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1879 Major League Baseball Shortstop

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Team & League Standard Fielding--SS

Tm #Fld R/G G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld%
BSN 2 4.14 84 410 100 253 57 24 .861
BUF 2 4.62 79 368 75 266 27 26 .927
CHC 1 4.95 83 436 94 271 71 14 .837
CIN 3 5.73 81 467 128 265 74 18 .842
CLV 2 5.62 82 407 82 270 55 13 .865
PRO 1 4.18 85 449 96 319 34 17 .924
SYR 4 6.51 71 385 125 204 56 15 .855
TRO 4 7.05 77 439 91 291 57 18 .870
LgAvg 2 5.31 80 420 99 267 54 18 .872
19 5.31 642 3361 791 2139 431 145 .872

Player Standard Fielding--SS

Rk Age Tm Lg G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
1 Ross Barnes 29 CIN NL 61 358 95 211 52 14 .855 5.02
2 George Bradley 26 TRO NL 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00
3 Mike Burke 25 CIN NL 19 103 28 53 22 3 .786 4.26
4 Tom Carey 33 CLV NL 80 396 79 263 54 13 .864 4.28
5 Ed Caskin 27 TRO NL 42 234 42 169 23 10 .902 5.02
6 George Creamer 24 SYR NL 3 17 4 10 3 1 .824 4.67
7 Mike Dorgan 25 SYR NL 6 30 7 15 8 1 .733 3.67
8 Davy Force 29 BUF NL 78 364 74 264 26 26 .929 4.33
9 Pud Galvin 22 BUF NL 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00
10 Joe Gerhardt 24 CIN NL 1 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
11 Barney Gilligan 23 CLV NL 2 11 3 7 1 0 .909 5.00
12 Sadie Houck 23 BSN NL 33 161 47 86 28 9 .826 4.03
13 Jimmy Macullar 24 SYR NL 37 200 62 111 27 9 .865 4.68
14 Candy Nelson 30 TRO NL 24 151 37 89 25 8 .834 5.25
15 John Peters 29 CHC NL 83 436 94 271 71 14 .837 4.40
16 John Richmond 24 SYR NL 28 138 52 68 18 4 .870 4.29
17 John Shoup 27 TRO NL 10 50 10 31 9 0 .820 4.10
18 Ezra Sutton 29 BSN NL 51 249 53 167 29 15 .884 4.31
19 George Wright 32 PRO NL 85 449 96 319 34 17 .924 4.88
LgAvg 9 47 11 30 6 2 .872 4.54


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