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1888 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1888 on one page, top ten in each.

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Jack Glasscock led qualified shortstops with a .901 fielding percentage in 1888. Frank Fennelly led in assists (463). Arthur Irwin led in putouts (204). Ed Williamson led in double plays (48). Frank Fennelly made the most errors, 100.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 91 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Jack Glasscock .901
  2. 2 Arthur Irwin .900
  3. 3 Henry Easterday .888
  4. 4 Ed Williamson .884
  5. 5 Bill White .864
  6. 6 Frank Fennelly .863
  7. 7 Jack Rowe .861
  8. 8 Bill Gleason .858
  9. 9 John Ward .857
  10. 10 Germany Smith .844

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Frank Fennelly 463
  2. 2 Henry Easterday 459
  3. 3 Ed Williamson 375
  4. 4 Arthur Irwin 374
  5. 5 Bill Gleason 370
  6. 6 Germany Smith 352
  7. 7 Bill White 335
  8. 8 Jack Glasscock 334
  9. 9 John Ward 331
  10. 10 Jack Rowe 312

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Arthur Irwin 204
  2. 2 Jack Glasscock 201
  3. 3 John Ward 185
  4. 4 Bill White 184
  5. 5 Sam Wise 179
  6. 6 Frank Fennelly 168
  7. 7 Germany Smith 155
  8. 8 Jack Rowe 133
  9. 9 Ed Williamson 120
  10. 9 Henry Easterday 120

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Ed Williamson 48
  2. 2 Frank Fennelly 41
  3. 3 John Ward 39
  4. 4 Jack Glasscock 36
  5. 5 Sam Wise 34
  6. 6 Bill Gleason 32
  7. 7 Arthur Irwin 31
  8. 8 Henry Easterday 30
  9. 9 Germany Smith 29
  10. 10 Jack Rowe 24

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Henry Easterday 5.03
  2. 2 Frank Fennelly 4.97
  3. 3 Germany Smith 4.92
  4. 4 Jack Glasscock 4.86
  5. 5 Arthur Irwin 4.74
  6. 6 Bill White 4.63
  7. 7 Jack Rowe 4.24
  8. 8 John Ward 4.23
  9. 9 Bill Gleason 3.98
  10. 10 Ed Williamson 3.75

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Ed Williamson 132
  2. 2 Frank Fennelly 127
  3. 3 Arthur Irwin 122
  4. 3 John Ward 122
  5. 5 Bill Gleason 121
  6. 6 Henry Easterday 115
  7. 7 Bill White 112
  8. 8 Jack Glasscock 110
  9. 9 Jack Rowe 105
  10. 10 Germany Smith 103

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Frank Fennelly 100
  2. 2 Germany Smith 94
  3. 3 John Ward 86
  4. 4 Bill White 82
  5. 5 Bill Gleason 80
  6. 6 Henry Easterday 73
  7. 7 Jack Rowe 72
  8. 8 Ed Williamson 65
  9. 9 Arthur Irwin 64
  10. 10 Jack Glasscock 59

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