The following is a list of annual leaders in fielding errors in Major League Baseball (MLB), with separate lists for the American League and the National League. The list also includes several professional leagues and associations that were never part of MLB. In baseball

statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ''wikt:Statistik#German, Statistik'', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of ...

, an error is an act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a

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to advance one or more bases or allows an at bat to continue after the batter should have been put out. Herman Long is the all-time leader in errors, committing 1,096 in his career. Long and

Billy Shindle William D. Shindle (December 5, 1860 – June 3, 1936) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1886 to 1898 for the Detroit Wolverines (1886–87), Baltimore Orioles (1888–89, 1892–93), Philadelphia Athletics (18 ...

hold the record for most fielding errors in a season, with Long committing 122 errors in 1889, and Shindle committing 122 errors the following year in 1890. Tim Anderson and

Rafael Devers Rafael Devers Calcaño ( ; born October 24, 1996) is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017, and was an All-Star in 2021 and 2022. Career The Red Sox ...

are the active leaders in fielding errors and have led the league 2 times. __TOC__

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National League

American Association

National Association

Union Association

Player's League

Federal League

References

Baseball-Reference.com
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