1898 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders
Every first base fielding board for 1898 on one page, top ten in each.
George Decker led qualified first basemen with a .984 fielding percentage in 1898. Tommy Tucker led in putouts (1,552). Bill Joyce led in assists (87). Bill Everitt led in double plays (123). Bill Joyce made the most errors, 47.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 103 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 George Decker .984
- 2 Jake Beckley .983
- 3 Dan McGann .983
- 4 Tommy Tucker .982
- 5 Fred Tenney .980
- 6 Klondike Douglass .976
- 7 Bill Everitt .974
- 8 Bill Joyce .966
Putouts
1B PO- 1 Tommy Tucker 1,552
- 2 Bill Everitt 1,519
- 3 Dan McGann 1,416
- 4 Bill Joyce 1,252
- 5 Klondike Douglass 1,236
- 6 Jake Beckley 1,167
- 7 Fred Tenney 1,090
- 8 George Decker 1,051
- 9 Patsy Tebeau 956
- 10 Harry Davis 899
Assists
1B A- 1 Bill Joyce 87
- 2 Tommy Tucker 85
- 3 Klondike Douglass 73
- 4 Bill Everitt 70
- 5 Dan McGann 68
- 6 Fred Tenney 66
- 7 Jake Beckley 53
- 8 Patsy Tebeau 43
- 9 Harry Davis 42
- 10 Honus Wagner 41
Double Plays
1B DP- 1 Bill Everitt 123
- 2 Tommy Tucker 84
- 3 Dan McGann 78
- 4 Jake Beckley 76
- 5 Klondike Douglass 74
- 6 Bill Joyce 73
- 7 Fred Tenney 71
- 8 Harry Davis 53
- 8 George LaChance 53
- 10 George Decker 49
Range Factor
1B RF- 1 Tommy Tucker 11.29
- 2 Bill Everitt 10.66
- 3 Jake Beckley 10.34
- 4 Bill Joyce 10.30
- 5 Dan McGann 10.23
- 6 George Decker 10.09
- 7 Fred Tenney 9.88
- 8 Klondike Douglass 8.97
Games
1B G- 1 Bill Everitt 149
- 2 Klondike Douglass 146
- 3 Dan McGann 145
- 3 Tommy Tucker 145
- 5 Bill Joyce 130
- 6 Jake Beckley 118
- 7 Fred Tenney 117
- 8 George Decker 107
- 9 Patsy Tebeau 91
- 10 Harry Davis 88
Errors
1B E- 1 Bill Joyce 47
- 2 Bill Everitt 42
- 3 Klondike Douglass 32
- 4 Tommy Tucker 30
- 5 Dan McGann 26
- 6 Harry Davis 25
- 7 Fred Tenney 23
- 8 Honus Wagner 22
- 9 Jake Beckley 21
- 10 George Decker 18