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1898 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1898 on one page, top ten in each.

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Lave Cross led qualified third basemen with a .945 fielding percentage in 1898. Lave Cross also led in assists (351). Jimmy Collins led in putouts (243). Barry McCormick led in double plays (31). Barry McCormick made the most errors, 60.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 103 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT
  1. 1 Lave Cross .945
  2. 2 Charlie Irwin .940
  3. 3 Bobby Wallace .936
  4. 4 Jimmy Collins .932
  5. 5 Billy Shindle .911
  6. 6 John McGraw .900
  7. 7 Barry McCormick .888
  8. 8 Fred Hartman .882
  9. 9 Bill Gray .879

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 Lave Cross 351
  2. 2 Jimmy Collins 332
  3. 3 Bobby Wallace 329
  4. 4 Barry McCormick 322
  5. 5 Charlie Irwin 305
  6. 6 Fred Hartman 280
  7. 7 Billy Shindle 278
  8. 8 John McGraw 271
  9. 9 Bill Gray 258
  10. 10 Billy Clingman 191

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Jimmy Collins 243
  2. 2 Charlie Irwin 223
  3. 3 Lave Cross 215
  4. 4 Bobby Wallace 201
  5. 5 Bill Gray 172
  6. 6 Billy Shindle 154
  7. 7 Barry McCormick 152
  8. 8 Fred Hartman 146
  9. 9 John McGraw 142
  10. 10 Billy Lauder 132

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Barry McCormick 31
  2. 2 Billy Shindle 23
  3. 3 Jimmy Collins 20
  4. 3 Lave Cross 20
  5. 3 Charlie Irwin 20
  6. 6 Bobby Wallace 19
  7. 7 Bill Gray 16
  8. 7 John McGraw 16
  9. 7 Fred Hartman 16
  10. 10 Billy Clingman 12

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 Charlie Irwin 3.88
  2. 2 Lave Cross 3.80
  3. 3 Jimmy Collins 3.78
  4. 4 Bobby Wallace 3.76
  5. 5 Billy Shindle 3.60
  6. 6 Barry McCormick 3.49
  7. 7 Fred Hartman 3.46
  8. 8 Bill Gray 3.14
  9. 9 John McGraw 3.01

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Jimmy Collins 152
  2. 2 Lave Cross 149
  3. 3 Bobby Wallace 141
  4. 4 Bill Gray 137
  5. 4 John McGraw 137
  6. 6 Charlie Irwin 136
  7. 6 Barry McCormick 136
  8. 8 Fred Hartman 123
  9. 9 Billy Shindle 120
  10. 10 Billy Lauder 97

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Barry McCormick 60
  2. 2 Bill Gray 59
  3. 3 Fred Hartman 57
  4. 4 Billy Lauder 47
  5. 5 John McGraw 46
  6. 6 Jimmy Collins 42
  7. 6 Billy Shindle 42
  8. 8 Bobby Wallace 36
  9. 9 Charlie Irwin 34
  10. 9 Butts Wagner 34

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