1881 Chicago White Stockings

Fielding Statistics

56-28, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (56-28)
Scored 550 runs, Allowed 380 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-28

Ballparks: Lake Front Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 104

National League Champs

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1880 / 1882 Fielding Statistics

Team Fielding--Totals

Standard Fielding by Position Below · League Register

	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Cap Anson	29	87		961	894	43	24	48	.975	10.77	0		0	0				1B-C-SS
Tom Burns	24	86		435	116	263	56	22	.871	4.41								SS-3B-2B
Larry Corcoran	21	48		112	31	70	11	0	.902	2.10								P-SS-OF
Abner Dalrymple	23	82		188	143	14	31	1	.835	1.91								OF
Silver Flint	25	89		445	326	92	27	6	.939	4.70	58		0	0				C-OF-1B
Fred Goldsmith	25	42		139	21	97	21	2	.849	2.81								P-OF
George Gore	27	74		201	154	22	25	4	.876	2.38								OF-1B-3B
King Kelly	23	91		206	121	52	33	3	.840	1.90	9		0	0				OF-C-3B
Hugh Nicol	23	27		62	45	12	5	1	.919	2.11								OF-SS
Andy Piercy	26	2		12	6	3	3	0	.750	4.50								2B-3B
Joe Quest	28	78		531	242	252	37	28	.930	6.33								2B-SS
Ned Williamson	23	86		391	135	220	36	13	.908	4.13	0		0	0				P-3B-2B-SS-C
Team Totals	24.9	84		3683	2234	1140	309	128	.916	4.26	67		0	0
Rank in 8 NL teams							8	5	2
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Standard Team Fielding

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Player Standard Fielding--C

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Silver Flint	25	80	438	319	92	27	6	.938	5.14	58	0	0
King Kelly	23	11	47	28	9	10	1	.787	3.36	9	0	0
Cap Anson	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	0	0	0
Ned Williamson	23	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0
League Average								.912	5.93
Team Total		84	487	349	101	37	7	.924	4.79	67	0	0

Player Standard Fielding--1B

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Cap Anson	29	84	959	892	43	24	48	.975	11.13
Silver Flint	25	1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.00
George Gore	27	1	9	8	1	0	1	1.000	9.00
League Average								.960	10.45
Team Total		84	972	904	44	24	49	.975	11.02

Player Standard Fielding--2B

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Quest	28	77	524	238	249	37	28	.929	6.32
Ned Williamson	23	4	32	11	17	4	2	.875	7.00
Tom Burns	24	3	24	10	13	1	1	.958	7.67
Andy Piercy	26	1	8	3	3	2	0	.750	6.00
League Average								.902	6.19
Team Total		84	588	262	282	44	31	.925	6.40

Player Standard Fielding--3B

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ned Williamson	23	76	342	117	194	31	10	.909	4.09
King Kelly	23	8	21	8	12	1	0	.952	2.50
Tom Burns	24	3	10	6	1	3	1	.700	2.33
George Gore	27	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Andy Piercy	26	1	4	3	0	1	0	.750	3.00
League Average								.858	3.51
Team Total		84	378	134	207	37	11	.902	3.83

Player Standard Fielding--SS

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tom Burns	24	80	401	100	249	52	20	.870	4.36
Larry Corcoran	21	2	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	4.50
Ned Williamson	23	2	14	6	7	1	1	.929	6.50
Cap Anson	29	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
Hugh Nicol	23	1	3	1	1	1	0	.667	2.00
Joe Quest	28	1	7	4	3	0	0	1.000	7.00
League Average								.871	4.55
Team Total		84	434	113	267	54	21	.876	4.37

Player Standard Fielding--OF

League Register

	Age	G	LF	CF	RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Abner Dalrymple	23	82	82	0	0	188	143	14	31	1	.835	1.91
George Gore	27	72	0	72	0	191	146	21	24	3	.874	2.32
King Kelly	23	72	0	0	72	138	85	31	22	2	.841	1.61
Hugh Nicol	23	26	2	12	12	59	44	11	4	1	.932	2.12
Silver Flint	25	8	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.38
Fred Goldsmith	25	3	0	1	2	8	3	2	3	0	.625	1.67
Larry Corcoran	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
League Average											.868	2.00
Team Total		84				587	424	79	84	7	.857	1.91

Player Standard Fielding--P

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Larry Corcoran	21	45	103	29	63	11	0	.893	2.04
Fred Goldsmith	25	39	131	18	95	18	2	.863	2.90
Ned Williamson	23	3	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.00
League Average								.895	2.07
Team Total		84	237	48	160	29	2	.878	2.39

1880 / 1882 Fielding Statistics

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