1901 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1901 on one page, top ten in each.
Nap Lajoie led qualified second basemen with a .960 fielding percentage in 1901. Kid Gleason led in assists (457). Nap Lajoie also led in putouts (395). Hobe Ferris led in double plays (68). Kid Gleason made the most errors, 64.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 92 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Nap Lajoie .960
- 2 Gene DeMontreville .954
- 3 Dick Padden .950
- 4 Tom Daly .944
- 5 Claude Ritchey .941
- 6 Sam Mertes .940
- 7 Billy Gilbert .936
- 8 Jimmy Williams .935
- 9 Hobe Ferris .930
- 10 Erve Beck .927
Assists
2B A- 1 Kid Gleason 457
- 2 Hobe Ferris 450
- 3 Jimmy Williams 412
- 4 Erve Beck 404
- 5 Sam Mertes 396
- 6 Billy Gilbert 395
- 7 Claude Ritchey 392
- 8 Nap Lajoie 381
- 9 Tom Daly 357
- 10 Gene DeMontreville 344
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Nap Lajoie 395
- 2 Tom Daly 370
- 3 Hobe Ferris 359
- 4 Claude Ritchey 340
- 5 Jimmy Williams 339
- 6 Sam Mertes 337
- 7 Kid Gleason 334
- 8 Billy Gilbert 319
- 9 Erve Beck 310
- 10 Dick Padden 286
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Hobe Ferris 68
- 2 Kid Gleason 67
- 3 Billy Gilbert 66
- 4 Nap Lajoie 60
- 5 Sam Mertes 54
- 6 Claude Ritchey 53
- 7 Jimmy Williams 47
- 7 Dick Padden 47
- 9 Tom Daly 46
- 10 Erve Beck 44
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Nap Lajoie 6.52
- 2 Hobe Ferris 5.86
- 3 Kid Gleason 5.86
- 4 Jimmy Williams 5.78
- 5 Billy Gilbert 5.62
- 6 Sam Mertes 5.55
- 7 Tom Daly 5.47
- 8 Erve Beck 5.41
- 9 Dick Padden 5.41
- 10 Claude Ritchey 5.27
Games
2B G- 1 Claude Ritchey 139
- 2 Hobe Ferris 138
- 3 Kid Gleason 135
- 4 Tom Daly 133
- 5 Erve Beck 132
- 5 Sam Mertes 132
- 7 Jimmy Williams 130
- 8 Billy Gilbert 127
- 9 Gene DeMontreville 120
- 10 Nap Lajoie 119
Errors
2B E- 1 Kid Gleason 64
- 2 Hobe Ferris 61
- 3 Erve Beck 56
- 4 Jimmy Williams 52
- 5 Billy Gilbert 49
- 6 Sam Mertes 47
- 7 Claude Ritchey 46
- 8 Tom Daly 43
- 9 John Farrell 39
- 10 Dick Padden 33