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1885 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

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

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Frank Hankinson led qualified third basemen with a .906 fielding percentage in 1885. Ed Williamson led in assists (258) and double plays (18). Hick Carpenter led in putouts (153). Joe Mulvey made the most errors, 62.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 72 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT
  1. 1 Frank Hankinson .906
  2. 2 Ed Williamson .892
  3. 3 Deacon White .888
  4. 4 Dude Esterbrook .885
  5. 5 Arlie Latham .875
  6. 6 Ezra Sutton .875
  7. 7 Fred Corey .872
  8. 8 Mike Muldoon .870
  9. 9 Jerry Denny .869
  10. 10 Bill Kuehne .865

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 Ed Williamson 258
  2. 2 Arlie Latham 217
  3. 3 Frank Hankinson 212
  4. 4 Joe Mulvey 201
  5. 5 Deacon White 198
  6. 6 Hick Carpenter 191
  7. 7 Bill Kuehne 187
  8. 8 Mike Muldoon 184
  9. 8 Fred Corey 184
  10. 10 Phil Reccius 181

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Hick Carpenter 153
  2. 2 Joe Mulvey 144
  3. 3 Ezra Sutton 132
  4. 4 Jerry Denny 128
  5. 5 Deacon White 118
  6. 6 Ed Williamson 113
  7. 7 Arlie Latham 112
  8. 8 Dude Esterbrook 111
  9. 9 Frank Hankinson 106
  10. 10 Phil Reccius 105

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Ed Williamson 18
  2. 1 Ezra Sutton 18
  3. 3 Hick Carpenter 17
  4. 3 Phil Reccius 17
  5. 5 Arlie Latham 16
  6. 5 Mike Muldoon 16
  7. 7 Bill Kuehne 14
  8. 7 Fred Corey 14
  9. 7 Dude Esterbrook 14
  10. 10 Joe Mulvey 12

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 Jerry Denny 3.43
  2. 2 Frank Hankinson 3.38
  3. 3 Ezra Sutton 3.30
  4. 4 Ed Williamson 3.28
  5. 5 Joe Mulvey 3.22
  6. 5 Deacon White 3.22
  7. 7 Dude Esterbrook 3.21
  8. 8 Fred Corey 3.11
  9. 9 Hick Carpenter 3.07
  10. 10 Arlie Latham 3.02

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Ed Williamson 113
  2. 2 Hick Carpenter 112
  3. 3 Arlie Latham 109
  4. 4 Joe Mulvey 107
  5. 5 Mike Muldoon 101
  6. 6 Deacon White 98
  7. 7 Bill Kuehne 97
  8. 7 Phil Reccius 97
  9. 9 Frank Hankinson 94
  10. 10 Fred Corey 92

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Joe Mulvey 62
  2. 2 Phil Reccius 59
  3. 3 Hick Carpenter 56
  4. 4 Arlie Latham 47
  5. 5 Ed Williamson 45
  6. 5 Bill Kuehne 45
  7. 7 Mike Muldoon 43
  8. 7 Ezra Sutton 43
  9. 7 Jerry Denny 43
  10. 10 Fred Corey 42

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