Error Records by Second Basemen

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 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 Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest In A Season 150+ Games	AL	Jerry Adair	Baltimore	5	1964
		Roberto Alomar	Toronto		1992
		Roberto Alomar	Cleveland		2001
		Bobby Grich	Baltimore		1973
	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 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
					8^th Inning
		Bobby Doerr	Boston		05-11-1949
					2^nd Inning
		Del Pratt	St. Louis		09-01-1914
					4^th Inning
		Bill Wambsganss	Cleveland		05-15-1923
					4^th Inning
	NL	George Hausmann	New York	3	08-13-1944
					4^th Inning
		Davey Lopes	Los Angeles		06-02-1973
					1^st Inning
		Bid McPhee	Cincinnati		09-23-1894
					2^nd Inning
		Claude Ritchey	Pittsburgh		09-22-1900
					6^th Inning
		Bama Rowell	Boston		09-25-1941
					3^rd Inning
		Ted Sizemore	St. Louis		04-17-1975
					6^th Inning
		Eddie Stanky	Chicago		06-20-1943
					8^th Inning
		Kermit Wahl	Cincinnati		09-18-1945
					11^th Inning
Most Consecutive Errorless Games Career	AL	Placido Polanco	Detroit	186	07-01-2006
					04-08-2008
	NL	Ryne Sandberg	Chicago	123	06-21-1989
					05-17-1990
Most Consecutive Errorless Games Season	AL	Placido Polanco	Detroit	141	04-02-2007
					09-30-2007
	NL	Ryne Sandberg	Chicago	90	06-21-1989
					10-01-1989
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data

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?

Copyright © 2000-2008. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Today in Baseball History.