1878 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders
Every first base fielding board for 1878 on one page, top ten in each.
Chub Sullivan led qualified first basemen with a .975 fielding percentage in 1878. Joe Start led in putouts (719). Chub Sullivan also led in assists (23). John Morrill led in double plays (36). Jake Goodman made the most errors, 42.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 41 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 Chub Sullivan .975
- 2 Art Croft .963
- 3 John Morrill .957
- 4 Joe Start .957
- 5 Jake Goodman .944
- 6 Tim Murnane .940
Putouts
1B PO- 1 Joe Start 719
- 2 Jake Goodman 693
- 3 Chub Sullivan 680
- 4 John Morrill 606
- 5 Tim Murnane 543
- 6 Art Croft 534
- 7 Lew Brown 178
- 8 John Clapp 143
- 9 Mike Golden 18
- 10 Jim O'Rourke 10
Assists
1B A- 1 Chub Sullivan 23
- 2 John Morrill 22
- 2 Tim Murnane 22
- 4 Joe Start 13
- 5 Jake Goodman 12
- 6 Art Croft 8
- 7 Lew Brown 3
- 8 John Clapp 2
Double Plays
1B DP- 1 John Morrill 36
- 2 Chub Sullivan 33
- 3 Joe Start 28
- 4 Tim Murnane 25
- 5 Art Croft 19
- 6 Jake Goodman 15
- 7 Lew Brown 7
- 8 John Clapp 6
- 9 Fred Corey 1
Range Factor
1B RF- 1 Joe Start 12.00
- 2 Tim Murnane 11.77
- 3 Jake Goodman 11.75
- 4 Chub Sullivan 11.52
- 5 John Morrill 10.64
- 6 Art Croft 10.63
Games
1B G- 1 Joe Start 61
- 1 Chub Sullivan 61
- 3 Jake Goodman 60
- 4 John Morrill 59
- 5 Art Croft 51
- 6 Tim Murnane 48
- 7 Lew Brown 15
- 8 John Clapp 12
- 9 Jim O'Rourke 2
- 10 Fred Corey 1
Errors
1B E- 1 Jake Goodman 42
- 2 Tim Murnane 36
- 3 Joe Start 33
- 4 John Morrill 28
- 5 Art Croft 21
- 6 Chub Sullivan 18
- 7 Lew Brown 11
- 8 John Clapp 5
- 9 Mike Golden 2