Career Leaders
& Records for Errors Committed as 1B
+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
Statistic Description: Fielding Errors
Minimum of
1000 IP,
3000 PA,
500 games
(fielding),
200 stolen base attempts
(catchers) or
80 stolen base attempts
(baserunners only since 1951) or
100 decisions
for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
Rank Player (yrs, age)Errors Committed as 1B Throws
1. Cap Anson+ (27)658 R 2. Dan Brouthers+ (19)512 L 3. Jake Beckley+ (20)481 L 4. Joe Start (16)433 L 5. Roger Connor+ (18)419 L 6. Charlie Comiskey+ (13)403 R 7. Hal Chase (15)402 L 8. Tommy Tucker (13)393 R 9. Harry Davis (22)343 R 10. Fred Tenney (17)327 L 11. Bill Phillips (10)324 R 12. John Reilly (10)316 R 13. John Morrill (15)285 R 14. Jack Doyle (17)277 R 15. George Sisler+ (15)269 L 16. Sid Farrar (8)262 R 17. Fred Merkle (16)252 R 18. George Burns (16)245 R 19. Harry Stovey (14)241 R 20. Kitty Bransfield (12)236 R 21. Willie McCovey+ (22)233 L 22. Herman Dehlman (6)230 23. Dave Orr (8)227 R 24. Ed Konetchy (15)224 R 25. Jim Bottomley+ (16)223 L 26. Mickey Vernon (20)211 L 27. Henry Larkin (10)209 R 28. Jack Fournier (15)208 R 29. Candy LaChance (12)207 R Everett Mills (6)207 31. Dan Stearns (7)206 R 32. Fred Luderus (12)201 R 33. Tim Murnane (8)195 R 34. George Stovall (12)194 R 35. Lou Gehrig+ (17)193 L 36. Lu Blue (13)191 L 37. Tom Jones (8)183 R 38. Jake Daubert (15)181 L 39. Dick Hoblitzell (11)180 R 40. Andres Galarraga (19)176 R 41. Joe Kuhel (18)173 L 42. Charlie Gould (6)169 R Dan McGann (12)169 R Dick Stuart (10)169 R 45. Wally Pipp (15)168 L 46. Fred McGriff (19)167 L Eddie Murray+ (21)167 R 48. George Scott (14)165 R 49. Orlando Cepeda+ (17)162 R Charlie Grimm (20)162 L
Rank Player (yrs, age)Errors Committed as 1B Throws
51. Jim Field (5)161 52. Stuffy McInnis (19)160 R 53. Martin Powell (4)159 L Perry Werden (7)159 R 55. Jimmie Foxx+ (20)155 R 56. Jake Stahl (9)150 R 57. Dave Foutz (13)147 R 58. Donn Clendenon (12)146 R Jumbo Latham (5)146 R 60. Earl Torgeson (15)143 L 61. Charlie Hickman (12)142 R Joe Judge (20)142 L 63. Dolph Camilli (12)141 L Guy Hecker (9)141 R 65. Mo Vaughn (12)139 R 66. Ferris Fain (9)138 L Bill Terry+ (14)138 L 68. Will Clark (15)136 L Alex McKinnon (4)136 Jim O'Rourke+ (23)136 R 71. Frank Chance+ (17)135 R 72. Johnny Mize+ (15)133 R 73. John Kerins (7)132 R 74. Norm Cash (17)131 L 75. Chris Chambliss (17)130 R 76. Jeff Bagwell (15)129 R Carlos Delgado (17)129 R Vic Saier (8)129 R 79. Bill Buckner (22)128 L Denny Mack (8)128 R 81. Gil Hodges (18)126 R 82. Phil Cavarretta (22)123 L 83. Rudy York (13)122 R 84. Cecil Cooper (17)121 L High Pockets Kelly+ (16)121 R Hal Trosky (11)121 R 87. Mox McQuery (5)120 88. John Anderson (14)117 R Tony Perez+ (23)117 R 90. Boog Powell (17)116 R Gus Suhr (11)116 R 92. Ed Cartwright (5)115 R Mike Hargrove (12)115 L Keith Hernandez (17)115 L 95. John Glenn (7)113 R Doc Johnston (11)113 L George McQuinn (12)113 L Earl Sheely (9)113 R 99. Jiggs Donahue (9)112 L Tim Jordan (7)112 L
Rank Player (yrs, age)Errors Committed as 1B Throws
101. Eric Karros (14)111 R Rafael Palmeiro (20)111 L 103. Mark Grace (16)110 L Don Hurst (7)110 L 105. Eddie Robinson (13)109 R 106. Buddy Hassett (7)108 L 107. Nick Etten (9)107 L Elbie Fletcher (12)107 L 109. Rod Carew+ (19)106 R Bill Everitt (7)106 R 111. Bill White (13)105 L 112. Hank Greenberg+ (13)104 R 113. Mark McGwire (16)103 R Jake Virtue (5)103 L 115. Babe Dahlgren (12)102 R John Ganzel (7)102 R Bill Skowron (14)102 R 118. Patsy Tebeau (13)100 R 119. Chick Gandil (9)99 R Frank Isbell (10)99 R Wally Joyner (16)99 L Milt Scott (4)99 123. Dee Fondy (8)98 L Derrek Lee (15)98 R Willie Upshaw (10)98 L 126. Jack Boyle (13)97 R Ted Kluszewski (15)97 L Dots Miller (12)97 R Jason Thompson (11)97 L 130. Walter Holke (11)96 L Claude Rossman (5)96 L 132. Cal McVey (9)95 R Don Mincher (13)95 R 134. Billy O'Brien (5)94 R Dick Siebert (11)94 L 136. Ron Fairly (21)92 L 137. Jason Giambi 91 R Oscar Walker (6)91 L 139. Charlie Carr (7)89 R Ed Morgan (7)89 R 141. Dale Long (10)88 L John Mayberry (15)88 L Lee May (18)88 R 144. Ryan Howard 87 L Kent Hrbek (14)87 R Willie Montanez (14)87 L 147. Otto Schomberg (3)85 L 148. Walt Dropo (13)84 R 149. Joe Adcock (17)83 R Paul Hines (20)83 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Errors Committed as 1B Throws
Bob Watson (19)83 R 152. Dick Allen (15)82 R John Olerud (17)82 L 154. Steve Garvey (19)81 R Albert Pujols 81 R 156. Ernie Banks+ (19)80 R Whitey Lockman (15)80 R Tino Martinez (16)80 R Frank Thomas (19)80 R Phil Todt (8)80 L 161. Pete O'Brien (12)79 L 162. Paul Konerko 78 R Frank McCormick (13)78 R Stan Musial+ (22)78 L 165. Harry Heilmann+ (17)77 R Harry Taylor (4)77 167. Bruce Bochte (12)76 L 168. Del Bissonette (5)75 L Tony Clark (15)75 R Ed Delahanty+ (16)75 R Todd Helton 75 L 172. Nate Colbert (10)74 R Prince Fielder 74 R Mike Grady (11)74 R Kevin Young (12)74 R 176. Lew Brown (7)73 R Dude Esterbrook (11)73 R Jim Gentile (9)73 L Dave Kingman (16)73 R Gerald Perry (13)73 R 181. Zeke Bonura (7)72 R Shano Collins (16)72 R Ed Kranepool (18)72 L Eddie Waitkus (11)72 L 185. Dale Alexander (5)71 R 186. Mike Epstein (9)70 L Joe Quinn (17)70 R Roy Sievers (17)70 R Ed Swartwood (9)70 R 190. Sid Bream (12)69 L Glenn Davis (10)69 R Cecil Fielder (13)69 R Harmon Killebrew+ (22)69 R 194. Ripper Collins (9)68 L Pop Dillon (5)68 R Buck Jordan (10)68 R Tommy McCraw (13)68 L 198. Alvin Davis (9)67 R Al Oliver (18)67 L Jumbo Schoeneck (3)67 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Errors Committed as 1B Throws
Willie Stargell+ (21)67 L 202. Ed Bouchee (7)66 L Jack Burns (7)66 L John Carney (3)66 R Buck Ewing+ (18)66 R Buck Freeman (11)66 L Vic Power (12)66 R 208. Carlos Pena 65 L 209. Steve Balboni (11)64 R Del Gainer (10)64 R Don Mattingly (14)64 L Jim Thome 64 R Bob Unglaub (6)64 R 214. Jeff Conine (17)63 R Pedro Guerrero (15)63 R Sam Leslie (10)63 L J.T. Snow (16)63 L Vic Wertz (17)63 R 219. Jim Devlin (5)62 R Hughie Jennings+ (18)62 R 221. Willie Clark (5)61 L George Decker (8)61 L Klondike Douglass (9)61 R Joe Pepitone (12)61 L Richie Sexson (12)61 R Norm Siebern (12)61 R 227. Dick Gernert (11)60 R Deacon White (20)60 R 229. George Grantham (13)59 R Lyle Overbay 59 L Lee Stevens (10)59 L 232. Dick Burrus (6)58 L Dan Driessen (15)58 R Babe Young (8)58 L 235. Shad Barry (10)57 R Jack Clark (18)57 R Darrell Evans (21)57 R Wes Fisler (6)57 R Joe Hauser (6)57 L 240. Joe Harris (10)56 R Mike Sweeney (16)56 R 242. Fred Beck (5)55 L Mike Lehane (2)55 Jim Spencer (15)55 L 245. Jay Faatz (4)54 R 246. Sean Casey (12)53 R Harvey Hendrick (11)53 R Johnny Hopp (14)53 L Gene Paulette (6)53 R 250. Gordy Coleman (9)52 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Errors Committed as 1B Throws
Luke Easter (6)52 R Ray Grimes (6)52 R Hal Morris (13)52 L Dick Sisler (8)52 R Lew Whistler (4)52 R 256. Greg Brock (10)51 R Joe Kelley+ (17)51 R Pete Rose (24)51 R Andre Thornton (14)51 R Farmer Vaughn (13)51 R 261. Deron Johnson (16)50 R Bill Joyce (8)50 R Al McCauley (3)50 L Ray Sanders (7)50 R 265. Ed Cogswell (3)49 R Joe Collins (10)49 L Nick Johnson 49 L Joe Torre (18)49 R Fred Whitfield (9)49 L 270. Jerry Freeman (2)48 R Tony Horton (7)48 R 272. Del Howard (5)47 R Frank Howard (16)47 R Ryan Klesko (16)47 L Adam LaRoche 47 L Hap Myers (5)47 R Joe Nealon (2)47 R Harry Swacina (4)47 R Honus Wagner+ (21)47 R 280. Dave Bergman (17)46 L Charlie Levis (2)46 Chris Lindsay (2)46 R Franklin Stubbs (10)46 L Lee Thomas (8)46 R 285. Joe Gerhardt (15)45 R Adrian Gonzalez 45 L Jake Goodman (2)45 Tony Lupien (6)45 L Wes Parker (9)45 L Greg Walker (9)45 R 291. Scoops Carey (4)44 R Clyde Engle (8)44 R Tito Francona (15)44 L Gail Harris (6)44 L Mike Jorgensen (17)44 L Fritz Mollwitz (7)44 R Pat Tabler (12)44 R 298. Nippy Jones (8)43 R Jocko Milligan (10)43 R Howie Schultz (6)43 R
Rank Player (yrs, age)Errors Committed as 1B Throws
David Segui (15)43 L Dmitri Young (13)43 R 303. Willie Aikens (8)42 R Miguel Cabrera 42 R Greg Colbrunn (13)42 R Charlie Householder (2)42 L Paul Sorrento (11)42 R Mark Teixeira 42 R 309. Paul Cook (7)41 R Duff Cooley (13)41 R Ken Harrelson (9)41 R Babe Herman (13)41 L Lamar Johnson (9)41 R James Loney 41 L Randy Milligan (8)41 R Tom O'Brien (4)41 Dave Revering (5)41 R Carl Yastrzemski+ (23)41 R 319. Boileryard Clarke (13)40 R Adam Dunn 40 R Scott Hatteberg (14)40 R Dick Kryhoski (7)40 L Chappy Lane (2)40 Dan Meyer (12)40 R Frank Thomas (16)40 R 326. Steve Brady (6)39 Danny Cater (12)39 R Bud Clancy (9)39 L Lou Finney (15)39 R Johnny McCarthy (11)39 L Kevin Millar (12)39 R Jack O'Brien (8)39 R 333. Bill Abstein (3)38 R Ben Broussard (7)38 L Enos Cabell (15)38 R Don Kolloway (12)38 R John Milner (12)38 L Rip Russell (6)38 R 339. Lance Berkman 37 L Jim Carleton (2)37 Leon Durham (10)37 L Solly Hofman (14)37 R Ron Jackson (10)37 R Jimmy Knowles (5)37 Nap Lajoie+ (21)37 R Jack Manning (12)37 R Rusty Staub (23)37 R Sy Sutcliffe (8)37 L 349. Steve Bilko (10)36 R Bob Boyd (9)36 L
Rank Player (yrs, age)Errors Committed as 1B Throws
George Crowe (9)36 L Harry Davis (3)36 L Mike Donlin (12)36 L Doc Gessler (8)36 L Billy Goodman (16)36 R Moose Grimshaw (3)36 R Red Kress (14)36 R Henry Luff (4)36 George Moriarty (13)36 R Butch Schmidt (4)36 L Gene Tenace (15)36 R Jimmy Wasdell (11)36 L Todd Zeile (16)36 R 364. Phil Baker (3)35 L Norm Larker (6)35 L Justin Morneau 35 R Dale Murphy (18)35 R Pat Newnam (2)35 R Frank Robinson+ (21)35 R 370. Felipe Alou (17)34 R William Brown (7)34 R Joe Cunningham (12)34 L Art Griggs (7)34 R Von Hayes (12)34 R Conor Jackson 34 R Ricky Jordan (8)34 R Fergy Malone (7)34 L George Metkovich (10)34 L Ezra Sutton (18)34 R Joey Votto 34 R 381. Art Allison (5)33 Larry Biittner (14)33 L Rico Brogna (9)33 L Sam Crawford+ (19)33 L John McGuinness (3)33 Jim Poole (3)33 R Rich Reese (10)33 L 388. Daric Barton 32 R Les Fleming (7)32 L Mike Ivie (11)32 R Mike Jacobs 32 R Orlando Merced (13)32 R Bob Oliver (8)32 R Bob Robertson (11)32 R Marv Throneberry (7)32 L 396. Fred Carroll (8)31 R Brian Daubach (8)31 R John Jaha (10)31 R Bub McAtee (2)31 R Tom O'Brien (6)31 R
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.
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