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Negro National League Fielding Leaders

Putouts

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bobo • SLS 1,005
2. Hawkins • KCM 811
3. Cunningham • MRS 725
4. Ware • CAG 692
5. Suttles • BBB 671

Assists

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Riggins • DS 331
2. Wells • SLS 296
3. Moore • KCM 295
4. Williams • MRS 255
5. Pryor • DS 254

Errors Committed

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Riggins • DS 49
2. Williams • CAG 45
3. Williams • MRS 40
4. Wells • SLS 34
5. Davis • BBB 33

Def. Games as C

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

1. Daniels • DS 71
2. Williams • BBB 60
3. Barnes • SLS 55
4. Brown • MRS 52
Murray • SLS 52

Putouts as C

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Daniels • DS 303
2. Williams • BBB 260
3. Duncan • KCM 259
4. Brown • CAG 258
5. Brown • MRS 247

Assists as C

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Barnes • SLS 58
2. Williams • BBB 56
3. Brown • MRS 54
4. Murray • SLS 43
5. Daniels • DS 38

Errors Committed as C

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Williams • BBB 20
2. Brown • MRS 14
3. Euell • ABC 13
4. Dixon • 2TM 11
5. Barnes • SLS 8

Double Plays Turned as C

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Barnes • SLS 9
2. Brown • MRS 7
3. Hines • CAG 5
4. Duncan • KCM 4
Foreman • KCM 4

Passed Balls

Passed Balls

1. Williams • BBB 6
2. Euell • ABC 4
Foreman • KCM 4
4. Hamilton • 2TM 3
Dixon • 2TM 3
Duncan • KCM 3
Hines • CAG 3
Roth • BBB 3
Murray • SLS 3

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. Williams • BBB 76
2. Barnes • SLS 55
3. Euell • ABC 46
Murray • SLS 46
5. Brown • MRS 44

Def. Games as 1B

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

1. Bobo • SLS 87
2. Hawkins • KCM 76
3. Cunningham • MRS 69
4. Ware • CAG 67
5. Suttles • BBB 64

Putouts as 1B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Bobo • SLS 1,005
2. Hawkins • KCM 800
3. Cunningham • MRS 725
4. Ware • CAG 692
5. Suttles • BBB 653

Assists as 1B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Wesley • DS 47
2. Ware • CAG 43
3. Cunningham • MRS 41
4. Bobo • SLS 40
5. Hawkins • KCM 34

Errors Committed as 1B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Bobo • SLS 31
2. Wesley • DS 16
Hawkins • KCM 16
Suttles • BBB 16
5. Cunningham • MRS 13

Double Plays Turned as 1B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Hawkins • KCM 52
2. Bobo • SLS 45
3. Cunningham • MRS 33
4. Wesley • DS 31
5. Suttles • BBB 26

Def. Games as 2B

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

1. Pryor • DS 77
2. Miller • MRS 74
3. Meredith • BBB 68
4. Allen • KCM 55
5. Watt • SLS 53

Putouts as 2B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Pryor • DS 186
2. Miller • MRS 144
3. Meredith • BBB 128
4. DeMoss • CAG 122
5. Allen • KCM 103

Assists as 2B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Pryor • DS 235
2. Meredith • BBB 218
3. Miller • MRS 199
4. Allen • KCM 180
5. DeMoss • CAG 153

Errors Committed as 2B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Meredith • BBB 21
2. Miller • MRS 18
3. Pryor • DS 17
4. Watt • SLS 16
5. Allen • KCM 15
Wilson • SLS 15

Double Plays Turned as 2B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Pryor • DS 27
2. Miller • MRS 22
3. Allen • KCM 19
4. Meredith • BBB 18
5. Mothell • KCM 17

Def. Games as 3B

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

1. Stratton • 3TM 84
Creacy • SLS 84
3. Russell • MRS 70
4. Joseph • KCM 60
5. Robinson • ABC 57

Putouts as 3B

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Creacy • SLS 92
2. Russell • MRS 91
3. Stratton • 3TM 87
4. Robinson • ABC 61
5. Malarcher • CAG 59

Assists as 3B

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Stratton • 3TM 144
2. Creacy • SLS 137
3. Russell • MRS 129
4. Robinson • ABC 99
5. Joseph • KCM 76

Errors Committed as 3B

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Stratton • 3TM 26
2. Creacy • SLS 21
3. Russell • MRS 20
4. Sheppard • DS 17
5. Joseph • KCM 14

Double Plays Turned as 3B

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Creacy • SLS 12
2. Joseph • KCM 11
3. Robinson • ABC 8
4. Russell • MRS 7
5. Stratton • 3TM 6

Def. Games as SS

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

1. Riggins • DS 94
2. Williams • CAG 88
Wells • SLS 88
4. Moore • KCM 86
5. Williams • MRS 75

Putouts as SS

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Wells • SLS 216
2. Moore • KCM 210
3. Riggins • DS 203
4. Williams • MRS 188
5. Williams • CAG 168

Assists as SS

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Riggins • DS 330
2. Wells • SLS 296
3. Moore • KCM 295
4. Williams • MRS 253
5. Williams • CAG 251

Errors Committed as SS

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Riggins • DS 49
2. Williams • CAG 45
3. Williams • MRS 40
4. Wells • SLS 34
5. Orange • BBB 26
Moore • KCM 26

Double Plays Turned as SS

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Moore • KCM 43
2. Wells • SLS 37
3. Riggins • DS 30
Williams • MRS 30
5. Orange • BBB 12
Owens • 2TM 12

Def. Games as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Redus • SLS 73
2. Jones • DS 62
3. Torriente • CAG 54
4. Blackwell • BBB 47
5. Funes • CSW 44

Putouts as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Redus • SLS 94
2. Jones • DS 93
3. Torriente • CAG 73
4. Blackwell • BBB 72
5. Funes • CSW 71

Assists as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Gurley • 3TM 7
2. Sweatt • KCM 6
3. Blackwell • BBB 5
4. Dwight • ABC 4
Funes • CSW 4
Jones • DS 4
Lowe • MRS 4
Taylor • CAG 4

Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Jones • DS 7
2. Blackwell • BBB 6
3. Redus • SLS 5
4. Lowe • MRS 4
Jones • BBB 4

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Jones • DS 1
Kemp • MRS 1
Kenyon • DS 1
Lowe • MRS 1
Redus • SLS 1
Salmon • BBB 1
Ward • MRS 1

Def. Games as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Stearnes • DS 94
2. Bell • SLS 87
Gardner • CAG 87
4. Thompson • BBB 67
5. Johnston • KCM 65

Putouts as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Stearnes • DS 233
2. Bell • SLS 218
3. Gardner • CAG 193
4. Thompson • BBB 141
5. Jackson • MRS 109

Assists as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bell • SLS 18
2. Thompson • BBB 16
Stearnes • DS 16
4. Gardner • CAG 11
5. Dreke • CSW 6
Jackson • MRS 6

Errors Committed as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Thompson • BBB 13
2. Stearnes • DS 12
3. Bell • SLS 6
Dreke • CSW 6
Johnston • KCM 6

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Bell • SLS 4
2. Gardner • CAG 3
3. Jackson • MRS 2
Stearnes • DS 2
5. Allen • KCM 1
Blackwell • BBB 1
Dreke • CSW 1
McNair • KCM 1
Thompson • BBB 1

Def. Games as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Russell • SLS 71
2. Smith • DS 69
3. Jones • BBB 59
4. McNair • KCM 54
5. Wesley • MRS 52

Putouts as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Russell • SLS 113
2. Smith • DS 110
3. Jones • BBB 106
4. Hines • CAG 93
5. McNair • KCM 87

Assists as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Jones • BBB 7
McNair • KCM 7
3. Blackwell • BBB 5
Hines • CAG 5
Russell • SLS 5

Errors Committed as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Russell • SLS 8
2. Jones • BBB 7
3. Montalvo • CSW 6
4. Wesley • MRS 5
5. McNair • KCM 3
Smith • DS 3
Reese • SLS 3

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1901)

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. McNair • KCM 4
Russell • SLS 4
3. Smith • DS 2
Wesley • MRS 2
5. Blackwell • BBB 1
Jones • BBB 1
Long • ABC 1
Montalvo • CSW 1
Reese • SLS 1
Sweatt • KCM 1
Torriente • CAG 1
Tyler • 2TM 1

Putouts as OF

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Stearnes • DS 233
2. Bell • SLS 218
3. Gardner • CAG 193
4. Thompson • BBB 141
5. Jones • BBB 134

Assists as OF

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Bell • SLS 18
2. Thompson • BBB 16
Stearnes • DS 16
4. Blackwell • BBB 11
Gardner • CAG 11

Errors Committed as OF

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Thompson • BBB 13
2. Stearnes • DS 12
3. Jones • BBB 11
4. Russell • SLS 8
Blackwell • BBB 8

Double Plays Turned as OF

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. McNair • KCM 5
2. Bell • SLS 4
Russell • SLS 4
4. Gardner • CAG 3
5. Blackwell • BBB 2
Jackson • MRS 2
Wesley • MRS 2
Stearnes • DS 2
Smith • DS 2

Def. Games as P

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

1. Davis • SLS 35
2. Moore • 2TM 33
Miller • SLS 33
Tyler • MRS 33
5. Poindexter • BBB 31

Putouts as P

<strong>Putouts</strong>

1. Poindexter • BBB 11
2. Rile • ABC 8
Rogan • KCM 8
Tyler • MRS 8
5. Bell • KCM 7

Assists as P

<strong>Assists</strong>

1. Hensley • SLS 66
2. Moore • 2TM 56
3. Davis • SLS 53
4. Rogan • KCM 49
5. Poindexter • BBB 48

Errors Committed as P

<strong>Fielding Errors</strong>

1. Moore • 2TM 6
Spearman • MRS 6
3. Kenyon • DS 5
Hensley • SLS 5
5. Salmon • BBB 4
Cooper • DS 4

Double Plays Turned as P

<strong>Double Plays as Defender</strong>

1. Poindexter • BBB 4
Drake • KCM 4
3. Rogan • KCM 3
Bell • KCM 3
Davis • SLS 3
Branham • 2TM 3

Range Factor/9Inn as C

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

1. Brown • MRS 6.63
2. Duncan • KCM 6.56
3. Dixon • 2TM 6.45
4. Brown • CAG 6.10
5. Williams • BBB 5.93

Range Factor/Game as C

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

1. Duncan • KCM 5.96
2. Brown • MRS 5.79
3. Brown • CAG 5.71
4. Dixon • 2TM 5.48
5. Williams • BBB 5.27

Fielding % as C

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

1. Brown • CAG .986
2. Abreu • 2TM .982
3. Daniels • DS .980
4. Duncan • KCM .980
5. Foreman • KCM .978

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B

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

1. Bobo • SLS 12.26
2. Hawkins • KCM 11.81
3. Wesley • DS 11.69
4. Suttles • BBB 11.66
5. Cunningham • MRS 11.53

Range Factor/Game as 1B

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

1. Bobo • SLS 12.01
2. Wesley • DS 11.52
3. Cunningham • MRS 11.10
4. Hawkins • KCM 10.97
5. Ware • CAG 10.97

Fielding % as 1B

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

1. Ware • CAG .984
2. Cunningham • MRS .983
3. Hawkins • KCM .981
4. Wesley • DS .977
5. Suttles • BBB .977

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B

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

1. DeMoss • CAG 5.95
2. Meredith • BBB 5.77
3. Pryor • DS 5.73
4. Allen • KCM 5.62
5. Sierra • CSW 5.59

Range Factor/Game as 2B

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

1. DeMoss • CAG 5.73
2. Pryor • DS 5.47
3. Sierra • CSW 5.20
4. Allen • KCM 5.15
5. Meredith • BBB 5.09

Fielding % as 2B

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

1. Pryor • DS .961
2. Miller • MRS .950
3. Allen • KCM .950
4. Meredith • BBB .943
5. Watt • SLS .910

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B

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

1. Russell • MRS 3.20
2. Malarcher • CAG 3.07
3. Robinson • ABC 3.01
4. Stratton • 3TM 3.00
5. Creacy • SLS 2.82

Range Factor/Game as 3B

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

1. Russell • MRS 3.14
2. Malarcher • CAG 2.95
3. Robinson • ABC 2.81
4. Stratton • 3TM 2.75
5. Creacy • SLS 2.73

Fielding % as 3B

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

1. Robinson • ABC .925
2. Russell • MRS .917
3. Creacy • SLS .916
4. Joseph • KCM .903
5. Stratton • 3TM .899

Range Factor/9Inn as SS

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

1. Owens • 2TM 6.23
2. Moore • KCM 6.05
3. Alfonso • CSW 6.05
4. Williams • MRS 6.02
5. Wells • SLS 5.90

Range Factor/Game as SS

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

1. Williams • MRS 5.88
2. Moore • KCM 5.87
3. Wells • SLS 5.82
4. Riggins • DS 5.67
5. Owens • 2TM 5.67

Fielding % as SS

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

1. Moore • KCM .951
2. Wells • SLS .938
3. Williams • MRS .917
4. Riggins • DS .916
5. Williams • CAG .903

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1948)

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

1. Blackwell • BBB 1.87
2. Funes • CSW 1.80
3. Jones • DS 1.69
4. Torriente • CAG 1.44
5. Redus • SLS 1.42

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Funes • CSW 1.70
2. Blackwell • BBB 1.64
3. Jones • DS 1.56
4. Torriente • CAG 1.41
5. Redus • SLS 1.33

Fielding % as LF (s.1901)

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

1. Torriente • CAG .987
2. Redus • SLS .951
3. Jones • DS .933

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1948)

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

1. Stearnes • DS 2.77
2. Bell • SLS 2.75
3. Thompson • BBB 2.52
4. Gardner • CAG 2.39
5. Dreke • CSW 2.33

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Bell • SLS 2.71
2. Stearnes • DS 2.65
3. Gardner • CAG 2.34
4. Thompson • BBB 2.34
5. Dreke • CSW 2.20

Fielding % as CF (s.1901)

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

1. Gardner • CAG .995
2. Bell • SLS .975
3. Jackson • MRS .966
4. Stearnes • DS .954
5. Johnston • KCM .949

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1948)

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

1. Hines • CAG 2.48
2. Jones • BBB 2.15
3. Montalvo • CSW 2.10
4. Russell • SLS 1.91
5. McNair • KCM 1.77

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Hines • CAG 2.39
2. Montalvo • CSW 1.93
3. Jones • BBB 1.92
4. McNair • KCM 1.74
5. Russell • SLS 1.66

Fielding % as RF (s.1901)

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

1. Smith • DS .974
2. McNair • KCM .969
3. Jones • BBB .942
4. Russell • SLS .937

Range Factor/9Inn as P

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

1. Rile • ABC 5.03
2. Bell • KCM 4.12
3. Hensley • SLS 3.93
4. Miller • CAG 3.83
5. Bell • KCM 3.44

Range Factor/Game as P

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

1. Rile • ABC 3.50
2. Bell • KCM 2.70
3. Rogan • KCM 2.59
4. Hensley • SLS 2.54
5. Bell • KCM 2.40

Fielding % as P

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

1. Bell • 2TM 1.000
Padrón • CAG 1.000
Offutt • ABC 1.000
McDonald • CAG 1.000
5. Rogan • KCM .983

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

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