Error Records for Shortstops

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 Shortstops

Career Error Records at Shortstop

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 Shortstops

Single Season Error Records at Shortstop

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

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
Error Records for Shortstops by Baseball Almanac
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baseball almanac fast facts

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?