Three-Error Inning

There have been 2,806 three-error innings since 1897, measured across 208,335 games, an average of one occurrence every 74 games. The most recent was the Toronto Blue Jays on 16 September 2026; the first was the Cincinnati Reds on 14 April 1908.

Three errors in one half inning.
Much rarer now: 237 since 2000, one every 270 games, against one every 74 across the whole record.
2,806recorded occurrences
1 in 74games · 1897+
1908first · Cincinnati Reds
2026-09-16most recent · Toronto Blue Jays

By decade

Recorded occurrences in each decade within this page’s coverage.

1900s159
1910s673
1920s369
1930s290
1940s226
1950s161
1960s194
1970s197
1980s169
1990s131
2000s103
2010s91
2020s43

Done it most

Every occurrence (2,806 of them) · 1,251–1,500 of 2,806

DateTeam#Game
1942-07-28St. Louis Browns1556↗
1942-07-28Cincinnati Reds1555↗
1942-07-19Washington Senators (1901-60)1554↗
1942-07-04Washington Senators (1901-60)1553↗
1942-06-29Chicago White Sox1552↗
1942-06-15Kansas City Monarchs1551↗
1942-06-14New York Yankees1550↗
1942-06-13Detroit Tigers1549↗
1942-06-09Cleveland Guardians1548↗
1942-06-06Washington Senators (1901-60)1547↗
1942-05-20Cincinnati Reds1546↗
1942-05-10St. Louis Browns1545↗
1942-05-09Boston Braves1544↗
1942-05-06Washington Senators (1901-60)1543↗
1942-05-04Cincinnati Reds1542↗
1942-04-25Washington Senators (1901-60)1541↗
1942-04-19Chicago Cubs1540↗
1941-09-25Brooklyn Dodgers1539↗
1941-09-21Cleveland Guardians1538↗
1941-09-10Chicago White Sox1537↗
1941-08-31St. Louis Browns1536↗
1941-08-18Cincinnati Reds1535↗
1941-08-10Chicago White Sox1534↗
1941-08-08Boston Red Sox1533↗
1941-08-02Chicago Cubs1532↗
1941-07-20Cleveland Guardians1531↗
1941-07-19Boston Braves1530↗
1941-06-29Washington Senators (1901-60)1529↗
1941-06-24Washington Senators (1901-60)1528↗
1941-06-15Washington Senators (1901-60)1527↗
1941-05-30Boston Red Sox1526↗
1941-05-14Washington Senators (1901-60)1525↗
1941-05-07Chicago White Sox1524↗
1941-05-06Boston Braves1523↗
1941-05-04Philadelphia Athletics1522↗
1941-04-30Philadelphia Phillies1521↗
1941-04-29Washington Senators (1901-60)1520↗
1941-04-23Philadelphia Athletics1519↗
1941-04-22Chicago White Sox1518↗
1941-04-17New York Yankees1517↗
1940-09-13Chicago White Sox1516↗
1940-09-10Washington Senators (1901-60)1515↗
1940-09-10Pittsburgh Pirates1514↗
1940-09-06St. Louis Browns1513↗
1940-08-15Boston Braves1512↗
1940-08-11Pittsburgh Pirates1511↗
1940-08-11Cleveland Guardians1510↗
1940-07-21Chicago White Sox1509↗
1940-07-20Chicago White Sox1508↗
1940-07-15Detroit Tigers1507↗
1940-07-13New York Yankees1506↗
1940-07-06Boston Red Sox1505↗
1940-07-02Chicago Cubs1504↗
1940-06-22St. Louis Cardinals1503↗
1940-06-20Cleveland Guardians1502↗
1940-06-19Brooklyn Dodgers1501↗
1940-06-16Cleveland Guardians1500↗
1940-06-15New York Giants1499↗
1940-06-08Chicago White Sox1498↗
1940-06-04St. Louis Browns1497↗
1940-06-04Pittsburgh Pirates1496↗
1940-06-01Homestead Grays1495↗
1940-05-23Chicago White Sox1494↗
1940-05-12Cincinnati Reds1493↗
1940-05-10Pittsburgh Pirates1492↗
1939-09-24New York Giants1491↗
1939-09-22Pittsburgh Pirates1490↗
1939-09-17Boston Braves1489↗
1939-09-17Philadelphia Phillies1488↗
1939-09-15St. Louis Browns1487↗
1939-09-10Detroit Tigers1486↗
1939-09-08St. Louis Cardinals1485↗
1939-09-04Brooklyn Dodgers1484↗
1939-09-02New York Giants1483↗
1939-08-22Detroit Tigers1482↗
1939-08-13Baltimore Elite Giants1481↗
1939-08-13Baltimore Elite Giants1480↗
1939-08-13Homestead Grays1479↗
1939-08-06Boston Braves1478↗
1939-08-03Boston Red Sox1477↗
1939-07-27Cincinnati Reds1476↗
1939-07-23New York Black Yankees1475↗
1939-07-16Boston Red Sox1474↗
1939-06-23Washington Senators (1901-60)1473↗
1939-06-21Cleveland Guardians1472↗
1939-06-10Philadelphia Phillies1471↗
1939-06-04Chicago White Sox1470↗
1939-05-28Brooklyn Dodgers1469↗
1939-05-23Philadelphia Athletics1468↗
1939-05-17Washington Senators (1901-60)1467↗
1939-05-14Detroit Tigers1466↗
1939-05-02Chicago White Sox1465↗
1939-04-25Boston Red Sox1464↗
1938-09-28Washington Senators (1901-60)1463↗
1938-09-24St. Louis Browns1462↗
1938-09-11Philadelphia Athletics1461↗
1938-09-06Philadelphia Phillies1460↗
1938-09-05Boston Red Sox1459↗
1938-09-04Philadelphia Phillies1458↗
1938-09-03Cincinnati Reds1457↗
1938-08-26New York Yankees1456↗
1938-08-22Memphis Red Sox1455↗
1938-08-16Boston Red Sox1454↗
1938-08-14New York Giants1453↗
1938-08-10New York Yankees1452↗
1938-08-09Detroit Tigers1451↗
1938-08-07Pittsburgh Pirates1450↗
1938-07-31Kansas City Monarchs1449↗
1938-07-31New York Yankees1448↗
1938-07-28Detroit Tigers1447↗
1938-07-28Philadelphia Stars1446↗
1938-07-23Philadelphia Phillies1445↗
1938-07-12Brooklyn Dodgers1444↗
1938-07-04Detroit Tigers1443↗
1938-07-03Chicago Cubs1442↗
1938-07-03JAX1441↗
1938-07-02JAX1440↗
1938-07-01JAX1439↗
1938-07-01Chicago Cubs1438↗
1938-07-01Boston Red Sox1437↗
1938-06-12Boston Braves1436↗
1938-06-02Philadelphia Athletics1435↗
1938-05-29Kansas City Monarchs1434↗
1938-05-29IN71433↗
1938-05-06Chicago Cubs1432↗
1938-05-03Chicago White Sox1431↗
1937-09-29Boston Red Sox1430↗
1937-09-26Chicago White Sox1429↗
1937-09-25St. Louis Cardinals1428↗
1937-09-24Pittsburgh Pirates1427↗
1937-09-16Brooklyn Dodgers1426↗
1937-09-14St. Louis Browns1425↗
1937-09-11Detroit Tigers1424↗
1937-08-28St. Louis Cardinals1423↗
1937-08-25Kansas City Monarchs1422↗
1937-08-21Brooklyn Dodgers1421↗
1937-08-17Chicago American Giants1420↗
1937-08-15Brooklyn Dodgers1419↗
1937-08-15Boston Braves1418↗
1937-08-15Cincinnati Reds1417↗
1937-08-15Newark Eagles1416↗
1937-08-15Homestead Grays1415↗
1937-08-12Pittsburgh Pirates1414↗
1937-08-10Washington Senators (1901-60)1413↗
1937-08-05Brooklyn Dodgers1412↗
1937-07-27Chicago American Giants1411↗
1937-07-25Chicago White Sox1410↗
1937-07-24JAX1409↗
1937-07-24St. Louis Cardinals1408↗
1937-07-18St. Louis Browns1407↗
1937-07-14Cleveland Guardians1406↗
1937-07-01New York Yankees1405↗
1937-06-20Kansas City Monarchs1404↗
1937-06-11Philadelphia Stars1403↗
1937-05-27Memphis Red Sox1402↗
1937-05-25Boston Red Sox1401↗
1937-05-18Detroit Tigers1400↗
1937-05-08St. Louis Cardinals1399↗
1937-05-07New York Yankees1398↗
1937-05-07New York Giants1397↗
1937-05-06Brooklyn Dodgers1396↗
1937-05-01Chicago Cubs1395↗
1937-04-25St. Louis Browns1394↗
1936-08-22Cleveland Guardians1393↗
1936-08-16Philadelphia Stars1392↗
1936-07-25Boston Red Sox1391↗
1936-07-24St. Louis Browns1390↗
1936-07-11Chicago White Sox1389↗
1936-07-05Cleveland Guardians1388↗
1936-07-05St. Louis Cardinals1387↗
1936-07-02New York Giants1386↗
1936-06-29Cincinnati Reds1385↗
1936-06-22New York Giants1384↗
1936-06-04Detroit Tigers1383↗
1936-05-31New York Giants1382↗
1936-05-31Philadelphia Athletics1381↗
1936-05-29Philadelphia Phillies1380↗
1936-05-25Pittsburgh Pirates1379↗
1936-05-09Pittsburgh Crawfords1378↗
1936-05-05Chicago Cubs1377↗
1936-04-24Cleveland Guardians1376↗
1936-04-14Brooklyn Dodgers1375↗
1935-09-22St. Louis Cardinals1374↗
1935-09-18Chicago Cubs1373↗
1935-09-18New York Giants1372↗
1935-09-16Detroit Tigers1371↗
1935-09-11Chicago Cubs1370↗
1935-09-10Brooklyn Dodgers1369↗
1935-09-01Chicago Cubs1368↗
1935-08-27St. Louis Browns1367↗
1935-08-26Detroit Tigers1366↗
1935-08-25Philadelphia Phillies1365↗
1935-08-22Detroit Tigers1364↗
1935-08-20Cleveland Guardians1363↗
1935-08-19Pittsburgh Crawfords1362↗
1935-08-17Chicago Cubs1361↗
1935-08-04Philadelphia Athletics1360↗
1935-08-04Boston Red Sox1359↗
1935-07-28Boston Braves1358↗
1935-07-14St. Louis Cardinals1357↗
1935-07-05Brooklyn Dodgers1356↗
1935-06-22Brooklyn Dodgers1355↗
1935-06-15NW11354↗
1935-06-15Pittsburgh Crawfords1353↗
1935-06-12Chicago Cubs1352↗
1935-06-01St. Louis Cardinals1351↗
1935-05-31New York Giants1350↗
1935-05-30Brooklyn Dodgers1349↗
1935-05-30Philadelphia Phillies1348↗
1935-05-29Boston Red Sox1347↗
1935-05-24Cleveland Guardians1346↗
1935-05-16Detroit Tigers1345↗
1935-05-15New York Giants1344↗
1935-04-30New York Giants1343↗
1935-04-28Chicago White Sox1342↗
1934-09-30Boston Red Sox1341↗
1934-09-29Boston Braves1340↗
1934-09-26Detroit Tigers1339↗
1934-09-15Pittsburgh Pirates1338↗
1934-09-10Pittsburgh Pirates1337↗
1934-09-03Cleveland Guardians1336↗
1934-09-02Boston Braves1335↗
1934-09-02St. Louis Browns1334↗
1934-08-27Cleveland Guardians1333↗
1934-08-21Philadelphia Phillies1332↗
1934-08-19Detroit Tigers1331↗
1934-08-02Brooklyn Dodgers1330↗
1934-07-12Philadelphia Phillies1329↗
1934-07-04Cleveland Guardians1328↗
1934-07-04New York Yankees1327↗
1934-06-22Chicago Cubs1326↗
1934-06-21Boston Red Sox1325↗
1934-06-13Washington Senators (1901-60)1324↗
1934-05-31Washington Senators (1901-60)1323↗
1934-05-30Chicago White Sox1322↗
1934-05-25Philadelphia Athletics1321↗
1934-05-23Philadelphia Athletics1320↗
1934-05-12St. Louis Cardinals1319↗
1934-04-29Boston Braves1318↗
1934-04-24Cleveland Guardians1317↗
1933-09-18Cleveland Guardians1316↗
1933-09-10Brooklyn Dodgers1315↗
1933-09-08Cincinnati Reds1314↗
1933-09-06Cincinnati Reds1313↗
1933-08-31Philadelphia Phillies1312↗
1933-08-31Pittsburgh Crawfords1311↗
1933-08-31NSH1310↗
1933-08-31St. Louis Cardinals1309↗
1933-08-27Washington Senators (1901-60)1308↗
1933-08-25Cincinnati Reds1307↗

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