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Three-Error Inning

There have been 2,791 three-error innings since 1897, measured across 207,975 games, one every 74 games. The most recent was the Detroit Tigers on 14 September 2025; the first was the Cincinnati Reds on 14 April 1908.

Three errors in one half inning.
Much rarer now: 231 since 2000, one every 266 games, against one every 74 across the whole record.
2,791times in history
1 in 74games · 1897+
1908first · Cincinnati Reds
2025-09-14most recent · Detroit Tigers

By decade

1900s158
1910s669
1920s369
1930s288
1940s225
1950s161
1960s194
1970s196
1980s169
1990s131
2000s103
2010s91
2020s37

Done it most

Every occurrence (2,791 of them) · 2,751–2,791 of 2,791

DateTeam#Game
1908-07-29Cleveland Guardians41
1908-07-28Boston Braves40
1908-07-27Boston Braves39
1908-07-20Boston Red Sox38
1908-07-19Cincinnati Reds37
1908-07-17Boston Braves36
1908-07-16Brooklyn Dodgers35
1908-07-15Cleveland Guardians34
1908-07-10Brooklyn Dodgers33
1908-06-28St. Louis Browns32
1908-06-27Philadelphia Athletics31
1908-06-27New York Giants30
1908-06-26Cleveland Guardians29
1908-06-25Pittsburgh Pirates28
1908-06-25Boston Braves27
1908-06-23Detroit Tigers26
1908-06-18Boston Braves25
1908-06-16Boston Red Sox24
1908-06-16Boston Red Sox23
1908-06-13St. Louis Browns22
1908-06-12Chicago Cubs21
1908-06-12Washington Senators (1901-60)20
1908-06-10Boston Red Sox19
1908-06-08Cincinnati Reds18
1908-06-03Philadelphia Athletics17
1908-06-02Brooklyn Dodgers16
1908-06-02Boston Red Sox15
1908-06-01Chicago White Sox14
1908-05-31St. Louis Cardinals13
1908-05-28New York Yankees12
1908-05-27Cincinnati Reds11
1908-05-25Chicago White Sox10
1908-05-23St. Louis Browns9
1908-05-21Chicago White Sox8
1908-05-13Detroit Tigers7
1908-04-25Chicago White Sox6
1908-04-21Washington Senators (1901-60)5
1908-04-19Chicago Cubs4
1908-04-16Philadelphia Phillies3
1908-04-14Chicago White Sox2
1908-04-14Cincinnati Reds1

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