1897 MLB Second Base Fielding Leaders
Every second base fielding board for 1897 on one page, top ten in each.
Henry Reitz led qualified second basemen with a .962 fielding percentage in 1897. Henry Reitz also led in assists (449) and double plays (62). Dick Padden led in putouts (369). Kid Gleason made the most errors, 53.
Fielding percentage and range factor count qualified players only: at least 91 games at second base, the fielding-title rule of two-thirds of the team's games.
Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Henry Reitz .962
- 2 Bobby Lowe .952
- 3 Bill Hallman .945
- 4 Cupid Childs .944
- 5 Dick Padden .941
- 6 Kid Gleason .930
Assists
2B A- 1 Henry Reitz 449
- 2 Bobby Lowe 404
- 3 Dick Padden 402
- 4 Kid Gleason 396
- 5 Cupid Childs 384
- 6 Bill Hallman 328
- 7 Jim Connor 293
- 8 Bid McPhee 267
- 9 John O'Brien 260
- 10 George Shoch 240
Putouts
2B PO- 1 Dick Padden 369
- 2 Cupid Childs 319
- 3 Kid Gleason 312
- 4 Henry Reitz 282
- 5 Bill Hallman 271
- 6 Bobby Lowe 270
- 7 John O'Brien 223
- 8 Bid McPhee 209
- 9 George Shoch 188
- 10 Jim Connor 176
Double Plays
2B DP- 1 Henry Reitz 62
- 2 Bill Hallman 46
- 3 Kid Gleason 43
- 3 John O'Brien 43
- 5 Cupid Childs 42
- 6 Jim Connor 40
- 7 Dick Padden 36
- 8 Bid McPhee 34
- 9 Bobby Lowe 33
- 10 George Shoch 25
Range Factor
2B RF- 1 Cupid Childs 6.17
- 2 Dick Padden 5.75
- 3 Henry Reitz 5.71
- 4 Bill Hallman 5.50
- 5 Bobby Lowe 5.48
- 6 Kid Gleason 5.45
Games
2B G- 1 Dick Padden 134
- 2 Kid Gleason 130
- 3 Henry Reitz 128
- 4 Bobby Lowe 123
- 5 Cupid Childs 114
- 6 Bill Hallman 109
- 7 John O'Brien 86
- 8 Bid McPhee 81
- 9 Jim Connor 76
- 10 George Shoch 68
Errors
2B E- 1 Kid Gleason 53
- 2 Dick Padden 48
- 3 Cupid Childs 42
- 4 Bill Hallman 35
- 5 Bobby Lowe 34
- 6 Jim Connor 32
- 6 Jim Canavan 32
- 8 John O'Brien 30
- 9 Henry Reitz 29
- 10 George Shoch 27