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1891 MLB Shortstop Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at shortstop

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George Shoch led the majors in shortstop fielding percentage with .932 in 1891, 15 points ahead of Jimmy Cooney (.917).

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George Shoch Led all of MLB in 1891 George Shoch Milwaukee Brewers
.932 Shortstop Fielding Percentage .015 clear of Jimmy Cooney
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# Player Team SS FPCT G PO A E
1 George Shoch George Shoch ML3 .932 25 51 85 10
2 Jimmy Cooney Jimmy Cooney CHN .917 118 145 433 52
3 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock NY1 .913 97 164 274 42
4 Tommy Corcoran Tommy Corcoran PH4 .911 133 300 434 72
5 Germany Smith Germany Smith CIN .909 138 240 507 75
6 Paul Radford Paul Radford BS2 .906 131 230 453 71
7 Herman Long Herman Long BSN .902 139 345 441 85
8 Bobby Wheelock CL6 .899 136 248 474 81
9 Bob Allen Bob Allen PHI .896 118 258 426 79
10 Ed McKean Ed McKean CL4 .887 141 248 463 91
11 Gil Hatfield Gil Hatfield WS9 .869 105 211 334 82
12 Jim Canavan Jim Canavan CN3 .860 112 231 339 93
13 Shorty Fuller Shorty Fuller SL4 .857 102 165 307 79