diff --git a/src/services/adapters/statcastAdapter.js b/src/services/adapters/statcastAdapter.js
index 762372f..c0ab163 100644
--- a/src/services/adapters/statcastAdapter.js
+++ b/src/services/adapters/statcastAdapter.js
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ const FEEDS = Object.freeze({
   // other six feeds measures fielding at all, and the obvious substitutes
   // (a team's pitchers' hits-allowed) conflate pitching WITH defence and would
   // validate the wrong skill. Measured live 2026-08-03: 513 fielders.
-  fielding_oaa: (y) => `${BASE}/leaderboard/outs_above_average?type=Fielder&startYear=${y}&endYear=${y}&split=no&team=&range=year&min=1&pos=&roles=&viz=hide&csv=true`,
+  // NOTE: BASE already ends in /leaderboard — do not repeat it here (a doubled
+  // path 404s, and because a failed feed degrades to an EMPTY index by design,
+  // it reports as "0 fielders" rather than as an error).
+  fielding_oaa: (y) => `${BASE}/outs_above_average?type=Fielder&startYear=${y}&endYear=${y}&split=no&team=&range=year&min=1&pos=&roles=&viz=hide&csv=true`,
 });
 
 /** statsapi — free, no key. Two calls that complete the Tier-A joins.