1899 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders
Every third base fielding board for 1899 on one page, top ten in each.
Lave Cross led qualified third basemen with a .959 fielding percentage in 1899. Jimmy Collins led in assists (376). Jimmy Williams led in putouts (251). Lave Cross also led in double plays (32). Jimmy Williams made the most errors, 67.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 104 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
3B FPCT- 1 Lave Cross .959
- 2 John McGraw .945
- 3 Jimmy Collins .943
- 4 Jimmy Williams .900
- 5 Billy Lauder .893
- 6 James Casey .889
Assists
3B A- 1 Jimmy Collins 376
- 2 Lave Cross 358
- 3 Jimmy Williams 355
- 4 Billy Lauder 307
- 5 James Casey 275
- 6 John McGraw 270
- 7 Suter Sullivan 237
- 8 Harry Wolverton 227
- 9 Tommy Leach 200
- 10 Honus Wagner 169
Putouts
3B PO- 1 Jimmy Williams 251
- 2 Lave Cross 223
- 3 Jimmy Collins 217
- 4 Billy Lauder 210
- 5 James Casey 174
- 6 John McGraw 142
- 7 Tommy Leach 135
- 8 Harry Wolverton 123
- 9 Suter Sullivan 110
- 10 Charlie Irwin 108
Double Plays
3B DP- 1 Lave Cross 32
- 2 Jimmy Collins 23
- 2 James Casey 23
- 4 Billy Lauder 22
- 5 Suter Sullivan 21
- 6 Jimmy Williams 14
- 6 John McGraw 14
- 8 Tommy Leach 13
- 8 Bobby Wallace 13
- 10 Harry Wolverton 12
Range Factor
3B RF- 1 Lave Cross 4.12
- 2 Jimmy Williams 3.96
- 3 Jimmy Collins 3.93
- 4 John McGraw 3.52
- 5 Billy Lauder 3.42
- 6 James Casey 3.14
Games
3B G- 1 Jimmy Williams 153
- 2 Jimmy Collins 151
- 2 Billy Lauder 151
- 4 James Casey 143
- 5 Lave Cross 141
- 6 John McGraw 117
- 7 Suter Sullivan 101
- 8 Harry Wolverton 98
- 9 Tommy Leach 80
- 10 Charlie Irwin 78
Errors
3B E- 1 Jimmy Williams 67
- 2 Billy Lauder 62
- 3 Harry Wolverton 57
- 4 James Casey 56
- 5 Jimmy Collins 36
- 6 Tommy Leach 34
- 7 Win Mercer 30
- 8 Harry Steinfeldt 28
- 9 Charlie Atherton 26
- 10 Lave Cross 25