10. 10 Sadie Houck 121

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Frank Fennelly 46
  2. 2 John Ward 36
  3. 3 Tom Burns 35
  4. 4 Charlie Bastian 34
  5. 4 Sadie Houck 34
  6. 6 Jack Glasscock 33
  7. 6 Candy Nelson 33
  8. 8 Sam Wise 29
  9. 9 Jimmy Macullar 28
  10. 10 Jack Rowe 26

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Germany Smith 5.70
  2. 2 Sadie Houck 5.19
  3. 3 Sam Wise 5.13
  4. 4 Jack Glasscock 5.03
  5. 5 Jimmy Macullar 4.96
  6. 6 Candy Nelson 4.89
  7. 7 Charlie Bastian 4.86
  8. 8 Tom Burns 4.69
  9. 9 John Ward 4.66
  10. 10 Joe Miller 4.56

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Frank Fennelly 112
  2. 1 Bill Gleason 112
  3. 3 Tom Burns 111
  4. 3 John Ward 111
  5. 5 Jack Glasscock 110
  6. 6 Germany Smith 108
  7. 7 Candy Nelson 107
  8. 8 Charlie Bastian 103
  9. 9 Jimmy Macullar 98
  10. 10 Sadie Houck 93

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Tom Burns 96
  2. 2 Germany Smith 81
  3. 3 Sadie Houck 77
  4. 4 Frank Fennelly 74
  5. 5 Jimmy Macullar 68
  6. 6 Sam Wise 67
  7. 7 Bill Gleason 63
  8. 7 Candy Nelson 63
  9. 9 Charlie Bastian 62
  10. 10 John Ward 55

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