Error Records by First Basemen

Error Records by First Basemen

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

"He (George Sisler - tied for American League record in errors scored by a first baseman during a 9-inning game) is the nearest thing to a perfect ballplayer." - Hall of Famer Ty Cobb

Error Records by First Basemen Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career	AL	Hal Chase	New York	245	285
			Chicago	40
	NL	Cap Anson	Chicago	568
Error Records by First Basemen Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest In A Season 150+ Games	AL	Stuffy McInnis	Boston	1	1921
	NL	Steve Garvey	San Diego	0	1984
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	AL	Vic Power	Kansas City	10	1955
		Gus Triandos	Baltimore		1955
	NL	Fred McGriff	San Diego	12	1992
		Eddie Murray	New York		1992
Most In A Season	AL	Jerry Freeman	Washington	41	1908
	NL	Cap Anson	Chicago	58	1884
Most Seasons Leading The League	AL	Mo Vaughn	Boston	6	1992
			Boston		1993
			Boston		1994
			Boston		1996
			Boston		1997
			Anaheim		2000
	NL	Cap Anson	Chicago	5	1882
			Chicago		1884
			Chicago		1885
			Chicago		1886
			Chicago		1892
		Willie McCovey	San Francisco		1967
			San Francisco		1968
			San Francisco		1970
			San Francisco		1971
			San Francisco		1977
		Dick Stuart	Pittsburgh		1958
			Pittsburgh		1959
			Pittsburgh		1960
			Pittsburgh		1961
			Pittsburgh		1962
Error Records by First Basemen Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Game 9 Innings	AL	Hal Chase	Chicago	4	07-23-1913
		Glenn Davis	Baltimore		04-18-1991
		George Sisler	St. Louis		04-14-1925
		Jimmy Wasdell	Washington		05-03-1939
	NL	John Carbine	Louisville	5	04-29-1876
		Roger Connor	Troy		05-27-1882
		Dude Esterbrook	Buffalo		07-27-1880
		Everett Mills	Hartford		10-07-1876
		George Zettlein	Philadelphia		06-22-1876
Most In Any Inning	AL	Catfish Metkovich	Boston	3	04-17-1945
					7^th Inning
		Tommy McCraw	Chicago		05-03-1968
					3^rd Inning
		Willie Upshaw	Toronto		07-01-1986
					5^th Inning
	NL	Dolph Camilli	Philadelphia	3	08-02-1935
					7^th Inning
		Jack Clark	St. Louis		05-25-1987
					2^nd Inning
		Al Oliver	Pittsburgh		05-23-1969
					4^th Inning
Most Consecutive Errorless Games (In A Career)	AL	Kevin Youkilis *	Boston	190	07-05-2006
			Boston		Active
		* Total current through end of 2007 regular season.
	NL	Steve Garvey	San Diego	193	06-26-1983
			San Diego		04-14-1985
Most Consecutive Errorless Games (In A Season)	AL	Kevin Youkilis	Boston	130	07-05-2006
			Boston		09-30-2007
	NL	Steve Garvey	San Diego	159	04-03-1984
			San Diego		09-29-1984
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Error Records by First Basemen

Did you know that since 1900, not one major league ballplayer has ever had more than four errors in a nine-inning game while playing first base?

In the Union Association Joe Quinn of St. Louis played in one-hundred games in 1884 and set the all-time Major League record for errors in a season by a first baseman with sixty-two.

On May 1, 1920, Walter Holke of Boston and Ed Konetchy of Brooklyn played in a twenty-six inning game and set the major league record for longest single game ever played without a single error at first base by either first baseman.

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