1908 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1908 on one page, top ten in each.
Ed Abbaticchio led qualified second basemen with a .969 fielding percentage in 1908. Nap Lajoie led in assists (538), putouts (450) and double plays (78). Amby McConnell made the most errors, 38.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 104 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Ed Abbaticchio .969
- 2 Otto Knabe .969
- 3 Claude Ritchey .967
- 4 Nap Lajoie .964
- 5 Jimmy Williams .963
- 6 Johnny Evers .960
- 7 Miller Huggins .959
- 8 Amby McConnell .939
Assists
2B A- 1 Nap Lajoie 538
- 2 Otto Knabe 470
- 3 Jimmy Williams 445
- 4 Ed Abbaticchio 423
- 5 Miller Huggins 406
- 6 Claude Ritchey 368
- 7 Johnny Evers 361
- 8 Amby McConnell 349
- 9 George Davis 314
- 10 Larry Doyle 291
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Nap Lajoie 450
- 2 Jimmy Williams 352
- 3 Otto Knabe 344
- 4 Claude Ritchey 325
- 5 Miller Huggins 302
- 6 Ed Abbaticchio 268
- 7 Amby McConnell 237
- 7 Johnny Evers 237
- 9 Billy Gilbert 222
- 10 George Davis 191
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Nap Lajoie 78
- 2 Jimmy Williams 50
- 3 Claude Ritchey 46
- 4 Miller Huggins 45
- 5 Otto Knabe 42
- 5 Ed Abbaticchio 42
- 7 Johnny Evers 39
- 8 Amby McConnell 32
- 9 Larry Doyle 28
- 10 George Davis 25
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Nap Lajoie 6.33
- 2 Claude Ritchey 5.78
- 3 Otto Knabe 5.39
- 4 Jimmy Williams 5.39
- 5 Miller Huggins 5.24
- 6 Johnny Evers 4.90
- 7 Ed Abbaticchio 4.80
- 8 Amby McConnell 4.65
Games
2B G- 1 Nap Lajoie 156
- 2 Otto Knabe 151
- 3 Jimmy Williams 148
- 4 Ed Abbaticchio 144
- 5 Miller Huggins 135
- 6 Amby McConnell 126
- 7 Johnny Evers 122
- 8 Claude Ritchey 120
- 9 Larry Doyle 102
- 10 George Davis 95
Errors
2B E- 1 Amby McConnell 38
- 2 Nap Lajoie 37
- 3 Red Downs 36
- 4 Larry Doyle 33
- 5 Jimmy Williams 31
- 6 Miller Huggins 30
- 6 Harry Niles 30
- 8 Otto Knabe 26
- 8 Raymond Charles 26
- 10 Johnny Evers 25