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1885 MLB Outfield Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at outfield

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Curt Welch led the majors in outfield fielding percentage with .946 in 1885, 4 points ahead of Patrick Gillespie (.942). It was one of 2 times Curt Welch led in outfield fielding percentage.

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Curt Welch Led all of MLB in 1885 Curt Welch St. Louis Browns
.946 Outfield Fielding Percentage .004 clear of Patrick Gillespie
Showing Outfield Fielding Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team OF FPCT G PO A E
1 Curt Welch Curt Welch SL4 .946 112 236 25 15
2 Patrick Gillespie Patrick Gillespie NY1 .942 102 133 12 9
3 Jim Fogarty Jim Fogarty PHI .941 88 227 26 16
4 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke NY1 .940 112 162 10 11
5 John Corkhill John Corkhill CN2 .938 110 205 35 16
6 Ed Andrews Ed Andrews PHI .921 99 175 11 16
7 Joe Sommer BL2 .920 107 229 14 21
8 Chicken Wolf Chicken Wolf LS2 .917 111 180 19 18
9 Fred Mann Fred Mann PT1 .908 97 157 10 17
10 Mike Dorgan NY1 .905 88 142 11 16
11 Pete Browning Pete Browning LS2 .900 112 214 20 26
12 Leech Maskrey Leech Maskrey LS2 .899 108 169 9 20
13 Jim Manning BSN .898 83 164 21 21
14 Jack Manning Jack Manning PHI .896 107 134 21 18
15 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling BR3 .893 94 159 17 21
16 Charley Jones Charley Jones CN2 .891 112 214 22 29
17 Hugh Nicol Hugh Nicol SL4 .888 111 213 33 31
18 Cliff Carroll Cliff Carroll PRO .886 104 207 10 28
19 George Gore George Gore CHN .884 109 204 17 29
20 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin PH4 .882 108 208 23 31
21 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN .879 113 180 16 27
22 Steve Brady Steve Brady NY4 .879 105 178 10 26
23 Jim Clinton Jim Clinton CN2 .877 105 215 14 32
24 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley BFN .874 92 152 8 23
25 James Roseman James Roseman NY4 .865 101 177 9 29
26 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .865 92 199 18 34
27 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon DTN .863 105 220 19 38
28 Jim Lillie BFN .862 112 183 23 33
29 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell PH4 .855 87 97 15 19
30 Paul Radford Paul Radford PRO .852 88 141 26 29
31 Ed Swartwood Ed Swartwood BR3 .851 95 140 8 26
32 John Coleman John Coleman PH4 .844 93 128 23 28
33 Ed Kennedy NY4 .841 96 154 15 32
34 Tom Brown Tom Brown PT1 .828 108 186 21 43
35 Charlie Eden PT1 .814 96 111 7 27