All-Time MLB Third Base Errors Leaders

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

Arlie Latham is the all-time MLB leader in third base errors with 822, 207 clear of Billy Nash (615). He did it in 14 seasons, from 1883 to 1896. The top ten runs from 822 down to 465.

All-time MLB leader Arlie Latham 1883–1896 · 14 seasons

822 Third Base Errors 207 clear of Billy Nash

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

#	Player	Seasons	3B E	G	PO	A	FPCT
1	Arlie Latham	1883–1896 (14)	822	1,573	1,976	3,546	.870
2	Billy Nash	1884–1898 (15)	615	1,468	2,226	3,122	.897
3	Hick Carpenter	1879–1892 (12)	591	1,059	1,450	1,991	.853
4	Billy Shindle	1887–1898 (12)	570	1,274	1,815	2,891	.892
5	Jerry Denny	1881–1894 (13)	552	1,109	1,777	2,338	.882
6	Ezra Sutton	1871–1888 (18)	516	880	1,252	1,646	.849
7	Denny Lyons	1885–1897 (13)	509	1,085	1,675	2,130	.882
8	Joe Mulvey	1883–1895 (12)	475	983	1,235	1,962	.871
9	Bob Ferguson	1871–1884 (9)	466	397	742	1,105	.799
10	Jimmy Collins	1895–1908 (14)	465	1,683	2,372	3,702	.929
11	Deacon White	1871–1890 (13)	444	827	954	1,619	.853
12	Bill Joyce	1890–1898 (8)	439	735	1,044	1,456	.851
13	Ed Williamson	1878–1890 (9)	401	716	878	1,719	.866
14	Lave Cross	1891–1907 (17)	397	1,724	2,310	3,715	.938
15	George Pinkney	1885–1893 (9)	387	1,061	1,343	2,042	.897
16	Harry Schafer	1871–1877 (7)	380	322	559	709	.769
17	Bill Kuehne	1883–1892 (10)	373	798	932	1,687	.875
18	Frank Hankinson	1878–1888 (10)	373	764	1,029	1,579	.875
19	Harry Steinfeldt	1898–1911 (14)	365	1,387	1,776	2,805	.926
20	Jimmy Austin	1909–1929 (17)	358	1,431	2,042	2,949	.933
21	Pinky Higgins	1930–1946 (14)	356	1,768	1,848	3,258	.935
22	Tommy Leach	1898–1914 (16)	344	955	1,323	2,127	.909
23	Art Whitney	1880–1891 (11)	344	802	1,026	1,691	.888
24	Bill Bradley	1899–1915 (13)	336	1,390	1,755	2,943	.933
25	Tom Burns	1880–1892 (10)	327	704	1,043	1,494	.886
26	James Casey	1898–1907 (10)	325	1,100	1,312	2,184	.915
27	Pie Traynor	1921–1937 (16)	324	1,863	2,289	3,521	.947
28	Home Run Baker	1908–1922 (13)	322	1,548	2,154	3,155	.943
29	Jim Donnelly	1884–1898 (11)	318	631	756	1,288	.865
30	Ron Santo	1960–1974 (15)	317	2,130	1,955	4,581	.954
31	Jumbo Davis	1884–1891 (7)	317	400	517	963	.824
32	Mike Schmidt	1972–1989 (18)	313	2,212	1,591	5,045	.955
33	Adrian Beltre	1998–2018 (21)	311	2,759	2,194	5,182	.960
34	Graig Nettles	1968–1988 (21)	295	2,412	1,898	5,279	.961
35	Eddie Mathews	1952–1968 (17)	293	2,181	2,049	4,322	.956
36	Larry Gardner	1908–1924 (16)	287	1,656	1,789	3,408	.948
37	John McGraw	1892–1906 (12)	280	782	868	1,600	.898
38	Harlond Clift	1934–1945 (12)	279	1,550	1,777	3,262	.948
39	Eddie Foster	1912–1923 (12)	278	1,161	1,289	2,384	.930
40	Jack Gleason	1882–1886 (5)	273	328	373	602	.781
41	Eddie Yost	1944–1962 (18)	270	2,008	2,356	3,659	.957
42	Ken Boyer	1955–1968 (14)	264	1,785	1,567	3,652	.952
43	Brooks Robinson	1955–1977 (23)	263	2,870	2,697	6,205	.971
44	Harry Wolverton	1898–1912 (9)	263	756	989	1,625	.909
45	Charlie Reilly	1889–1897 (8)	263	556	814	1,307	.890
46	George Brett	1973–1992 (17)	261	1,692	1,372	3,674	.951
47	Bobby Byrne	1907–1917 (11)	258	1,147	1,456	2,221	.934
48	Art Devlin	1904–1913 (10)	257	1,192	1,399	2,481	.938
49	Buddy Bell	1972–1989 (18)	254	2,183	1,798	4,925	.964
50	Darrell Evans	1969–1989 (20)	253	1,442	1,273	3,123	.946