1899 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders
Every shortstop fielding board for 1899 on one page, top ten in each.
George Davis led qualified shortstops with a .946 fielding percentage in 1899. Monte Cross led in assists (529) and putouts (370). Herman Long led in double plays (68). Monte Cross made the most errors, 90.
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 George Davis .946
- 2 Bill Dahlen .941
- 3 Tommy Corcoran .930
- 4 Herman Long .929
- 5 Bones Ely .928
- 6 Billy Clingman .913
- 7 George Magoon .909
- 8 Monte Cross .909
- 9 Harry Lochhead .909
Assists
SS A- 1 Monte Cross 529
- 2 Harry Lochhead 490
- 3 Bones Ely 476
- 4 Herman Long 435
- 5 George Magoon 431
- 6 Tommy Corcoran 417
- 7 George Davis 415
- 8 Bobby Wallace 386
- 9 Billy Clingman 385
- 10 Bill Dahlen 377
Putouts
SS PO- 1 Monte Cross 370
- 2 Herman Long 351
- 3 Harry Lochhead 319
- 4 George Davis 317
- 5 Tommy Corcoran 282
- 6 George Magoon 281
- 7 Bones Ely 277
- 8 Bill Dahlen 256
- 9 Bobby Wallace 238
- 10 Dick Padden 201
Double Plays
SS DP- 1 Herman Long 68
- 2 George Davis 58
- 3 Monte Cross 55
- 4 Harry Lochhead 54
- 5 Tommy Corcoran 53
- 5 George Magoon 53
- 7 Bill Dahlen 48
- 8 Bones Ely 46
- 9 Billy Clingman 44
- 10 Bobby Wallace 40
Range Factor
SS RF- 1 George Davis 6.72
- 2 George Magoon 5.88
- 3 Monte Cross 5.84
- 4 Bill Dahlen 5.75
- 5 Bones Ely 5.66
- 6 Tommy Corcoran 5.64
- 7 Harry Lochhead 5.54
- 8 Herman Long 5.50
- 9 Billy Clingman 5.27
Games
SS G- 1 Monte Cross 154
- 2 Harry Lochhead 146
- 3 Herman Long 143
- 4 Bones Ely 133
- 5 Tommy Corcoran 124
- 6 George Magoon 121
- 7 Billy Clingman 110
- 7 Bill Dahlen 110
- 9 George Davis 109
- 10 Bobby Wallace 100
Errors
SS E- 1 Monte Cross 90
- 2 Harry Lochhead 81
- 3 George Magoon 71
- 4 Herman Long 60
- 5 Bones Ely 58
- 6 Billy Clingman 55
- 6 Bobby Wallace 55
- 8 Gene DeMontreville 54
- 9 Tommy Corcoran 53
- 9 Bill Keister 53