Shortstop Error Records

Baseball Almanac invites you to examine error records for shortstops. Research is complete through completion of the previous season and includes all of the possible error record variations.

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Shortstop Error Records

Career Records

Record

Lg

Name(s)

Team(s)

Data

Most
In A Career

AL

Donie Bush

Detroit

682

689

Washington

7

NL

Bill Dahlen

Chicago

443

975

Brooklyn

260

New York

200

Boston

72

Shortstop Error Records

Single Season Records

Fewest
In A Season
(150+ Games)

AL

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Baltimore

3

1990

Omar Vizquel

Cleveland

2000

NL

Rey Ordonez

New York

4

1999

Omar Vizquel

San Francisco

2004

Fewest
In A Season
(By The League Leader)

AL

Cristian Guzman

Minnesota

21

2001

NL

Mariano Duncan

Los Angeles

21

1987

Most
In A Season

AL

John Gochnaur

Cleveland

98

1903

NL

Joe Sullivan

Washington

106

1893

PL

Billy Shindle

Philadelphia

119

1890

Most Seasons
(Leading The League)

AL

Luke Appling

Chicago

5

1933

Chicago

1935

Chicago

1937

Chicago

1939

Chicago

1946

NL

Dick Groat

Pittsburgh

6

1955

Pittsburgh

1956

Pittsburgh

1959

Pittsburgh

1961

Pittsburgh

1962

St. Louis

1964

Rafael Ramirez

Atlanta

1981

Atlanta

1982

Atlanta

1983

Atlanta

1984

Atlanta

1985

Houston

1989

Shortstop Error Records

Game, Inning & Consecutive Records

Most
In A Game

AA

Germany Smith

Brooklyn

7 06-17-1885
AL

Donie Bush

Detroit

5 08-25-1911
NL

Jimmy Hallinan

New York

7 07-29-1876

Most
In An Inning

AL

Ray Chapman

Cleveland

4 06-20-1914
(5th Inning)
NL

Shorty Fuller

Washington

4

08-17-1888

(2nd Inning)

Lennie Merullo

Chicago

09-13-1942

(2nd Inning)

Most Consecutive
Games w/o An Error
(Career)

AL

Mike Bordick

Baltimore

110 04-11-2002
09-22-2002
NL

Rey Ordonez

New York

100 06-14-1999
10-04-1999

Most Consecutive
Games w/o An Error
(Season)

AL

Mike Bordick

Baltimore

110 04-11-2002
09-22-2002
NL

Rey Ordonez

New York

100 06-14-1999
10-04-1999

Record

Lg

Name(s)

Team(s)

Data



The all time career record for errors by a shortstop belongs to Herman Long who had one-thousand thirty-seven in a fifteen year career that included time in the American Association, National League, and American League.

On April 15, 1941, Lou Stringer of Chicago set the major league record for most errors (four) by a shortstop in the first game played of a career.

Did you know that on May 1, 1883, Dasher Troy of New York set the major league record for most errors (five) by a shortstop on Opening Day?

     

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