1873 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders
Every catcher fielding board for 1873 on one page, top ten in each.
Fergy Malone led qualified catchers with a .898 fielding percentage in 1873. Deacon White led in putouts (227) and double plays (7). Tom Barlow led in assists (58). Tom Barlow made the most errors, 67.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 27 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Fergy Malone .898
- 2 John Clapp .893
- 3 Deacon White .842
- 4 Doug Allison .831
- 5 Pop Snyder .819
- 6 Nat Hicks .778
- 7 Tom Barlow .762
Putouts
C PO- 1 Deacon White 227
- 2 Fergy Malone 198
- 3 John Clapp 182
- 4 Nat Hicks 170
- 5 Tom Barlow 157
- 6 Dick Higham 98
- 7 Doug Allison 96
- 7 Pop Snyder 96
- 9 Cal McVey 82
- 10 Scott Hastings 81
Assists
C A- 1 Tom Barlow 58
- 2 Fergy Malone 48
- 3 Deacon White 45
- 4 Pop Snyder 44
- 5 John Clapp 35
- 6 Doug Allison 27
- 7 Nat Hicks 23
- 8 Bill Craver 21
- 9 Dick Higham 16
- 10 Cal McVey 15
Double Plays
C DP- 1 Deacon White 7
- 1 Fergy Malone 7
- 3 Doug Allison 4
- 3 Nat Hicks 4
- 5 Tom Barlow 3
- 5 Pop Snyder 3
- 7 John Clapp 2
- 7 Bill Craver 2
- 7 Scott Hastings 2
- 7 Jim O'Rourke 2
Range Factor
C RF- 1 Nat Hicks 6.89
- 2 John Clapp 5.05
- 3 Pop Snyder 5.00
- 4 Deacon White 4.86
- 5 Fergy Malone 4.64
- 6 Doug Allison 4.24
- 7 Tom Barlow 3.91
Games
C G- 1 Deacon White 56
- 2 Tom Barlow 55
- 3 Fergy Malone 53
- 4 John Clapp 43
- 5 Doug Allison 29
- 6 Nat Hicks 28
- 6 Pop Snyder 28
- 8 Cal McVey 25
- 9 Bill Craver 22
- 10 Scott Hastings 19
Errors
C E- 1 Tom Barlow 67
- 2 Nat Hicks 55
- 3 Deacon White 51
- 4 Pop Snyder 31
- 5 Fergy Malone 28
- 6 John Clapp 26
- 7 Doug Allison 25
- 8 Dick Higham 22
- 9 John Farrow 16
- 10 Mike McGeary 11