1875 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1875 on one page, top ten in each.
Jack Burdock led qualified second basemen with a .895 fielding percentage in 1875. Ross Barnes led in assists (252), putouts (253) and double plays (35). Ed Somerville made the most errors, 77.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 58 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Jack Burdock .895
- 2 Ross Barnes .877
- 3 Joe Battin .861
- 4 Bill Craver .856
- 5 Candy Nelson .855
- 6 Charlie Sweasy .828
- 7 Ed Somerville .794
Assists
2B A- 1 Ross Barnes 252
- 2 Joe Battin 211
- 3 Jack Burdock 185
- 4 Ed Somerville 161
- 5 Bill Craver 152
- 6 Candy Nelson 139
- 7 Paul Hines 110
- 8 Levi Meyerle 91
- 9 Mike McGeary 88
- 10 Joe Miller 79
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Ross Barnes 253
- 2 Jack Burdock 208
- 3 Joe Battin 168
- 4 Bill Craver 140
- 5 Ed Somerville 136
- 6 Candy Nelson 109
- 7 Levi Meyerle 98
- 8 Paul Hines 88
- 9 Joe Miller 75
- 10 Mike McGeary 64
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Ross Barnes 35
- 2 Bill Craver 28
- 3 Jack Burdock 24
- 4 Joe Battin 22
- 5 Ed Somerville 15
- 6 Candy Nelson 14
- 7 Paul Hines 11
- 8 Levi Meyerle 9
- 9 Joe Miller 6
- 9 Mike McGeary 6
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Ed Somerville 6.91
- 2 Ross Barnes 6.64
- 3 Joe Battin 6.11
- 4 Bill Craver 5.41
- 5 Jack Burdock 5.38
- 6 Charlie Sweasy 5.32
- 7 Candy Nelson 5.06
Games
2B G- 1 Ross Barnes 76
- 2 Jack Burdock 73
- 3 Joe Battin 62
- 4 Bill Craver 54
- 5 Candy Nelson 49
- 6 Ed Somerville 43
- 7 Levi Meyerle 36
- 8 Paul Hines 30
- 9 Joe Miller 27
- 10 Mike McGeary 23
Errors
2B E- 1 Ed Somerville 77
- 2 Ross Barnes 71
- 3 Joe Battin 61
- 4 Bill Craver 49
- 5 Jack Burdock 46
- 6 Candy Nelson 42
- 7 Paul Hines 36
- 8 Levi Meyerle 31
- 8 Joe Miller 31
- 10 Dick Higham 26