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

Harry Hooper, the modern leader in fielding errors as a right 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. The right fielder (RF) is one of the three outfielders, the defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing toward the pitcher's mound. The outfielders must try to catch long fly balls before they hit the ground, or to quickly catch or retrieve and return to the infield any other balls entering the outfield. The right fielder must also be adept at navigating the area of right field where the foul line approaches the corner of the playing field and the walls of the seating areas. Being the outfielder farthest from third base, the right fielder often has to make longer throws than the other outfielders to throw out runners advancing around the bases, so they often have the strongest or most accurate throwing arm. The right fielder normally plays behind the second baseman and first baseman, who play in or near the infield; unlike catchers and most infielders (excepting first basemen), who are virtually exclusively right-handed, right fielders can be either right- or left-handed. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the right fielder is assigned the number 9, the highest number.

The list of career leaders is dominated by players from the early 20th century; only six of the top 20 players were active after 1951, only one of whom played primarily in the American League. Only nine of the top 91 single-season totals were recorded after 1939, only four after 1979. To a large extent, the leaders reflect longevity rather than lower skill. Roberto Clemente, who tied a modern National League record with 131 errors as a right fielder, won twelve consecutive Gold Glove Awards for defensive excellence.

Because game accounts and box scores often did not distinguish between the outfield positions, there has been some difficulty in determining precise defensive statistics prior to 1901; because of this, and because of the similarity in their roles, defensive statistics for the three positions are frequently combined. Although efforts to distinguish between the three positions regarding games played during this period and reconstruct the separate totals have been largely successful, separate error totals are unavailable; players whose totals are missing the figures for pre-1901 games are notated in the table below. Harry Hooper is the modern (post-1900) leader in career errors committed by a right fielder with 144. Dave Parker is second all-time, and holds the modern National League record with 134 career errors in right field. Only fourteen right fielders have committed more than 100 career errors at the position since 1900.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career errors committed. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2023 Es)	Number of errors committed during the 2023 Major League Baseball season
E as RF	Total career errors committed as a right fielder
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame
†	Denotes total is missing figures for pre-1901 games
Bold	Denotes active player

List

Giancarlo Stanton, the active leader in fielding errors by a right fielder and tied for 90th all-time

• Stats updated as of March 21, 2024.

Rank	Player (2024 Es)	E as RF
1	Harry Hooper *	144
2	Dave Parker	134
3	Roberto Clemente *	131
	Paul Waner *	131
5	Reggie Jackson *	126
6	Vladimir Guerrero *	125
7	Ross Youngs *	116
8	Sammy Sosa	111
9	Harry Heilmann *	109
10	Chuck Klein *	107
11	Bruce Campbell	104
	Tommy Griffith	104
13	Sam Rice *	101
	Curt Walker	101
15	Wally Moses	99
16	George Browne	96
17	Rusty Staub	95
	Jack Tobin	95
19	Gavvy Cravath	93
20	Sam Crawford * †	92
21	Hank Aaron *	88
	Mel Ott *	88
23	John Titus	87
24	Rubén Sierra	86
25	Babe Herman	85
26	Babe Ruth *	84
27	Elmer Flick * †	77
28	Bobby Abreu	71
	Bobby Bonds	71
	Dixie Walker	71
31	Steve Evans	68
32	José Guillén	67
	Mike Mitchell	67
34	Harry Lumley	66
35	Roy Johnson	65
	Raúl Mondesí	65
	Tim Salmon	65
	Chief Wilson	65
39	Frank Schulte	64
40	Willie Keeler * †	63
	Bill Nicholson	63
	Casey Stengel *	63
	Claudell Washington	63
44	Dave Winfield *	62
45	Jeromy Burnitz	61
	Shano Collins	61
	Jermaine Dye	61
	Al Kaline *	61
49	Dwight Evans	60
	Max Flack	60

Rank	Player (2024 Es)	E as RF
51	Carl Furillo	59
	Jackie Jensen	59
	Bing Miller	59
	Danny Moeller	59
	Tony Oliva *	59
56	Cozy Dolan †	58
	Billy Southworth *	58
	Darryl Strawberry	58
59	Jesse Barfield	57
	Ty Cobb *	57
	Bob Meusel	57
	Red Murray	57
63	Pete Fox	56
	Tony Gwynn *	56
	Enos Slaughter *	56
	Homer Summa	56
67	Rocky Colavito	55
68	Elmer Valo	54
69	Elmer Smith	53
70	Tom Brunansky	52
	Mike Davis	52
72	Wally Post	51
	Socks Seybold †	51
74	Rob Deer	50
	Ival Goodman	50
	Eddie Murphy	50
	Ken Singleton	50
	Justin Upton	50
79	Mark Whiten	49
80	Jay Bruce	48
	Johnny Callison	48
	Shoeless Joe Jackson	48
	Dave Robertson	48
	Braggo Roth	48
85	Wilbur Good	47
	Danny Green †	47
	Gene Moore	47
	Reggie Smith	47
	Larry Walker *	47
90	Harold Baines *	46
	Jack Clark	46
	Shawn Green	46
	Giancarlo Stanton (0)	46
94	Kiki Cuyler *	45
	Dan Ford	45
	Jeff Francoeur	45
	Lance Richbourg	45
	George Watkins	45
	Earl Webb	45
	Glenn Wilson	45

Other Hall of Famers

Player	E			Other leagues, notes
	MLB	American League	National League
Andre Dawson*	43	0	43
Frank Robinson*	32	24	8
Billy Williams*	21	0	21
Stan Musial*	20	0	20
Ted Williams*	20	20	0
Lou Brock*	18	0	18
Goose Goslin*	18	18	0

References

• Baseball-Reference.com