1898 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1898 on one page, top ten in each.
Henry Reitz led qualified second basemen with a .959 fielding percentage in 1898. Kid Gleason led in assists (468). Nap Lajoie led in putouts (442). Jim Connor led in double plays (75). Kid Gleason made the most errors, 55.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 104 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Henry Reitz .959
- 2 Bobby Lowe .958
- 3 Bid McPhee .956
- 4 Nap Lajoie .949
- 5 Dick Padden .947
- 6 Jim Connor .946
- 7 Gene DeMontreville .944
- 8 Bill Hallman .944
- 9 Kid Gleason .938
- 10 Cupid Childs .931
Assists
2B A- 1 Kid Gleason 468
- 2 Bobby Lowe 457
- 3 Jim Connor 437
- 4 Bill Hallman 419
- 5 Dick Padden 407
- 6 Nap Lajoie 406
- 7 Henry Reitz 401
- 8 Bid McPhee 396
- 9 Gene DeMontreville 386
- 10 Cupid Childs 370
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Nap Lajoie 442
- 2 Bobby Lowe 397
- 3 Kid Gleason 366
- 4 Jim Connor 330
- 5 Henry Reitz 323
- 6 Gene DeMontreville 303
- 7 Dick Padden 301
- 8 Bid McPhee 299
- 9 Cupid Childs 273
- 10 Bill Hallman 268
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Jim Connor 75
- 2 Bid McPhee 74
- 3 Bobby Lowe 63
- 4 Nap Lajoie 59
- 5 Kid Gleason 57
- 6 Henry Reitz 56
- 7 Dick Padden 46
- 7 Bill Hallman 46
- 9 Cupid Childs 37
- 10 Gene DeMontreville 35
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Bobby Lowe 5.89
- 2 Cupid Childs 5.85
- 3 Nap Lajoie 5.81
- 4 Kid Gleason 5.79
- 5 Gene DeMontreville 5.60
- 6 Jim Connor 5.56
- 7 Bill Hallman 5.54
- 8 Dick Padden 5.53
- 9 Henry Reitz 5.48
- 10 Bid McPhee 5.35
Games
2B G- 1 Nap Lajoie 146
- 2 Bobby Lowe 145
- 3 Kid Gleason 144
- 4 Jim Connor 138
- 5 Henry Reitz 132
- 6 Bid McPhee 130
- 7 Dick Padden 128
- 8 Bill Hallman 124
- 9 Gene DeMontreville 123
- 10 Cupid Childs 110
Errors
2B E- 1 Kid Gleason 55
- 2 Cupid Childs 48
- 3 Nap Lajoie 46
- 4 Jim Connor 44
- 5 Bill Hallman 41
- 5 Gene DeMontreville 41
- 7 Dick Padden 40
- 8 Bobby Lowe 37
- 9 Bid McPhee 32
- 10 Henry Reitz 31