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1878 National League Shortstop

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Team & League Standard Fielding--SS

Tm #Fld R/G G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld%
BSN 2 4.02 60 289 74 200 15 25 .948
CHC 2 5.43 61 364 73 246 45 17 .876
CIN 2 4.61 61 279 58 183 38 15 .864
IND 3 5.21 63 276 61 182 33 10 .880
MLG 3 6.33 61 284 67 167 50 9 .824
PRO 2 5.44 62 308 56 212 40 8 .870
LgAvg 2 5.17 61 300 65 198 37 14 .877
14 5.17 368 1800 389 1190 221 84 .877

Player Standard Fielding--SS

Rk Age Tm G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
1 Tom Carey 32 PRO 61 301 56 207 38 8 .874 4.31
2 John Clapp 26 IND 3 12 1 8 3 0 .750 3.00
3 Bob Ferguson 33 CHC 57 337 71 226 40 17 .881 5.21
4 Billy Geer CIN 60 271 58 177 36 15 .867 3.92
5 Paul Hines 23 PRO 1 7 0 5 2 0 .714 5.00
6 Jake Knowdell 23 MLG 1 6 3 1 2 0 .667 4.00
7 Bill McClellan 22 CHC 5 27 2 20 5 0 .815 4.40
8 Bobby Mitchell 22 CIN 2 8 0 6 2 0 .750 3.00
9 Candy Nelson 29 IND 19 82 19 50 13 1 .841 3.63
10 John Peters 28 MLG 22 115 33 69 13 4 .887 4.64
11 Billy Redmond 25 MLG 39 163 31 97 35 5 .785 3.28
12 Ezra Sutton 28 BSN 1 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00
13 Fred Warner 23 IND 41 182 41 124 17 9 .907 4.02
14 George Wright 31 BSN 59 284 72 197 15 24 .947 4.56
LgAvg 7 33 7 22 4 2 .877 4.26


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