Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book of baseball milestones for errors by shorstops - including career error marks at short, single season error plateaus for shortstops, and game related error records at shortstop.
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Errors Records for ShortstopsCareer Error Records at Shortstop |
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Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Errors In A Career (SS) |
AL | Donie Bush | Detroit | 682 | 689 |
Washington | 7 | ||||
NL | Bill Dahlen | Chicago | 443 | 975 | |
Brooklyn | 260 | ||||
New York | 200 | ||||
Boston | 72 | ||||
Error Records for ShortstopsSingle Season Error Records at Shortstop |
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Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Fewest Errors In A Season (SS) 150+ Games Played at SS |
L | Cal Ripken, Jr. | Baltimore | 3 | 1990 |
Omar Vizquel | Cleveland | 2000 | |||
NL | Rey Ordonez | New York | 4 | 1999 | |
Omar Vizquel | San Francisco | 2006 | |||
Fewest Errors In A Season (SS) (By The League Leader) |
AL | Asdrubal Cabrera | Cleveland | 19 | 2012 |
Alcides Escobar | Kansas City | 2012 | |||
Jose Reyes | Toronto | 2014 | |||
NL | Danny Espinosa | Washington | 18 | 2016 | |
Jose Reyes | New York | 2005 | |||
Corey Seager | Los Angeles | 2016 | |||
Most Errors In A Season (SS) |
AL | John Gochnaur | Cleveland | 98 | 1903 |
NL | Joe Sullivan | Washington | 102 | 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 | ||||
Error Records for Shortstops
Game, Inning & Consecutive Error Records at Shortstop |
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Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Errors In A Game (SS) |
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 Errors In An Inning (SS) |
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 at SS) |
AL | Mike Bordick | Baltimore | 110 | 04-11-2002 |
09-29-2002 | |||||
NL | Rey Ordonez | New York | 101 | 06-14-1999 | |
03-29-2000 | |||||
Most Consecutive Games w/o An Error (Season at SS) |
AL | Mike Bordick | Baltimore | 110 | 04-11-2002 |
09-29-2002 | |||||
NL | Rey Ordonez | New York | 100 | 06-14-1999 | |
10-04-1999 | |||||
Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) |
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Error Records for Shortstops by Baseball Almanac |
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 the 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?