1896 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1896 on one page, top ten in each.
Bid McPhee led qualified second basemen with a .978 fielding percentage in 1896. Cupid Childs led in assists (487), putouts (375) and double plays (73). Cupid Childs made the most errors, 53.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 86 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Bid McPhee .978
- 2 Henry Reitz .952
- 3 Bill Hallman .945
- 4 Cupid Childs .942
- 5 Fred Pfeffer .939
- 6 John O'Brien .938
- 7 Kid Gleason .938
Assists
2B A- 1 Cupid Childs 487
- 2 Kid Gleason 397
- 3 John O'Brien 375
- 4 Bill Hallman 368
- 5 Bid McPhee 357
- 6 Henry Reitz 335
- 7 Fred Pfeffer 317
- 8 Bobby Lowe 280
- 9 Tommy Dowd 220
- 10 Lou Bierbauer 206
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Cupid Childs 375
- 2 Kid Gleason 329
- 3 Bill Hallman 304
- 4 Bid McPhee 297
- 5 John O'Brien 291
- 6 Henry Reitz 256
- 7 Fred Pfeffer 236
- 8 Bobby Lowe 193
- 9 Tommy Dowd 182
- 10 Dick Padden 176
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Cupid Childs 73
- 2 Bill Hallman 62
- 3 Bid McPhee 56
- 4 Henry Reitz 54
- 5 John O'Brien 52
- 6 Fred Pfeffer 43
- 7 Kid Gleason 38
- 8 Lou Bierbauer 32
- 9 Bobby Lowe 31
- 9 Tom Daly 31
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Cupid Childs 6.53
- 2 Fred Pfeffer 5.64
- 3 Bill Hallman 5.60
- 4 Bid McPhee 5.59
- 5 Kid Gleason 5.58
- 6 John O'Brien 5.46
- 7 Henry Reitz 5.01
Games
2B G- 1 Cupid Childs 132
- 2 Kid Gleason 130
- 3 John O'Brien 122
- 4 Bill Hallman 120
- 5 Henry Reitz 118
- 6 Bid McPhee 117
- 7 Fred Pfeffer 98
- 8 Tommy Dowd 78
- 9 Bobby Lowe 73
- 10 Tom Daly 66
Errors
2B E- 1 Cupid Childs 53
- 2 Kid Gleason 48
- 3 John O'Brien 44
- 4 Bill Hallman 39
- 5 Fred Pfeffer 36
- 5 Tom Daly 36
- 7 Tommy Dowd 35
- 8 Henry Reitz 30
- 9 Jack Crooks 27
- 10 Dick Padden 24