Error Records by Second Basemen

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book of baseball milestones for errors by second basemen - including career marks, single season plateaus, and game related records.

"(Bid) McPhee showed up every day in shape, stayed sober, did his job, and went home to a good night's sleep." - Bob Carroll
Error Records by Second Basemen

Career Second Basemen Error Records

Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data
Most
In A Career
AL Eddie Collins Philadelphia 189

435

Chicago 246
NL Fred Pfeffer Troy 3

781

Chicago 636
Louisville 136
New York 6

ML

Fred Pfeffer

Troy

3

857

Chicago [AL]

636

Chicago [PL]

76

Louisville

136

New York

6

Error Records by Second Basemen

Single Season Second Basemen Records

Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data
Fewest
In A Season
150+ Games

AL

Robinson Cano New York

3

2010

NL

Jose Oquendo St. Louis

3

1990

Fewest
In A Season
By The League Leader

AL

Hector Lopez Kansas City

14

1958

NL

Luis Castillo Florida

13

2001

Most
In A Season

AA

Bill McClellan

Brooklyn

105

1887

AL

Kid Gleason

Detroit

64

1901

NL

Charles Smith Cincinnati

89

1880

Most Seasons
Leading The League

AL

Joe Gordon New York

4

1938

1941

1942

1943

Harold Reynolds Seattle

1987

1988

1989

1990

Bill Wambsganss Cleveland

1917

1919

1920

Boston

1924

NL

Fred Pfeffer

Chicago

5

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

Error Records by Second Basemen

Game Specific Second Basemen Error Records

Record Lg Name(s) Team(s) Data
Most
In A Game
9 Innings
AL Charlie Hickman Washington 5 09-29-1905
Nap Lajoie Philadelphia 04-22-1915
NL Andy Leonard Boston 9 06-14-1876
Most
In 1 Inning
AL Tim Cullen Washington 3 08-30-1969
8th Inning
Bobby Doerr Boston 05-11-1949
2nd Inning
Del Pratt St. Louis 09-01-1914
4th Inning

Bill Wambsganss

Cleveland 05-15-1923
4th Inning
NL George Hausmann New York 3 08-13-1944
4th Inning
Davey Lopes Los Angeles 06-02-1973
1st Inning
Bid McPhee Cincinnati 09-23-1894
2nd Inning
Claude Ritchey Pittsburgh 09-22-1900
6th Inning
Bama Rowell Boston 09-25-1941
3rd Inning
Ted Sizemore St. Louis 04-17-1975
6th Inning
Eddie Stanky Chicago 06-20-1943
8th Inning
Kermit Wahl Cincinnati 09-18-1945
11th Inning
Most Consecutive
Errorless Games
Career
AL

Placido Polanco

Detroit 186 07-01-2006

04-08-2008

NL

Darwin Barney

Chicago

127 04-18-2012
In Progress
Most Consecutive
Errorless Games
Season
AL

Placido Polanco

Detroit

141

04-02-2007

09-30-2007

NL

Darwin Barney

Chicago 127 04-18-2012
In Progress


Fred Pfeffer had an additional seventy-six errors at second base in his career due to time spent in the Players League giving him the all time Major League mark of eight-hundred fifty-seven errors by a second baseman.

Tough series: On June 14, 1876, Andy Leonard of Boston set the record (see above) for most errors in a game by a second baseman. He then went on to set the record for most errors in two consecutive games (eleven) and three consecutive games (thirteen) as well.

Did you know that Manny Trillo of Philadelphia accepted a Major League record 479 chances during a season (1982) without a single error at second base?

     

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