1877 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders
Every shortstop fielding board for 1877 on one page, top ten in each.
Davy Force led qualified shortstops with a .914 fielding percentage in 1877. John Peters led in assists (215), putouts (124) and double plays (23). Tom Carey made the most errors, 53.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 40 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
SS FPCT- 1 Davy Force .914
- 2 Bill Craver .904
- 3 John Peters .883
- 4 Tom Carey .826
Assists
SS A- 1 John Peters 215
- 2 Tom Carey 203
- 3 Bill Craver 175
- 4 Davy Force 160
- 5 Ezra Sutton 91
- 6 Jack Manning 62
- 7 Andy Leonard 48
- 7 Levi Meyerle 48
- 9 Amos Booth 40
- 10 Dickey Pearce 31
Putouts
SS PO- 1 John Peters 124
- 2 Davy Force 75
- 3 Bill Craver 71
- 4 Ezra Sutton 66
- 5 Tom Carey 49
- 6 Jack Manning 30
- 7 Andy Leonard 28
- 8 Levi Meyerle 26
- 9 Amos Booth 18
- 10 Dickey Pearce 7
Double Plays
SS DP- 1 John Peters 23
- 2 Bill Craver 15
- 3 Tom Carey 11
- 4 Davy Force 9
- 5 Ezra Sutton 8
- 6 Levi Meyerle 4
- 7 Andy Leonard 3
- 7 Dickey Pearce 3
- 9 Jack Manning 2
- 9 Al Nichols 2
Range Factor
SS RF- 1 John Peters 5.65
- 2 Davy Force 4.70
- 3 Bill Craver 4.32
- 4 Tom Carey 4.20
Games
SS G- 1 Tom Carey 60
- 1 John Peters 60
- 3 Bill Craver 57
- 4 Davy Force 50
- 5 Ezra Sutton 36
- 6 Jack Manning 26
- 7 Andy Leonard 21
- 8 Levi Meyerle 18
- 9 Amos Booth 13
- 10 Dickey Pearce 8
Errors
SS E- 1 Tom Carey 53
- 2 John Peters 45
- 3 Jack Manning 32
- 4 Bill Craver 26
- 5 Davy Force 22
- 6 Ezra Sutton 21
- 7 Levi Meyerle 16
- 8 Andy Leonard 12
- 9 Amos Booth 10
- 10 Lip Pike 6