1898 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders
Every shortstop fielding board for 1898 on one page, top ten in each.
Bones Ely led qualified shortstops with a .943 fielding percentage in 1898. Tommy Corcoran led in assists (561). Monte Cross led in putouts (404). Bill Dahlen led in double plays (77). Monte Cross made the most errors, 93.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 102 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
SS FPCT- 1 Bones Ely .943
- 2 George Davis .933
- 3 Ed McKean .932
- 4 Tommy Corcoran .932
- 5 Hughie Jennings .929
- 6 Herman Long .923
- 7 Bill Dahlen .921
- 8 Monte Cross .907
Assists
SS A- 1 Tommy Corcoran 561
- 2 Bones Ely 527
- 3 Bill Dahlen 511
- 4 Monte Cross 506
- 5 Herman Long 472
- 6 Ed McKean 425
- 7 George Davis 421
- 8 Hughie Jennings 368
- 9 George Magoon 357
- 10 Zeke Wrigley 326
Putouts
SS PO- 1 Monte Cross 404
- 2 Bill Dahlen 369
- 3 Tommy Corcoran 353
- 4 George Davis 349
- 5 Herman Long 326
- 6 Bones Ely 311
- 7 Ed McKean 304
- 8 Hughie Jennings 289
- 9 Zeke Wrigley 252
- 10 George Magoon 199
Double Plays
SS DP- 1 Bill Dahlen 77
- 2 Tommy Corcoran 76
- 3 Monte Cross 65
- 3 Herman Long 65
- 5 George Davis 61
- 6 Bones Ely 58
- 7 Ed McKean 47
- 8 Zeke Wrigley 42
- 9 Hughie Jennings 41
- 10 George Magoon 38
Range Factor
SS RF- 1 George Davis 6.36
- 2 Bill Dahlen 6.20
- 3 Monte Cross 6.11
- 4 Tommy Corcoran 5.97
- 5 Hughie Jennings 5.71
- 6 Bones Ely 5.66
- 7 Herman Long 5.62
- 8 Ed McKean 4.83
Games
SS G- 1 Tommy Corcoran 153
- 2 Ed McKean 151
- 3 Monte Cross 149
- 4 Bones Ely 148
- 5 Bill Dahlen 142
- 5 Herman Long 142
- 7 George Davis 121
- 8 Hughie Jennings 115
- 9 Zeke Wrigley 97
- 10 George Magoon 93
Errors
SS E- 1 Monte Cross 93
- 2 Bill Dahlen 76
- 3 Zeke Wrigley 68
- 4 Tommy Corcoran 67
- 4 Herman Long 67
- 6 George Davis 55
- 7 Ed McKean 53
- 8 Bones Ely 51
- 9 Hughie Jennings 50
- 10 George Magoon 45