List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a left fielder leaders

Goose Goslin, one of the all-time leaders in fielding errors as a left fielder.

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.

In baseball, a left fielder (LF) is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the left fielder is assigned the number 7.

Goose Goslin and Zack Wheat are the all-time leaders in errors committed by a left fielder with 184 career. Lou Brock (168), Bobby Veach (146), Duffy Lewis (123), Bob Johnson (121), Jack Graney (114), Rickey Henderson (113), Ken Williams (109), and Charlie Jamieson (104) are the only other left fielders to commit over 100 career errors.

Key[]

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career fielding errors A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of player
E as LF	Total career errors committed as a left fielder.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.

List[]

Zack Wheat, one of the all-time leaders in fielding errors as a left fielder.

Rank	Player	E as LF
1	Goose Goslin *	184
	Zack Wheat *	184
3	Lou Brock *	168
4	Bobby Veach	146
5	Duffy Lewis	123
6	Bob Johnson	121
7	Jack Graney	114
8	Rickey Henderson *	113
9	Ken Williams	109
10	Charlie Jamieson	104
11	Bob Bescher	99
12	Ted Williams *	92
13	Barry Bonds	89
14	Joe Medwick *	86
	Minnie Miñoso *	86
	Lonnie Smith	86
17	Gary Matthews	85
18	Tillie Walker	84
19	George Bell	83
	Irish Meusel	83
	Burt Shotton	83
22	Bibb Falk	80
	Alex Johnson	80
	Willie Stargell *	80
25	George Burns	79
	Del Ennis	79
27	José Cruz	78
	Billy Williams *	78
29	Roy Johnson	74
30	Ralph Kiner *	73
31	Carson Bigbee	71
	Gus Zernial	71
33	Jeff Heath	68
	Carl Yastrzemski *	68
35	Rube Ellis	67
36	Sherry Magee	66
37	Luis Gonzalez	64
	Jo-Jo Moore	64
39	Joe Vosmik	63
	Gee Walker	63
41	Jim Rice *	62
	Babe Ruth *	62
43	Moose Solters	61
44	Adam Dunn	60
45	Vince Coleman	59
	Leon Wagner	59
47	Albert Belle	58
	Jimmy Sheckard	58
49	Lefty O'Doul	57
50	Willie Horton	55
	Greg Luzinski	55
52	Ralph Garr	54

Rank	Player	E as LF
	Heinie Manush *	54
	Alfonso Soriano	54
55	Pat Burrell	53
	Bob Meusel	53
57	Ron Gant	52
	Steve Henderson	52
	Hank Sauer	52
60	Max Carey *	40
	Tommy Davis	50
	George Foster	50
	Matt Holliday	50
	Carlos Lee	50
65	Cliff Floyd	49
	Al Martin	49
	Ben Oglivie	49
	Rip Radcliff	49
	Bob Skinner	49
70	Bob Fothergill	48
	Chick Hafey *	48
	Tim Raines *	48
73	Joe Carter	47
	Larry Herndon	47
	Al Simmons *	47
	Dick Wakefield	47
77	Pat Duncan	46
	Augie Galan	46
	Leslie Mann	46
80	Moisés Alou	45
	Rube Bressler	45
82	Rico Carty	44
83	Gil Coan	43
	Pete Incaviglia	43
	John Stone	43
86	Wes Covington	42
	Patsy Dougherty	42
	Dave Kingman	42
	Hal Lee	42
90	Ray Blades	41
	Austin McHenry	41
	Mike Menosky	41
	Kevin Mitchell	41
	Lou Piniella	41
	Roy White	41
96	Johnny Briggs	40
	Josh Devore	40
	Riggs Stephenson	40
99	Bill Lamar	39
100	George Case	38
	Mike Greenwell	38
	Jim Lemon	38
	Greg Vaughn	38

References[]

Baseball-Reference.com