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In baseball statistics, an error is an act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner 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. Bill Dahlen (1,080), Deacon White (1,018), and Germany Smith (1,009) are the only other players to commit over 1,000 career errors. Tommy Corcoran (992), Fred Pfeffer (980), Cap Anson (976), and John Montgomery Ward (952) are the only other players to commit over 900 career errors.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career errors committed. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of player.
E	Total career errors committed.
*	denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.

List

Rank	Player	E
1	Herman Long	1,096
2	Bill Dahlen	1,080
3	Deacon White *	1,018
4	Germany Smith	1,009
5	Tommy Corcoran	992
6	Fred Pfeffer	980
7	Cap Anson *	976
8	John Montgomery Ward *	952
9	Jack Glasscock	895
10	Ed McKean	892
11	King Kelly *	851
12	Arlie Latham	844
13	Honus Wagner *	828
14	Bobby Wallace *	814
15	Monte Cross	813
16	George Davis *	803
17	Bob Ferguson	798
18	Bid McPhee *	796
19	Sam Wise	795
20	Jack Burdock	793
21	Ezra Sutton	782
22	Cub Stricker	748
23	Tom Burns	739
24	Joe Gerhardt	725
25	Rabbit Maranville *	711
26	Pop Snyder	708
27	Billy Shindle	705
28	Donie Bush	704
29	Jim O'Rourke *	700
30	Pop Smith	699
31	Ned Williamson	684
32	Luke Appling *	672
33	Kid Gleason	672
34	Billy Nash	669
35	Dave Bancroft *	666
36	Tom Daly	657
37	Yank Robinson	655
38	Joe Tinker *	648
39	Cupid Childs	647
40	Arthur Irwin	647
41	Hick Carpenter	625
42	Deacon McGuire	621
43	Shorty Fuller	615
44	Davy Force	613
45	Doggie Miller	613
46	Jerry Denny	609
47	Bones Ely	606
48	Joe Quinn	604
49	Frank Fennelly	602
50	Roger Connor *	596

Rank	Player	E
51	Lave Cross	590
52	Paul Hines	590
53	Mickey Doolan	589
54	Lou Bierbauer	585
55	Buck Ewing *	572
56	Jack Farrell	570
57	Jack Rowe	568
58	Duke Farrell	562
59	Roger Peckinpaugh	554
60	Hughie Jennings *	552
61	Hardy Richardson	552
62	Jack Doyle	546
63	Chick Fulmer	545
64	Bill McClellan	542
65	Kid Elberfeld	538
66	Art Fletcher	537
67	Bill Gleason	537
68	Bill Hallman	534
69	Ivy Olson	534
70	Dan Brouthers *	531
71	Paul Radford	522
72	John Morrill	520
73	Bill Kuehne	519
74	Candy Nelson	519
75	Nap Lajoie *	518
76	Denny Lyons	514
77	Dick Bartell	512
78	Joe Cronin *	510
79	Bill Joyce	510
80	Bobby Lowe	508
81	Rogers Hornsby *	500
82	Fred Dunlap	499
83	Tom Brown	497
84	George McBride	489
85	Freddy Parent	488
86	Jake Beckley *	482
87	Joe Mulvey	479
88	Jimmy Collins *	478
89	Silver Flint	471
90	Harry Stovey	470
91	Al Myers	463
92	Harry Steinfeldt	463
93	Doc Lavan	461
94	Mike McGeary	460
95	Ross Barnes	459
96	Tommy Leach	459
97	George Pinkney	458
98	George Van Haltren	458
99	John Peters	455
100	Eddie Collins *	452

References

"Career Leaders & Records for Errors Committed". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.