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1879 MLB Catcher Fielding Leaders

Every catcher fielding board for 1879 on one page, top ten in each.

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Pop Snyder led qualified catchers with a .925 fielding percentage in 1879. Pop Snyder also led in putouts (398), assists (142) and double plays (10). Lew Brown made the most errors, 63.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 42 games at catcher, the fielding-title rule of half of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

C FPCT
  1. 1 Pop Snyder .925
  2. 2 Silver Flint .915
  3. 3 John Clapp .906
  4. 4 Deacon White .901
  5. 5 Bill Holbert .897
  6. 6 Doc Kennedy .891
  7. 7 Charlie Reilley .867
  8. 8 Lew Brown .847

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Putouts

C PO
  1. 1 Pop Snyder 398
  2. 2 Silver Flint 341
  3. 3 Deacon White 307
  4. 4 Bill Holbert 293
  5. 5 John Clapp 286
  6. 5 Lew Brown 286
  7. 7 Doc Kennedy 277
  8. 8 Charlie Reilley 231
  9. 9 Emil Gross 152
  10. 10 Barney Gilligan 147

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Assists

C A
  1. 1 Pop Snyder 142
  2. 2 Silver Flint 109
  3. 3 Deacon White 92
  4. 4 Bill Holbert 73
  5. 5 Lew Brown 63
  6. 6 John Clapp 60
  7. 7 Doc Kennedy 50
  8. 8 Charlie Reilley 49
  9. 9 Barney Gilligan 41
  10. 10 Emil Gross 39

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Double Plays

C DP
  1. 1 Pop Snyder 10
  2. 2 Silver Flint 6
  3. 3 Bill Holbert 5
  4. 3 Lew Brown 5
  5. 5 John Clapp 4
  6. 6 Deacon White 3
  7. 7 Charlie Reilley 2
  8. 7 Doc Kennedy 2
  9. 7 Bill Phillips 2
  10. 10 Emil Gross 1

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Range Factor

C RF
  1. 1 Lew Brown 7.27
  2. 2 Doc Kennedy 7.11
  3. 3 Deacon White 6.76
  4. 4 Pop Snyder 6.75
  5. 5 Bill Holbert 6.10
  6. 6 Silver Flint 5.77
  7. 7 Charlie Reilley 5.71
  8. 8 John Clapp 5.49

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Games

C G
  1. 1 Pop Snyder 80
  2. 2 Silver Flint 78
  3. 3 John Clapp 63
  4. 4 Bill Holbert 60
  5. 5 Deacon White 59
  6. 6 Charlie Reilley 49
  7. 7 Lew Brown 48
  8. 8 Doc Kennedy 46
  9. 9 Emil Gross 30
  10. 10 Barney Gilligan 27

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Errors

C E
  1. 1 Lew Brown 63
  2. 2 Pop Snyder 44
  3. 2 Deacon White 44
  4. 4 Charlie Reilley 43
  5. 5 Silver Flint 42
  6. 5 Bill Holbert 42
  7. 7 Doc Kennedy 40
  8. 8 John Clapp 36
  9. 9 Barney Gilligan 28
  10. 10 Emil Gross 22

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