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1978 MLB First Base Errors Leaders

Errors committed at first base

Dale Murphy led the majors with 20 first base errors in 1978, 3 ahead of Mike Hargrove (17).

Dale Murphy Led all of MLB in 1978 Dale Murphy Atlanta Braves
20 First Base Errors 3 clear of Mike Hargrove
Showing First Base Errors and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 1B E G PO A FPCT
1 Dale Murphy Dale Murphy ATL 20 129 1,137 92 .984
2 Mike Hargrove Mike Hargrove TEX 17 140 1,221 116 .987
3 Rod Carew Rod Carew MIN 16 148 1,362 105 .989
4 Dave Revering Dave Revering OAK 13 138 1,013 110 .989
5 Dan Meyer Dan Meyer SEA 13 121 1,104 79 .989
6 Jason Thompson Jason Thompson DET 11 151 1,503 92 .993
7 Tony Perez Tony Perez MON 11 145 1,181 82 .991
8 Cecil Cooper Cecil Cooper ML4 11 84 842 66 .988
9 Keith Hernandez Keith Hernandez SLN 10 158 1,436 96 .994
10 George Scott George Scott BOS 10 113 1,052 55 .991
11 Willie McCovey Willie McCovey SFN 10 97 721 44 .987
12 Steve Garvey Steve Garvey LAN 9 161 1,546 74 .994
13 Bob Watson Bob Watson HOU 9 128 974 95 .992
14 Gene Richards Gene Richards SDN 9 26 211 12 .961
15 Willie Montanez Willie Montanez NYN 8 158 1,350 104 .995
16 John Mayberry John Mayberry TOR 8 139 1,143 52 .993
17 Lamar Johnson Lamar Johnson CHA 8 108 887 71 .992
18 Larry Biittner Larry Biittner CHN 8 62 554 52 .987
19 Andre Thornton Andre Thornton CLE 7 145 1,327 106 .995
20 Dan Driessen Dan Driessen CIN 6 151 1,264 93 .996
21 Richie Hebner Richie Hebner PHI 6 117 987 49 .994
22 Willie Stargell Willie Stargell PIT 6 112 875 57 .994
23 Bill Buckner Bill Buckner CHN 6 105 1,075 83 .995
24 Clint Hurdle Clint Hurdle KCA 6 52 412 25 .986
25 Eddie Murray Eddie Murray BAL 5 157 1,504 106 .997
26 Pete LaCock Pete LaCock KCA 5 106 700 39 .993
27 Gene Tenace Gene Tenace SDN 5 80 668 37 .993
28 Chris Chambliss Chris Chambliss NYA 4 155 1,366 111 .997
29 Ron Jackson CAL 4 75 580 56 .994
30 Don Money Don Money ML4 4 61 615 37 .994
31 Broderick Perkins Broderick Perkins SDN 4 59 538 41 .993
32 Jose Cardenal Jose Cardenal PHI 4 50 360 17 .990
33 Bob Beall ATL 4 40 275 24 .987
34 Jeff Newman OAK 4 36 177 14 .979
35 Doug Ault TOR 4 25 178 10 .979
36 Don Baylor Don Baylor CAL 4 17 118 9 .969
37 Mike Ivie Mike Ivie SFN 3 76 550 18 .995
38 Carl Yastrzemski Carl Yastrzemski BOS 3 50 387 41 .993
39 John Milner John Milner PIT 3 28 169 13 .984
40 Craig Kusick Craig Kusick MIN 3 27 213 22 .987
41 Juan Bernhardt Juan Bernhardt SEA 3 25 246 27 .989
42 Mike Jorgensen Mike Jorgensen TEX 2 78 299 31 .994
43 Dave Bergman Dave Bergman HOU 2 66 280 16 .993
44 Wayne Gross Wayne Gross OAK 2 15 48 0 .960
45 Derrel Thomas Derrel Thomas SDN 2 14 113 6 .983
46 Johnny Bench Johnny Bench CIN 2 11 75 5 .976
47 Ben Oglivie Ben Oglivie ML4 2 11 88 3 .978
48 Willie Upshaw Willie Upshaw TOR 2 10 50 2 .963
49 Dave Kingman Dave Kingman CHN 2 6 56 2 .967
50 Bob Boone Bob Boone PHI 2 3 31 0 .939
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