1917 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1917 on one page, top ten in each.
Jack Barry led qualified second basemen with a .975 fielding percentage in 1917. Ralph Young led in assists (449). Eddie Collins led in putouts (353). Bill Wambsganss led in double plays (70). Bill Wambsganss made the most errors, 38.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 105 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Jack Barry .975
- 2 Eddie Collins .969
- 3 Jake Pitler .966
- 4 George Cutshaw .963
- 5 Dave Shean .961
- 6 Roy Grover .960
- 7 Del Pratt .959
- 8 Ralph Young .958
- 9 Bill Wambsganss .952
- 9 Larry Doyle .952
Assists
2B A- 1 Ralph Young 449
- 2 Bill Wambsganss 441
- 3 Roy Grover 425
- 4 Dave Shean 412
- 5 Eddie Collins 388
- 6 George Cutshaw 377
- 7 Del Pratt 353
- 8 Larry Doyle 348
- 9 Jack Barry 339
- 10 Buck Herzog 327
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Eddie Collins 353
- 2 Dave Shean 332
- 3 Del Pratt 324
- 4 George Cutshaw 319
- 5 Bill Wambsganss 304
- 6 Ralph Young 300
- 6 Larry Doyle 300
- 8 Jake Pitler 283
- 9 Roy Grover 279
- 10 Buck Herzog 251
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Bill Wambsganss 70
- 2 Dave Shean 69
- 3 Eddie Collins 68
- 4 Del Pratt 64
- 5 Buck Herzog 60
- 6 Dots Miller 56
- 7 Larry Doyle 54
- 8 Roy Grover 51
- 9 Ralph Young 46
- 9 Jake Pitler 46
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Del Pratt 5.69
- 2 Dave Shean 5.68
- 3 Bill Wambsganss 5.44
- 4 Ralph Young 5.31
- 5 Jake Pitler 5.28
- 6 George Cutshaw 5.19
- 7 Buck Herzog 5.12
- 8 Roy Grover 5.07
- 9 Larry Doyle 5.06
- 10 Eddie Collins 4.75
Games
2B G- 1 Eddie Collins 156
- 2 Ralph Young 141
- 3 Roy Grover 139
- 4 Bill Wambsganss 137
- 5 George Cutshaw 134
- 6 Dave Shean 131
- 7 Larry Doyle 128
- 8 Del Pratt 119
- 9 Jack Barry 116
- 10 Buck Herzog 113
Errors
2B E- 1 Bill Wambsganss 38
- 2 Ralph Young 33
- 2 Larry Doyle 33
- 4 Buck Herzog 32
- 5 Bert Niehoff 31
- 6 Dave Shean 30
- 7 Roy Grover 29
- 7 Del Pratt 29
- 9 George Cutshaw 27
- 10 Eddie Collins 24