Statistical Records For Errors
In Major League Baseball, Herman Long holds the Major League records with 1096 errors in his career between 1889 and 1904. Bill Dahlen, Deacon White and Germany Smith are the only other players to make 1,000 errors during their MLB careers. All of these players played at least one season before 1900. The 20th century record is held by Rabbit Maranville with 711 errors. Among active players, Miguel Tejada and Edgar Rentería are tied with 272 errors over 2091 and 2119 career games respectively as of the end of 2011.
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