List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a pitcher leaders

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Bobby Mathews, the all-time leader in fielding errors as a pitcher.

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, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important defensive player, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and closer.

Bobby Mathews is the all-time leader committing 220 career errors as a pitcher. Mathews is the only pitcher to commit more than 200 career errors at the position. Tim Keefe is second all-time with 166 career errors as a pitcher. A total of seventeen pitchers all-time have committed more than 100 career errors at the position.

Key[]

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career errors committed. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player Name of player.
E as P Total career errors committed as a pitcher.
* denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.

List[]

Tim Keefe, second all-time in career errors as a pitcher.
Rank Player E as P
1 Bobby Mathews 220
2 Tim Keefe * 166
3 Pud Galvin * 163
4 John Clarkson * 162
5 Cy Young * 146
6 Mickey Welch * 133
7 Gus Weyhing 128
8 Tony Mullane 122
Amos Rusie * 122
10 Bert Cunningham 111
Charles Radbourn * 111
12 Albert Spalding * 110
13 Tommy Bond 109
14 Toad Ramsey 107
15 Will White 106
16 Adonis Terry 104
17 Joe McGinnity * 100
18 Jim McCormick 99
Jim Whitney 99
20 George Bradley 98
21 Charlie Buffinton 94
Red Ehret 94
Chick Fraser 94
24 Matt Kilroy 91
Rube Waddell * 91
26 Nolan Ryan * 90
27 George Zettlein 88
28 Win Mercer 84
29 Al Orth 83
30 Frank Killen 82
George Mullin 82
32 Mark Baldwin 77
Jack Taylor 77
34 Stump Wiedman 76
35 Red Ames 74
Rank Player E as P
Bill Hutchinson 74
Hippo Vaughn 74
38 Ed Doheny 72
Jack Powell 72
40 Jersey Bakley 71
Ed Crane 71
Red Faber * 71
Burleigh Grimes * 71
Jack Lynch 71
45 Eddie Cicotte 70
Pink Hawley 70
Sadie McMahon 70
Ed Morris 70
49 Pretzels Getzien 68
Dick McBride 68
51 Kid Carsey 67
Larry Corcoran 67
Kid Nichols * 67
Vic Willis * 67
55 Kid Gleason 66
Cy Seymour 66
57 Hardie Henderson 65
58 Bob Barr 64
Clark Griffith * 64
60 Tom Hughes 63
61 Jumbo McGinnis 62
Jack Stivetts 62
63 Bob Caruthers 61
Egyptian Healy 61
Bill Stearns 61
66 Fred Goldsmith 60
Guy Hecker 60
Jouett Meekin 60
Earl Moore 60
70 Candy Cummings * 59
Rank Player E as P
Don Drysdale * 59
72 Cherokee Fisher 58
Bill Lee 58
Warren Spahn * 58
75 Ted Breitenstein 57
Randy Johnson * 57
Brickyard Kennedy 57
78 Jack Chesbro * 56
Bill Dinneen 56
Jim Kaat * 56
Silver King 56
Allan Sothoron 56
Willie Sudhoff 56
Ed Walsh * 56
85 Chief Bender * 55
86 Joaquín Andújar 54
Ice Box Chamberlain 54
Frank Dwyer 54
Noodles Hahn 54
Casey Patten 54
Ed Reulbach 54
John Montgomery Ward * 54
93 Frank Foreman 53
Greg Maddux * 53
Christy Mathewson * 53
Doc Newton 53
Wiley Piatt 53
98 Cy Falkenberg 52
Bob Groom 52
Walter Johnson 52
Sad Sam Jones 52
Lee Meadows 52
Barney Pelty 52
Henry Porter 52
Ray Sadecki 52

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