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

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

* Stats updated through the 2025 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 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 (2025 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 | E | E | Other leagues, notes |
| Player | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 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 | |