He also chopped his error total from 56 in 1993 to 25 in 1994 and was destined to be the next Yankee shortstop.

Boston showed two of its flaws by dropping to 11-13 against lefties and increasing its league-leading error total to 86.

"Last year their error total was quite high, I believe, but you'd never know it this year," Ryan said.

(Last Wednesday, the Cubs surpassed their error total from last season.)

"I think his error total will go down, but it may not go way down because of the fact he gets to more balls than most shortstops."

Manager Bobby Valentine said that too much was made last year of Ordonez's error total.

The following season, he cut his error total to 39 and began to acquire a reputation as a stellar fielder with outstanding range.

Ramírez made strides to improve his defensive game in 2007, as he lowered his error total and improved his range factor for the third consecutive year.

A day earlier, Green said Ordonez might not be worthy of the rookie of the year award because of his high error total.

Each of their four infielders has an error total with a single digit.