1880 MLB First Base Fielding Leaders
Every first base fielding board for 1880 on one page, top ten in each.
Cap Anson led qualified first basemen with a .978 fielding percentage in 1880. Joe Start led in putouts (954). John Morrill led in assists (26). Bill Phillips led in double plays (37). John Reilly made the most errors, 35.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 58 games at first base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 Cap Anson .978
- 2 Joe Start .971
- 3 Bill Phillips .963
- 4 John Reilly .947
Putouts
1B PO- 1 Joe Start 954
- 2 Cap Anson 866
- 3 Bill Phillips 842
- 4 John Reilly 615
- 5 Ed Cogswell 475
- 6 Dude Esterbrook 463
- 7 Harry Stovey 448
- 8 Chub Sullivan 447
- 9 John Morrill 434
- 10 Bill Tobin 357
Assists
1B A- 1 John Morrill 26
- 2 Bill Phillips 25
- 3 Dude Esterbrook 17
- 4 Cap Anson 15
- 4 Ed Cogswell 15
- 6 John Reilly 13
- 7 Chub Sullivan 12
- 7 Harry Stovey 12
- 9 Joe Start 10
- 10 Bill Tobin 8
Double Plays
1B DP- 1 Bill Phillips 37
- 2 John Reilly 36
- 3 Joe Start 30
- 4 Cap Anson 28
- 5 Bill Tobin 27
- 6 John Morrill 26
- 7 Dude Esterbrook 20
- 7 Harry Stovey 20
- 9 Chub Sullivan 19
- 10 Ed Cogswell 18
Range Factor
1B RF- 1 Joe Start 11.76
- 2 Cap Anson 10.88
- 3 Bill Phillips 10.20
- 4 John Reilly 8.72
Games
1B G- 1 Bill Phillips 85
- 2 Joe Start 82
- 3 Cap Anson 81
- 4 John Reilly 72
- 5 Ed Cogswell 47
- 5 Dude Esterbrook 47
- 7 John Morrill 46
- 8 Chub Sullivan 43
- 9 Bill Tobin 38
- 10 Harry Stovey 37
Errors
1B E- 1 John Reilly 35
- 2 Bill Phillips 33
- 3 Dude Esterbrook 31
- 4 Joe Start 29
- 5 Harry Stovey 23
- 5 Oscar Walker 23
- 7 Cap Anson 20
- 7 Ed Cogswell 20
- 9 John Morrill 16
- 9 Bill Tobin 16