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1879 Major League Baseball Catcher

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Team & League Standard Fielding--C

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Tm #Fld R/G G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld%
BSN 2 4.14 84 615 420 147 48 10 .922
BUF 4 4.62 79 484 361 76 47 4 .903
CHC 3 4.95 83 532 369 116 47 6 .912
CIN 4 5.73 81 617 415 143 59 5 .904
CLV 7 5.62 82 685 486 105 94 5 .863
PRO 5 4.18 85 707 492 119 96 6 .864
SYR 7 6.51 71 491 351 82 58 5 .882
TRO 4 7.05 77 530 361 99 70 4 .868
LgAvg 4 5.31 80 583 407 111 65 6 .889
34 5.31 642 4661 3255 887 519 45 .889

Player Standard Fielding--C

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Rk Age Tm Lg G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
1 Doug Allison 32 PRO NL 1 12 9 1 2 0 .833 10.00
2 Lew Brown 21 PRO NL 48 412 286 63 63 5 .847 7.27
3 Ed Caskin 27 TRO NL 22 160 105 35 20 1 .875 6.36
4 John Clapp 27 BUF NL 63 382 286 60 36 4 .906 5.49
5 Bill Crowley 22 BUF NL 10 49 34 8 7 0 .857 4.20
6 Frank Decker 23 SYR NL 2 7 5 0 2 0 .714 2.50
7 Tom Dolan 24 CHC NL 1 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 8.00
8 Mike Dorgan 25 SYR NL 4 36 24 5 7 0 .806 7.25
9 Charlie Eden 24 CLV NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
10 Silver Flint 23 CHC NL 78 492 341 109 42 6 .915 5.77
11 Barney Gilligan 23 CLV NL 27 216 147 41 28 0 .870 6.96
12 Emil Gross 21 PRO NL 30 213 152 39 22 1 .897 6.37
13 Fred Gunkle CLV NL 1 4 1 0 3 0 .250 1.00
14 Bill Hawes 25 BSN NL 5 31 22 5 4 0 .871 5.40
15 William Hoffman 26 CLV NL 2 14 8 4 2 1 .857 6.00
16 Bill Holbert 24 TOT NL 60 408 293 73 42 5 .897 6.10
17 Bill Holbert 24 SYR NL 56 380 277 64 39 4 .897 6.09
18 Bill Holbert 24 TRO NL 4 28 16 9 3 1 .893 6.25
19 Pete Hotaling 22 CIN NL 8 44 26 15 3 1 .932 5.13
20 John Kelly 20 CLV NL 1 7 4 0 3 0 .571 4.00
21 Kick Kelly 22 TOT NL 11 71 42 16 13 1 .817 5.27
22 Kick Kelly 22 SYR NL 8 52 33 10 9 1 .827 5.38
23 Kick Kelly 22 TRO NL 3 19 9 6 4 0 .789 5.00
24 King Kelly 21 CIN NL 21 130 82 36 12 1 .908 5.62
25 Rudy Kemmler 19 PRO NL 2 24 13 7 4 0 .833 10.00
Rk Age Tm Lg G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
26 Doc Kennedy 25 CLV NL 46 367 277 50 40 2 .891 7.11
27 Cal McVey 29 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
28 Jim O'Rourke 28 PRO NL 5 46 32 9 5 0 .891 8.20
29 Charlie Osterhout 23 SYR NL 1 6 3 2 1 0 .833 5.00
30 Bill Phillips 22 CLV NL 11 76 48 10 18 2 .763 5.27
31 Blondie Purcell 25 SYR NL 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
32 Charlie Reilley 23 TRO NL 49 323 231 49 43 2 .867 5.71
33 Hardy Richardson 24 BUF NL 1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 11.00
34 John Richmond 24 SYR NL 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
35 Jack Rowe 22 BUF NL 6 42 30 8 4 0 .905 6.33
36 Pop Snyder 24 BSN NL 80 584 398 142 44 10 .925 6.75
37 Deacon White 31 CIN NL 59 443 307 92 44 3 .901 6.76
38 Ned Williamson 21 CHC NL 4 32 22 5 5 0 .844 6.75
LgAvg 8 58 41 11 6 1 .889 6.27
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