1894 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders
Every shortstop fielding board for 1894 on one page, top ten in each.
Hughie Jennings led qualified shortstops with a .928 fielding percentage in 1894. Germany Smith led in assists (513) and double plays (76). Hughie Jennings also led in putouts (307). Bones Ely made the most errors, 79.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 86 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
SS FPCT- 1 Hughie Jennings .928
- 2 Danny Richardson .916
- 3 Germany Smith .910
- 4 Ed McKean .905
- 5 Tommy Corcoran .904
- 6 Bones Ely .901
- 7 Herman Long .885
Assists
SS A- 1 Germany Smith 513
- 2 Hughie Jennings 499
- 3 Bones Ely 442
- 4 Tommy Corcoran 439
- 5 Ed McKean 411
- 6 Danny Richardson 360
- 7 Herman Long 359
- 8 Shorty Fuller 297
- 8 Jack Glasscock 297
- 10 Bill Dahlen 258
Putouts
SS PO- 1 Hughie Jennings 307
- 2 Tommy Corcoran 280
- 3 Bones Ely 273
- 4 Ed McKean 269
- 5 Germany Smith 236
- 6 Danny Richardson 232
- 7 Herman Long 217
- 8 Shorty Fuller 213
- 9 Joe Sullivan 192
- 9 Bill Dahlen 192
Double Plays
SS DP- 1 Germany Smith 76
- 2 Hughie Jennings 69
- 3 Danny Richardson 59
- 4 Herman Long 52
- 5 Bones Ely 51
- 6 Jack Glasscock 46
- 7 Tommy Corcoran 45
- 8 Ed McKean 43
- 8 Bill Dahlen 43
- 10 Shorty Fuller 40
Range Factor
SS RF- 1 Hughie Jennings 6.30
- 2 Herman Long 5.88
- 3 Germany Smith 5.81
- 4 Bones Ely 5.67
- 5 Tommy Corcoran 5.57
- 6 Danny Richardson 5.53
- 7 Ed McKean 5.23
Games
SS G- 1 Ed McKean 130
- 2 Tommy Corcoran 129
- 2 Germany Smith 129
- 4 Hughie Jennings 128
- 5 Bones Ely 126
- 6 Danny Richardson 107
- 7 Herman Long 98
- 8 Shorty Fuller 91
- 9 Jack Glasscock 86
- 10 Joe Sullivan 83
Errors
SS E- 1 Bones Ely 79
- 2 Tommy Corcoran 76
- 3 Herman Long 75
- 4 Germany Smith 74
- 5 Ed McKean 71
- 6 Shorty Fuller 69
- 7 Hughie Jennings 63
- 8 Joe Sullivan 57
- 9 Danny Richardson 54
- 10 Paul Radford 53