1916 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1916 on one page, top ten in each.
Eddie Collins led qualified second basemen with a .976 fielding percentage in 1916. Del Pratt led in assists (491) and putouts (438). Eddie Collins also led in double plays (75). Bert Niehoff made the most errors, 49.
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 Eddie Collins .976
- 2 Nap Lajoie .973
- 3 William Louden .968
- 4 Ralph Young .966
- 5 Del Pratt .966
- 6 Larry Doyle .962
- 7 Bruno Betzel .960
- 8 George Cutshaw .958
- 9 Joe Gedeon .955
- 10 Bert Niehoff .936
Assists
2B A- 1 Del Pratt 491
- 2 George Cutshaw 467
- 3 Bert Niehoff 437
- 4 Ralph Young 419
- 5 Eddie Collins 415
- 6 Larry Doyle 387
- 7 Bruno Betzel 366
- 8 William Louden 345
- 9 Joe Gedeon 341
- 10 Nap Lajoie 325
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Del Pratt 438
- 2 George Cutshaw 361
- 3 Eddie Collins 346
- 4 Ralph Young 345
- 5 Larry Doyle 289
- 6 Bert Niehoff 285
- 7 Bruno Betzel 275
- 8 Nap Lajoie 254
- 9 William Louden 238
- 10 Joe Gedeon 235
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Eddie Collins 75
- 2 Del Pratt 74
- 3 Bert Niehoff 65
- 4 Bruno Betzel 64
- 5 Larry Doyle 63
- 6 Nap Lajoie 61
- 7 Ralph Young 55
- 7 Joe Gedeon 55
- 9 George Cutshaw 51
- 10 William Louden 48
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Del Pratt 5.88
- 2 Bruno Betzel 5.67
- 3 Larry Doyle 5.54
- 4 Nap Lajoie 5.51
- 5 William Louden 5.40
- 6 George Cutshaw 5.38
- 7 Ralph Young 5.23
- 8 Bert Niehoff 5.01
- 9 Eddie Collins 4.91
- 10 Joe Gedeon 4.72
Games
2B G- 1 Del Pratt 158
- 2 Eddie Collins 155
- 3 George Cutshaw 154
- 4 Ralph Young 146
- 5 Bert Niehoff 144
- 6 Larry Doyle 122
- 6 Joe Gedeon 122
- 8 Bruno Betzel 113
- 9 William Louden 108
- 10 Nap Lajoie 105
Errors
2B E- 1 Bert Niehoff 49
- 2 George Cutshaw 36
- 3 Del Pratt 33
- 4 Ralph Young 27
- 4 Larry Doyle 27
- 4 Joe Gedeon 27
- 4 Bruno Betzel 27
- 8 Eddie Collins 19
- 8 William Louden 19
- 10 Otto Knabe 18