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1889 MLB Shortstop Fielding Leaders

Every shortstop fielding board for 1889 on one page, top ten in each.

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Jack Glasscock led qualified shortstops with a .915 fielding percentage in 1889. Ollie Beard led in assists (537) and double plays (63). Herman Long led in putouts (335). Herman Long made the most errors, 117.

Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 90 games at shortstop, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.

Fielding Percentage

SS FPCT
  1. 1 Jack Glasscock .915
  2. 2 Shorty Fuller .913
  3. 3 Ed McKean .907
  4. 4 Germany Smith .899
  5. 5 Ollie Beard .896
  6. 6 Bill Hallman .895
  7. 7 Pop Smith .894
  8. 8 John Ward .890
  9. 9 Arthur Irwin .888
  10. 10 Herman Long .874

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Assists

SS A
  1. 1 Ollie Beard 537
  2. 2 Herman Long 479
  3. 3 Jack Glasscock 478
  4. 4 Shorty Fuller 459
  5. 5 Phil Tomney 454
  6. 6 Frank Fennelly 453
  7. 7 Germany Smith 417
  8. 8 Ed McKean 398
  9. 9 Pop Smith 357
  10. 10 Bill Hallman 337

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Putouts

SS PO
  1. 1 Herman Long 335
  2. 2 Jack Glasscock 246
  3. 3 Shorty Fuller 240
  4. 4 Bill Hallman 237
  5. 5 Phil Tomney 229
  6. 5 John Ward 229
  7. 7 Ollie Beard 214
  8. 7 Pop Smith 214
  9. 9 Ed McKean 206
  10. 10 Arthur Irwin 190

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Double Plays

SS DP
  1. 1 Ollie Beard 63
  2. 2 Jack Glasscock 60
  3. 3 Phil Tomney 57
  4. 4 Herman Long 55
  5. 5 Frank Fennelly 53
  6. 6 Shorty Fuller 46
  7. 7 Pop Smith 44
  8. 8 Ed McKean 42
  9. 8 Arthur Irwin 42
  10. 10 Bill Hallman 39

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Range Factor

SS RF
  1. 1 Herman Long 6.36
  2. 2 Phil Tomney 6.10
  3. 3 Jack Glasscock 5.48
  4. 4 Bill Hallman 5.42
  5. 5 Ollie Beard 5.33
  6. 6 John Ward 5.07
  7. 7 Arthur Irwin 5.00
  8. 8 Shorty Fuller 4.99
  9. 9 Germany Smith 4.99
  10. 10 Ed McKean 4.95

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Games

SS G
  1. 1 Ollie Beard 141
  2. 2 Shorty Fuller 140
  3. 3 Frank Fennelly 138
  4. 4 Jack Glasscock 132
  5. 5 Herman Long 128
  6. 6 Ed McKean 122
  7. 7 Germany Smith 120
  8. 8 Pop Smith 117
  9. 9 Phil Tomney 112
  10. 10 John Ward 108

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Errors

SS E
  1. 1 Herman Long 117
  2. 2 Phil Tomney 114
  3. 3 Frank Fennelly 93
  4. 4 Ollie Beard 87
  5. 5 Pop Smith 68
  6. 5 John Ward 68
  7. 7 Shorty Fuller 67
  8. 7 Jack Glasscock 67
  9. 7 Germany Smith 67
  10. 7 Bill Hallman 67

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