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1877 MLB Third Base Fielding Leaders

Every third base fielding board for 1877 on one page, top ten in each.

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Cap Anson led qualified third basemen with a .883 fielding percentage in 1877. Bob Ferguson led in assists (155) and putouts (109). Will Foley led in double plays (9). Bob Ferguson made the most errors, 50.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 40 games at third base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

3B FPCT
  1. 1 Cap Anson .883
  2. 2 Bill Hague .843
  3. 3 Bob Ferguson .841
  4. 4 Will Foley .836

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Assists

3B A
  1. 1 Bob Ferguson 155
  2. 2 Will Foley 130
  3. 3 Bill Hague 78
  4. 4 Cap Anson 77
  5. 4 Joe Battin 77
  6. 6 John Morrill 43
  7. 7 Mike McGeary 41
  8. 8 Ezra Sutton 31
  9. 9 Cal McVey 23
  10. 10 George Bradley 18

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Putouts

3B PO
  1. 1 Bob Ferguson 109
  2. 2 Will Foley 94
  3. 3 Bill Hague 78
  4. 4 Cap Anson 74
  5. 5 Joe Battin 58
  6. 6 Mike McGeary 39
  7. 7 Ezra Sutton 38
  8. 8 John Morrill 33
  9. 9 Cal McVey 18
  10. 10 Harry Schafer 16

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Double Plays

3B DP
  1. 1 Will Foley 9
  2. 1 Cap Anson 9
  3. 3 Bob Ferguson 6
  4. 3 Joe Battin 6
  5. 5 Bill Hague 4
  6. 6 Ezra Sutton 2
  7. 7 John Morrill 1
  8. 7 George Bradley 1
  9. 7 Harry Schafer 1
  10. 7 Amos Booth 1

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Range Factor

3B RF
  1. 1 Bob Ferguson 4.71
  2. 2 Will Foley 4.00
  3. 3 Cap Anson 3.78
  4. 4 Bill Hague 2.64

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Games

3B G
  1. 1 Bill Hague 59
  2. 2 Bob Ferguson 56
  3. 2 Will Foley 56
  4. 4 Cap Anson 40
  5. 5 Joe Battin 32
  6. 6 John Morrill 30
  7. 7 Ezra Sutton 22
  8. 8 Mike McGeary 19
  9. 9 Cal McVey 17
  10. 10 George Bradley 16

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Errors

3B E
  1. 1 Bob Ferguson 50
  2. 2 Will Foley 44
  3. 3 Bill Hague 29
  4. 3 Joe Battin 29
  5. 5 Cap Anson 20
  6. 6 Ezra Sutton 15
  7. 7 George Bradley 13
  8. 8 John Morrill 12
  9. 9 Cal McVey 8
  10. 10 Mike McGeary 7

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