Federal League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Borton • SLM 1,571
2. Konetchy • PBS 1,536
3. Chase • BUF 1,463
4. Stovall • KCP 1,417
5. Beck • CHI 1,073

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Esmond • NEW 482
2. Doolin • 2TM 481
3. Johnson • SLM 477
4. LaPorte • NEW 431
5. Smith • 2TM 419

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Smith • CHI 70
2. Smith • 2TM 62
3. Esmond • NEW 54
4. Doolin • 2TM 52
5. Johnson • SLM 51

Def. Games as C

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Rariden • NEW 142
2. Hartley • SLM 113
3. Berry • PBS 99
Owens • BAL 99
5. Blair • BUF 97

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Rariden • NEW 709
2. Hartley • SLM 565
3. Owens • BAL 462
4. Blair • BUF 404
5. Easterly • KCP 398

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Rariden • NEW 238
2. Hartley • SLM 151
3. Blair • BUF 150
4. Owens • BAL 146
5. Berry • PBS 144

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Allen • BUF 21
Rariden • NEW 21
Hartley • SLM 21
4. Land • BTT 18
5. Easterly • KCP 17

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Owens • BAL 19
2. Rariden • NEW 18
3. Blair • BUF 15
4. Land • BTT 13
5. Easterly • KCP 11
Hartley • SLM 11

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Hartley • SLM 17
2. Allen • BUF 13
Land • BTT 13
4. O'Connor • PBS 11
5. Easterly • KCP 9

Stolen Bases Allowed as C

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases. From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1968 and for those we may not have any data.

1. Blair • BUF 130
2. Hartley • SLM 127
3. Rariden • NEW 126
4. Land • BTT 103
5. Owens • BAL 98

Caught Stealing as C

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases. From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1968 and for those we may not have any data.

1. Rariden • NEW 138
2. Owens • BAL 98
3. Blair • BUF 94
4. Hartley • SLM 93
5. Berry • PBS 84

Caught Stealing %

Caught Stealing Percentage
CS / (SB + CS)

1. Berry • PBS 53.8
2. Rariden • NEW 52.3
3. Owens • BAL 50.0
4. Wilson • CHI 48.4
5. Chapman • SLM 47.1

Def. Games as 1B

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Borton • SLM 159
2. Konetchy • PBS 152
3. Chase • BUF 143
4. Stovall • KCP 129
5. Beck • CHI 117

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Borton • SLM 1,571
2. Konetchy • PBS 1,536
3. Chase • BUF 1,460
4. Stovall • KCP 1,417
5. Beck • CHI 1,073

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Stovall • KCP 87
2. Chase • BUF 83
3. Konetchy • PBS 81
4. Borton • SLM 58
5. Swacina • BAL 57

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Chase • BUF 26
2. Stovall • KCP 20
3. Huhn • NEW 16
4. Borton • SLM 12
Agler • 2TM 12

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Borton • SLM 91
2. Chase • BUF 84
3. Konetchy • PBS 83
4. Huhn • NEW 68
5. Stovall • KCP 61

Def. Games as 2B

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. LaPorte • NEW 146
2. Vaughn • SLM 127
3. Magee • BTT 115
4. Yerkes • PBS 114
5. Kenworthy • KCP 108

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. LaPorte • NEW 330
2. Magee • BTT 271
3. Vaughn • SLM 249
4. Yerkes • PBS 242
5. Kenworthy • KCP 230

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. LaPorte • NEW 431
2. Vaughn • SLM 357
3. Yerkes • PBS 322
4. Magee • BTT 321
5. Kenworthy • KCP 283

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Magee • BTT 40
2. Kenworthy • KCP 35
3. LaPorte • NEW 32
4. Vaughn • SLM 30
5. Zeider • CHI 28

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. LaPorte • NEW 69
2. Knabe • BAL 52
3. Magee • BTT 46
4. Vaughn • SLM 43
5. Zeider • CHI 39

Def. Games as 3B

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Mowrey • PBS 151
2. McKechnie • NEW 117
3. Walsh • 2TM 115
4. Halt • BTT 111
5. Perring • KCP 102

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. McKechnie • NEW 184
2. Mowrey • PBS 174
Halt • BTT 174
4. Walsh • 2TM 138
5. Perring • KCP 135

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Mowrey • PBS 268
2. Perring • KCP 226
McKechnie • NEW 226
4. Halt • BTT 224
5. Walsh • 2TM 204

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Halt • BTT 30
2. Walsh • 2TM 24
3. Mowrey • PBS 19
McKechnie • NEW 19
5. Duncan • BAL 17

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Halt • BTT 23
2. McKechnie • NEW 17
3. Walsh • 2TM 15
Mowrey • PBS 15
5. Perring • KCP 14

Def. Games as SS

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Esmond • NEW 155
2. Johnson • SLM 152
3. Doolin • 2TM 143
4. Berghammer • PBS 132
5. Smith • 2TM 126

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Esmond • NEW 353
2. Doolin • 2TM 349
3. Johnson • SLM 348
4. Berghammer • PBS 286
5. Smith • 2TM 280

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Esmond • NEW 482
2. Doolin • 2TM 481
3. Johnson • SLM 477
4. Smith • 2TM 377
5. Rawlings • KCP 366

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Smith • 2TM 69
2. Smith • 2TM 57
3. Esmond • NEW 54
4. Doolin • 2TM 52
5. Johnson • SLM 51

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Doolin • 2TM 72
2. Esmond • NEW 67
3. Johnson • SLM 64
4. Berghammer • PBS 55
5. Smith • 2TM 38
Roach • BUF 38

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Miller • SLM 155
Scheer • NEW 155
3. Shaw • KCP 120
4. Wickland • 2TM 114
5. Cooper • BTT 112

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Miller • SLM 297
2. Scheer • NEW 287
3. Cooper • BTT 252
4. Wickland • 2TM 238
5. Mann • CHI 211

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Cooper • BTT 24
2. Miller • SLM 16
3. Scheer • NEW 15
4. Duncan • BAL 14
5. Wickland • 2TM 12
Mann • CHI 12

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Cooper • BTT 12
Miller • SLM 12
3. Shaw • KCP 11
4. Scheer • NEW 9
5. Wickland • 2TM 8

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Duncan • BAL 5
2. Anderson • BTT 4
Hofman • BUF 4
Miller • SLM 4
Scheer • NEW 4

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Oakes • PBS 152
2. Zwilling • CHI 148
3. Chadbourne • KCP 147
4. Roush • NEW 143
5. Kauff • BTT 136

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Zwilling • CHI 357
2. Oakes • PBS 344
3. Roush • NEW 336
4. Kauff • BTT 317
5. Chadbourne • KCP 296

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Kauff • BTT 31
2. Chadbourne • KCP 22
3. Zwilling • CHI 18
4. Roush • NEW 16
5. Oakes • PBS 12

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Kauff • BTT 15
2. Roush • NEW 11
3. Oakes • PBS 10
4. Dalton • BUF 8
Zwilling • CHI 8

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Kauff • BTT 6
2. Chadbourne • KCP 5
Zwilling • CHI 5
4. McCandless • BAL 4
5. Marsans • SLM 3
Roush • NEW 3

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Evans • 2TM 149
2. Kelly • PBS 135
3. Tobin • SLM 128
4. Gilmore • KCP 119
5. Campbell • NEW 115

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Kelly • PBS 258
2. Gilmore • KCP 214
3. Tobin • SLM 199
Evans • 2TM 199
5. Campbell • NEW 168

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Kelly • PBS 23
2. Evans • 2TM 21
3. Gilmore • KCP 18
Tobin • SLM 18
5. Flack • CHI 15

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Evans • 2TM 14
Kelly • PBS 14
3. Tobin • SLM 10
4. Campbell • NEW 8
5. Meyer • 2TM 7

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Kelly • PBS 6
Evans • 2TM 6
3. Gilmore • KCP 4
4. Campbell • NEW 3
Flack • CHI 3

Def. Games as OF

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Tobin • SLM 158
2. Scheer • NEW 155
3. Miller • SLM 154
4. Oakes • PBS 153
5. Chadbourne • KCP 152

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Zwilling • CHI 356
2. Oakes • PBS 348
3. Roush • NEW 331
4. Kauff • BTT 317
5. Chadbourne • KCP 308

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Kauff • BTT 32
2. Kelly • PBS 27
3. Cooper • BTT 26
4. Chadbourne • KCP 24
Flack • CHI 24

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Kelly • PBS 16
2. Kauff • BTT 15
3. Evans • 2TM 14
4. Cooper • BTT 13
McCandless • BAL 13

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. McCandless • BAL 8
2. Chadbourne • KCP 7
Kauff • BTT 7
4. Duncan • BAL 6
Evans • 2TM 6
Zwilling • CHI 6

Def. Games as P

<strong>Defensive Games Played</strong>Games played at this position.

1. Davenport • SLM 55
2. Bedient • BUF 53
3. Crandall • SLM 51
4. Johnson • KCP 46
5. Quinn • BAL 44
Cullop • KCP 44
McConnell • CHI 44
Seaton • 2TM 44

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Packard • KCP 23
2. Allen • PBS 16
3. Finneran • BTT 15
Crandall • SLM 15
5. Krapp • BUF 13
Plank • SLM 13
Johnson • KCP 13

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Cullop • KCP 121
2. Packard • KCP 114
3. McConnell • CHI 105
4. Krapp • BUF 100
5. Crandall • SLM 99

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Johnson • KCP 12
2. Packard • KCP 7
Moran • NEW 7
Reulbach • NEW 7
Bailey • 2TM 7
Bedient • BUF 7

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Krapp • BUF 6
2. Brown • CHI 5
3. McConnell • CHI 4
Seaton • 2TM 4
Falkenberg • 2TM 4
Black • 2TM 4
Plank • SLM 4
Johnson • KCP 4

Range Factor/9Inn as C

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Allen • BUF 7.09
2. Rariden • NEW 6.79
3. Blair • BUF 6.66
4. Hartley • SLM 6.63
5. Owens • BAL 6.62

Range Factor/Game as C

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Rariden • NEW 6.67
2. Hartley • SLM 6.34
3. Owens • BAL 6.14
4. Easterly • KCP 6.02
5. O'Connor • PBS 5.86

Fielding % as C

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Blair • BUF .981
2. Wilson • CHI .980
3. Berry • PBS .980
4. Rariden • NEW .978
5. Owens • BAL .976

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Stovall • KCP 12.03
2. Chase • BUF 11.00
3. Beck • CHI 10.98
4. Myers • BTT 10.87
5. Konetchy • PBS 10.82

Range Factor/Game as 1B

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Stovall • KCP 11.66
2. Chase • BUF 10.79
3. Konetchy • PBS 10.64
4. Huhn • NEW 10.44
5. Borton • SLM 10.25

Fielding % as 1B

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Konetchy • PBS .994
2. Borton • SLM .993
3. Beck • CHI .992
4. Myers • BTT .990
5. Stovall • KCP .987

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Magee • BTT 5.58
2. Zeider • CHI 5.44
3. Knabe • BAL 5.42
4. Louden • BUF 5.33
5. LaPorte • NEW 5.18

Range Factor/Game as 2B

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Zeider • CHI 5.40
2. LaPorte • NEW 5.21
3. Magee • BTT 5.15
4. Louden • BUF 5.15
5. Knabe • BAL 4.97

Fielding % as 2B

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Yerkes • PBS .967
2. LaPorte • NEW .960
3. Vaughn • SLM .953
4. Magee • BTT .937
5. Kenworthy • KCP .936

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Perring • KCP 3.73
2. Halt • BTT 3.71
3. McKechnie • NEW 3.47
4. Walsh • 2TM 3.07
5. Mowrey • PBS 2.98

Range Factor/Game as 3B

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Wisterzil • 3TM 3.64
2. Halt • BTT 3.59
3. Perring • KCP 3.54
4. McKechnie • NEW 3.50
5. Walsh • 2TM 2.97

Fielding % as 3B

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Mowrey • PBS .959
2. McKechnie • NEW .956
3. Walsh • 2TM .934
4. Halt • BTT .930

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Doolin • 2TM 5.92
2. Roach • BUF 5.63
3. Johnson • SLM 5.54
4. Smith • 2TM 5.38
5. Esmond • NEW 5.34

Range Factor/Game as SS

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Doolin • 2TM 5.80
2. Roach • BUF 5.53
3. Johnson • SLM 5.43
4. Esmond • NEW 5.39
5. Smith • 2TM 5.21

Fielding % as SS

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Berghammer • PBS .943
2. Johnson • SLM .942
3. Doolin • 2TM .941
4. Esmond • NEW .939
5. Rawlings • KCP .926

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Cooper • BTT 2.46
2. Mann • CHI 2.37
3. Wickland • 2TM 2.19
4. Miller • SLM 2.02
5. Scheer • NEW 1.95

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Scheer • NEW .971
2. Wickland • 2TM .969
3. Miller • SLM .963
4. Cooper • BTT .958
5. Shaw • KCP .944

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Kauff • BTT 2.56
2. Zwilling • CHI 2.53
3. Roush • NEW 2.46
4. Oakes • PBS 2.34
5. Chadbourne • KCP 2.16

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Chadbourne • KCP .981
2. Zwilling • CHI .979
3. Oakes • PBS .973
4. Roush • NEW .970
5. Kauff • BTT .959

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Kelly • PBS 2.08
2. Gilmore • KCP 1.95
3. Tobin • SLM 1.70
4. Campbell • NEW 1.58
5. Flack • CHI 1.53

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Gilmore • KCP .979
2. Campbell • NEW .958
3. Tobin • SLM .956
4. Kelly • PBS .953
5. Evans • 2TM .940

Range Factor/9Inn as OF

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Kauff • BTT 2.64
2. Zwilling • CHI 2.57
3. Cooper • BTT 2.52
4. Roush • NEW 2.44
5. Oakes • PBS 2.43

Range Factor/Game as OF

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Kauff • BTT 2.57
2. Zwilling • CHI 2.54
3. Cooper • BTT 2.48
4. Roush • NEW 2.44
5. Oakes • PBS 2.35

Fielding % as OF

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Chadbourne • KCP .979
2. Zwilling • CHI .979
3. Gilmore • KCP .979
4. Oakes • PBS .973
5. Roush • NEW .972

Range Factor/9Inn as P

<strong>Range Factor per 9 Inn</strong><br>9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played

1. Krapp • BUF 4.40
2. Packard • KCP 4.37
3. Cullop • KCP 3.96
4. Henning • KCP 3.91
5. Main • KCP 3.68

Range Factor/Game as P

<strong>Range Factor per Game</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / Games Played

1. Packard • KCP 3.26
2. Reulbach • NEW 3.06
3. Cullop • KCP 3.02
4. Krapp • BUF 2.97
5. Main • KCP 2.69

Fielding % as P

<strong>Fielding Percentage</strong><br>(Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)

1. Johnson • 2TM 1.000
Black • 2TM 1.000
Hearn • PBS 1.000
4. Henning • KCP .989
5. Plank • SLM .986

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements