MLB Single-Season Second Base Fielding Percentage Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The MLB single-season second base fielding percentage record is 1.000, set by Connie Day in 1925. It has stood for 101 years. The mark has been raised 17 times since 1871.
Record Holders
18 marks since 1871| Year | Player | 2B FPCT | Stood for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Connie Day | 1.000 | still standing |
| 1921 | Bingo DeMoss | .981 | 4 years |
| 1919 |
 George Cutshaw
|
.980 | 2 years |
| 1896 |
 Bid McPhee
|
.978 | 23 years |
| 1894 | Henry Reitz | .968 | 2 years |
| 1893 |
 Lou Bierbauer
|
.959 | 1 year |
| 1891 |
 Jack Crooks
|
.957 | 2 years |
| 1890 |
 Charley Bassett
|
.952 | 1 year |
| 1889 |
 Fred Dunlap
|
.950 | 1 year |
| 1886 |
 Charlie Bastian
|
.945 | 3 years |
| 1884 | George Creamer | .937 | 2 years |
| 1882 |
 Jack Burdock
|
.932 | 2 years |
| 1881 | Joe Quest | .929 | 1 year |
| 1879 | Joe Quest | .925 | 2 years |
| 1878 |
Jack Burdock
|
.918 | 1 year |
| 1876 |
 Ross Barnes
|
.910 | 2 years |
| 1872 |
Ross Barnes
|
.904 | 4 years |
| 1871 |
 Jimmy Wood
|
.887 | 1 year |
The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.