1917 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders

Every catcher fielding board for 1917 on one page, top ten in each.

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Bill Killefer led qualified catchers with a .984 fielding percentage in 1917. Ray Schalk led in putouts (624). Hank Severeid led in assists (156). Steve O'Neill led in double plays (19). Hank Severeid made the most errors, 24.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 77 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

C FPCT

1 Bill Killefer .984
2 Ray Schalk .981
3 Steve O'Neill .980
4 Otto Miller .979
5 Oscar Stanage .977
6 Les Nunamaker .976
7 Frank Snyder .975
8 Walt Tragesser .971
9 Eddie Ainsmith .971
10 Bill Rariden .971

Putouts

C PO

1 Ray Schalk 624
2 Bill Killefer 615
3 Eddie Ainsmith 580
4 Hank Severeid 529
5 Ivey Wingo 459
6 Steve O'Neill 446
7 Walt Tragesser 433
8 Otto Miller 412
9 Oscar Stanage 385
10 Les Nunamaker 372

Assists

C A

1 Hank Severeid 156
2 Eddie Ainsmith 154
3 Ivey Wingo 151
4 Ray Schalk 148
5 Steve O'Neill 145
6 Bill Killefer 138
7 Frank Snyder 133
8 Les Nunamaker 113
9 Walt Tragesser 105
10 Wally Schang 102

Double Plays

C DP

Range Factor

C RF

1 Bill Killefer 6.28
2 Eddie Ainsmith 6.17
3 Walt Tragesser 5.72
4 Otto Miller 5.57
5 Ray Schalk 5.55
6 Les Nunamaker 5.33
7 Ivey Wingo 5.08
8 Frank Snyder 5.04
9 Oscar Stanage 4.98
10 Hank Severeid 4.93

Games

C G

1 Ray Schalk 139
1 Hank Severeid 139
3 Steve O'Neill 127
4 Bill Killefer 120
4 Ivey Wingo 120
6 Eddie Ainsmith 119
7 Bill Rariden 100
8 Oscar Stanage 95
9 Frank Snyder 94
9 Walt Tragesser 94

Errors

C E