1879 MLB First Base Errors Leaders

Oscar Walker led all of MLB in first base errors in 1879 with 49, 7 ahead of Cal McVey (42). It stands 16th among all single seasons in MLB history.

Showing First Base Errors and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	1B E	G	PO	A	FPCT
1	OW Oscar Walker	BFN	49	72	828	30	.946
2	Cal McVey	CN1	42	72	736	5	.946
3	Bill Phillips	CL2	36	75	726	22	.954
4	Dan Brouthers	TRN	33	37	406	6	.926
5	Joe Start	PRO	22	65	779	11	.973
6	Ed Cogswell	BSN	19	49	539	10	.967
7	AC Aaron Clapp	TRN	19	25	270	4	.935
8	Hick Carpenter	SR1	17	34	300	10	.948
9	Cap Anson	CHN	16	51	620	8	.975
10	Jack Remsen	CHN	13	11	135	5	.915
11	John Morrill	BSN	11	33	313	16	.968
12	Jim O'Rourke	PRO	11	20	219	1	.952
13	MD Mike Dorgan	SR1	10	21	200	8	.954
14	JM John McGuinness	SR1	9	12	113	3	.928
15	CR Charlie Reilley	TRN	6	11	123	2	.954
16	Bill Crowley	BFN	6	7	76	4	.930
17	George Gore	CHN	5	9	108	2	.957
18	Joe Gerhardt	CN1	5	8	82	5	.946
19	GA George Adams	SR1	4	2	15	0	.789
20	Ed Williamson	CHN	3	6	77	1	.963
21	George Bradley	TRN	3	3	31	2	.917
22	CE Charlie Eden	CL2	3	3	12	1	.813
23	John Cassidy	TRN	3	2	17	1	.857
24	Lew Brown	PRO	2	6	72	2	.974
25	DK Doc Kennedy	CL2	2	4	41	2	.956
26	FD Frank Decker	SR1	2	1	9	0	.818
27	Jim McCormick	CL2	1	4	38	0	.974
28	Curry Foley	BSN	1	2	16	1	.944
29	KK Kick Kelly	SR1	1	2	13	0	.929
30	Deacon White	CN1	1	2	18	3	.955
31	Tommy Bond	BSN	0	1	1	0	1.000
32	FG Fred Goldsmith	TRN	0	1	4	0	1.000
33	JH Joe Hornung	BFN	0	1	6	0	1.000
34	JK John Kelly	CL2	0	1	7	0	1.000
35	SL Steve Libby	BFN	0	1	8	0	1.000
36	FW Fred Warner	CL2	0	1	13	0	1.000
37	Bill White	PRO	0	1	12	0	1.000