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1886 MLB Outfield Fielding Leaders

Every outfield fielding board for 1886 on one page, top ten in each.

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John Cahill led all outfielders in assists in 1886, with 34. Curt Welch led in putouts (297). Henry Larkin made the most errors, 44.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 93 games at outfield, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Assists

OF A
  1. 1 John Cahill 34
  2. 2 Ed Swartwood 32
  3. 3 Tom Brown 30
  4. 3 Jim Lillie 30
  5. 5 Sam Thompson 29
  6. 5 Dick Johnston 29
  7. 5 Paul Radford 29
  8. 8 Chicken Wolf 28
  9. 9 Jim McTamany 27
  10. 10 Steve Brady 25

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Putouts

OF PO
  1. 1 Curt Welch 297
  2. 2 Tip O'Neill 279
  3. 3 Henry Larkin 264
  4. 4 Dick Johnston 243
  5. 5 Charley Jones 217
  6. 6 Jim McTamany 215
  7. 7 Ned Hanlon 205
  8. 8 James Roseman 203
  9. 8 Fred Mann 203
  10. 10 Jim Lillie 199

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Fielding Percentage

OF FPCT
  1. 1 Curt Welch .952
  2. 2 Joe Hornung .948
  3. 3 Sam Thompson .945
  4. 4 Chicken Wolf .934
  5. 5 Ned Hanlon .929
  6. 6 Tip O'Neill .927
  7. 7 John Corkhill .918
  8. 8 George Wood .905
  9. 9 Ed Andrews .903
  10. 10 Tom Poorman .902

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Range Factor

OF RF
  1. 1 Dick Johnston 2.50
  2. 2 Curt Welch 2.29
  3. 3 Jim McTamany 2.18
  4. 4 Tip O'Neill 2.12
  5. 5 Joe Hornung 2.12
  6. 6 Joe Sommer 2.08
  7. 7 Henry Larkin 2.05
  8. 8 Ed Andrews 2.05
  9. 9 Paul Hines 2.02
  10. 10 Jim Lillie 2.01

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Games

OF G
  1. 1 Henry Larkin 139
  2. 2 Tip O'Neill 138
  3. 2 Curt Welch 138
  4. 4 Jack Manning 137
  5. 5 James Roseman 134
  6. 6 Charley Jones 127
  7. 7 John Coleman 126
  8. 7 Ned Hanlon 126
  9. 7 Emmett Seery 126
  10. 10 John Cahill 124

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Errors

OF E
  1. 1 Henry Larkin 44
  2. 1 Pete Browning 44
  3. 3 Tom Brown 42
  4. 4 Steve Brady 38
  5. 5 John Coleman 36
  6. 6 Charley Jones 33
  7. 6 Dick Johnston 33
  8. 8 John Cahill 31
  9. 9 Fred Mann 30
  10. 9 Jim Lillie 30

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