17 | Smith |Athletic | 38 | 248 | .940 | |and | | | | |Baltimore | | | 19 | Cunningham |Baltimore | 51 | 335 | .934 20 | Ramsey |Louisville | 37 | 290 | .924 21 | Mattimore |Athletic | 26 | 162 | .914 81 | Fagan |Kansas City| 17 | 92 | .913 {sic.}| This table is rendered useless as a criterion of a pitcher's skill as a fielder, on account of the mixing up of assistances on strikes with fielding assistances, which are distinct and separate figures for data. FIRST BASEMEN. Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. ----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 | Andrews |Louisville.| 27 | 302 | .993 2 |{Foutz |Brooklyn | 42 | 371 | .986 |{Faatz |Cleveland | 120 | 1247 | .986 3 | Orr |Brooklyn | 95 | 1044 | .980 4 | Reilly |Cincinnati | 116 | 1313 | .979 5 | Phillips |Kansas City| 119 | 1500 | .977 6 | Tucker |Baltimore | 129 | 1441 | .975 7 | Smith |Louisville | 56 | 578 | .974 8 |{Larkin |Athletic | 121 | 1294 | .972 |{Comiskey |St. Louis | 133 | 1379 | .972 9 | Esterbrook |Louisville | 23 | 238 | .958 10 |Hecker |Louisville | 27 | 294 | .952 SECOND BASEMEN. Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. ----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 | Berkley |Kansas City| 116 | 683 | .941 2 |{Striekler |Cleveland | 122 | 791 | .938 |{McPhee |Cincinnati | 110 | 776 | .938 3 | Bierbauer |Athletics | 122 | 795 | .935 4 | Collins |Louisville | 30 | 170 | .926 | |and | | | | |Brooklyn | | | 5 | McClellan |Brooklyn | 62 | 346 | .920 | |and | | | | |Cleveland. | | | 6 | Burdock |Brooklyn | 69 | 431 | .919 7 | Mack |Louisville | 110 | 703 | .915 8 |{Greenwood |Baltimore | 87 | 442 | .914 |{Farrell |Baltimore | 47 | 174 | .913 9 | McGarr |St. Louis | 34 | 193 | .915 10 | Robinson |St. Louis | 100 | 496 | .904 SHORT STOPS.