All-Time MLB Second Base Errors Leaders

Career totals, every season from 1871–2026. Errors committed at second base

Fred Pfeffer is the all-time MLB leader in second base errors with 857, 65 clear of Bid McPhee (792). He did it in 16 seasons, from 1882 to 1897. The top ten runs from 857 down to 477.

All-time MLB leader Fred Pfeffer 1882–1897 · 16 seasons

857 Second Base Errors 65 clear of Bid McPhee

Showing Second Base Errors and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Seasons	2B E	G	PO	A	FPCT
1	Fred Pfeffer	1882–1897 (16)	857	1,538	4,719	5,108	.920
2	Bid McPhee	1882–1899 (18)	792	2,129	6,552	6,919	.945
3	Cub Stricker	1882–1893 (11)	701	1,145	3,447	3,387	.907
4	Jack Burdock	1872–1891 (17)	664	1,086	3,075	3,322	.906
5	Cupid Childs	1888–1901 (13)	646	1,455	3,865	4,679	.930
6	Lou Bierbauer	1886–1898 (13)	574	1,366	3,726	4,563	.935
7	Kid Gleason	1889–1912 (18)	571	1,585	3,887	4,776	.938
8	Joe Gerhardt	1875–1891 (13)	558	893	2,794	2,978	.912
9	Fred Dunlap	1880–1891 (12)	498	963	2,909	3,168	.924
10	Jack Farrell	1879–1888 (10)	477	740	1,778	2,480	.899
11	William Robinson	1884–1892 (9)	475	701	1,707	2,002	.887
12	Pop Smith	1880–1891 (12)	469	713	2,016	2,363	.903
13	Nap Lajoie	1898–1916 (19)	451	2,035	5,496	6,267	.963
14	Larry Doyle	1907–1920 (14)	443	1,728	3,635	4,655	.949
15	Eddie Collins	1906–1928 (22)	435	2,650	6,526	7,630	.970
16	Al Myers	1884–1891 (8)	430	806	2,029	2,547	.914
17	Johnny Evers	1902–1929 (18)	423	1,735	3,758	5,124	.955
18	Tom Daly	1887–1903 (13)	418	1,058	2,652	3,025	.931
19	Joe Quinn	1886–1901 (15)	410	1,307	3,329	3,820	.946
20	Bobby Lowe	1891–1906 (16)	389	1,316	3,336	4,171	.951
21	Bill Hallman	1888–1903 (13)	385	1,139	2,701	3,399	.941
22	Del Pratt	1912–1924 (13)	381	1,688	4,069	5,075	.960
23	Miller Huggins	1904–1916 (13)	376	1,530	3,425	4,697	.956
24	Joe Quest	1871–1886 (10)	370	530	1,597	1,739	.900
25	Claude Ritchey	1897–1909 (13)	355	1,479	3,444	4,479	.957
26	Billy Herman	1931–1947 (15)	354	1,813	4,780	5,681	.967
27	Hardy Richardson	1881–1892 (10)	349	585	1,756	1,986	.915
28	Reddy Mack	1885–1890 (6)	330	549	1,485	1,655	.905
29	George Creamer	1878–1884 (7)	324	473	1,401	1,549	.901
30	Ross Barnes	1871–1881 (9)	310	346	1,039	1,143	.876
31	Charlie Gehringer	1924–1942 (19)	309	2,206	5,369	7,068	.976
32	Rogers Hornsby	1916–1937 (17)	307	1,561	3,206	5,166	.965
33	Bill McClellan	1878–1888 (6)	302	436	1,202	1,312	.893
34	George Cutshaw	1912–1923 (12)	299	1,486	3,762	4,473	.965
35	Bill Wambsganss	1914–1926 (13)	292	1,205	2,986	3,669	.958
36	Jimmy Williams	1901–1909 (9)	292	1,176	2,759	3,509	.956
37	Otto Knabe	1907–1916 (10)	287	1,239	2,743	3,583	.957
38	Sam Wise	1884–1893 (9)	282	448	1,198	1,387	.902
39	Frankie Frisch	1919–1937 (18)	280	1,762	4,348	6,026	.974
40	Bill Greenwood	1882–1890 (6)	273	538	1,399	1,570	.916
41	Hobe Ferris	1901–1909 (8)	270	1,011	2,501	3,151	.954
42	Bob Ferguson	1871–1883 (7)	267	353	1,131	1,075	.892
43	Sam Crane	1880–1890 (6)	264	348	948	956	.878
44	Tony Lazzeri	1926–1939 (14)	263	1,456	3,351	4,445	.967
45	Bucky Harris	1919–1931 (12)	263	1,253	3,412	3,842	.965
46	John Ward	1883–1894 (7)	263	493	1,226	1,646	.916
47	Joe Gordon	1938–1950 (11)	260	1,519	3,600	4,706	.970
48	George Grantham	1923–1933 (9)	250	848	1,987	2,712	.950
49	Danny Richardson	1886–1894 (9)	245	644	1,697	2,140	.940
50	Joe Morgan	1963–1984 (22)	244	2,527	5,742	6,967	.981