Triple Plays Involving Pitchers
(Chronological Order)



Revised September 20, 2007

Pitcher Lg Fld Team Date HA Bat Team TPSeq
Jim Devlin NL Louisville Grays 8/1/1877 vs St. Louis Brown Stockings 9*-1-2-3-6-2*-2*
Sam Weaver AA Philadelphia Athletics 5/27/1882 vs St. Louis Cardinals 1*-5*-3*
Mickey Welch NL Troy Trojans 5/31/1882 vs Chicago White Stockings 1-3*-6*-2*
Jim McCormick NL Cleveland Blues 6/6/1882 at Troy Trojans 1-5*-3*-6*
Will White AA Cincinnati Red Stockings 9/13/1882 vs Louisville Colonels 2-5*-4*-3*
Jim Whitney NL Boston Beaneaters 8/11/1883 vs Providence Grays 1-2*-3*-4*
Steve Toole AA Brooklyn Grays 4/29/1886 at Baltimore Orioles 9-5-3*-3*-2-1*
Dick Conway NL Boston Beaneaters 6/21/1887 at Indianapolis Hoosiers 3*-6*-4-1*
Charlie Getzien NL Indianapolis Hoosiers 6/10/1889 at Chicago White Stockings 1-2*-3*-2*
Tom Sullivan AA Kansas City Blues 6/23/1889 at Cincinnati Red Stockings 1-2*-3*-2*
Ad Gumbert NL Chicago White Stockings 6/24/1889 vs New York Giants 6-5*-4*-1*
Sadie McMahon AA Philadelphia Athletics 8/21/1890 at Louisville Colonels 1*-3*-4*
Gus Weyhing PL Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 9/6/1890 vs New York Giants 1*-3*-6*
Charlie Getzien NL Boston Beaneaters 5/20/1891 at Cleveland Spiders 1-2*-3*-2*
Bill Hawke NL Baltimore Orioles 6/24/1893 at Boston Beaneaters 1*-4*-4*
Mike Sullivan NL Cincinnati Reds 7/22/1893 at St. Louis Cardinals 4-6*-6*-3-1*
Zeke Wilson NL Boston Beaneaters 4/23/1895 at Washington Senators 1-2*-3*-2*
Amos Rusie NL New York Giants 6/13/1895 vs St. Louis Cardinals 1*-5*-4*
George Meakim NL Louisville Colonels 9/3/1895 at Washington Senators 1*-3*-6*
Mike Sullivan NL New York Giants 7/3/1896 vs Baltimore Orioles 5*-3*-1-2*
Cy Seymour NL New York Giants 5/15/1897 at Cincinnati Reds 1*-6*-3*
Ted Lewis AL Boston Americans 8/7/1901 at Baltimore Orioles 1-5-2*-6*-1*
Dummy Taylor NL New York Giants 8/8/1901 vs Brooklyn Superbas 1*-6*-3*
Ed Murphy NL St. Louis Cardinals 8/31/1901 vs Cincinnati Reds 1-3-6*
Christy Mathewson NL New York Giants 7/15/1902 at Cincinnati Reds 1*-4*-3*
Red Donahue AL St. Louis Browns 8/15/1902 at Washington Senators 1*-5*-3*
Gene Wright AL St. Louis Browns 8/18/1903 vs Philadelphia Athletics 1*-6*-3*
Case Patten AL Washington Senators 4/24/1905 at New York Yankees 1*-3*-6*
Jake Thielman NL St. Louis Cardinals 6/1/1905 at Cincinnati Reds 3*-4*-1*
Jake Weimer NL Chicago Cubs 8/21/1905 at Brooklyn Superbas 1*-6*-6*
Ed Walsh Sr. AL Chicago White Sox 5/4/1907 at Detroit Tigers 6-2*-4*-1-6*
Jim Pastorius NL Brooklyn Superbas 9/3/1908 at Philadelphia Phillies 1*-4*-3*
Lew Richie NL Chicago Cubs 8/27/1910 vs New York Giants 1-4*-4*-5*
Claude Hendrix NL Pittsburgh Pirates 4/23/1913 at St. Louis Cardinals 1-2*-3*-2*
Byron Houck AL Philadelphia Athletics 5/16/1913 at Cleveland Naps 6-2-5-1-5*-4*-5-6-5-7*
Joe Bush AL Philadelphia Athletics 7/28/1914 at Detroit Tigers 8*-1-4-3*-2*
Doc Crandall FL St. Louis Terriers 6/26/1915 at Baltimore Terrapins 1*-5*-3*
Dickie Kerr AL Chicago White Sox 5/25/1919 vs Washington Senators 8*-6-5*-1-4*
Sam Jones AL Boston Red Sox 9/5/1919 at Philadelphia Athletics 1*-3*-5*
Wilbur Cooper NL Pittsburgh Pirates 7/7/1920 vs Philadelphia Phillies 1*-6*-4*
Wilbur Cooper NL Pittsburgh Pirates 8/21/1920 vs Philadelphia Phillies 1*-5*-3*
Ken Holloway AL Detroit Tigers 6/1/1923 vs Cleveland Indians 1*-6*-3*
Hal Carlson NL Philadelphia Phillies 6/29/1925 vs Brooklyn Dodgers 1*-6*-3*
Garland Buckeye AL Cleveland Indians 6/5/1926 vs New York Yankees 1*-5*-3*
George Uhle AL Cleveland Indians 9/11/1926 vs Washington Senators 1-3*-6*-2*
Sam Gray AL Philadelphia Athletics 9/16/1926 at St. Louis Browns 1-4-3*
Hank Johnson AL New York Yankees 4/26/1929 at Philadelphia Athletics 1-2*-3*-5*
Burleigh Grimes NL Pittsburgh Pirates 5/5/1929 at Boston Braves 1-2-5*-4*-2*
Josh Billings AL Detroit Tigers 7/11/1929 vs Boston Red Sox 1*-3*-5*
George Blaeholder AL St. Louis Browns 9/19/1929 at Washington Senators 1-4*-4*-4*
Benny Frey NL Cincinnati Reds 4/19/1930 vs Chicago Cubs 1*-5*-6*
Bump Hadley AL Washington Senators 9/21/1930 at Detroit Tigers 1-3*-5*-6-5*
Fred Frankhouse NL Boston Braves 5/29/1934 vs Philadelphia Phillies 1*-3*-6*
Jim Bivin NL Philadelphia Phillies 4/26/1935 at New York Giants 2-1-6*-6*-3*
Jesse Haines NL St. Louis Cardinals 9/16/1936 at Philadelphia Phillies 1*-3*-6*
Tom Earley NL Boston Braves 9/6/1942 at Philadelphia Phillies 1*-6*-3*
Hal Newhouser AL Detroit Tigers 5/8/1946 at Washington Senators 1-4*-4*-3*
Joe Krakauskas AL Cleveland Indians 5/13/1946 vs St. Louis Browns 1*-6*-3*
Bill Kennedy AL St. Louis Browns 7/24/1948 at Washington Senators 1-6*-5*-3*
Bob Miller NL Philadelphia Phillies 6/22/1950 vs Pittsburgh Pirates 1-6*-3*-2*
Marv Rotblatt AL Chicago White Sox 5/13/1951 vs Cleveland Indians 1*-6*-3*
Bob Porterfield AL Washington Senators 5/22/1953 vs New York Yankees 1*-3*-6*
Mickey McDermott AL Washington Senators 4/24/1954 vs Boston Red Sox 1*-6*-3*
Bob Lemon AL Cleveland Indians 8/21/1954 at Baltimore Orioles 1*-4*-3*
Art Houtteman AL Cleveland Indians 7/31/1955 at Baltimore Orioles 1*-6*-3*
Lindy McDaniel NL St. Louis Cardinals 9/25/1956 at Chicago Cubs 3*-6*-4-1-5*
Bob Turley AL New York Yankees 5/16/1957 vs Kansas City Athletics 1*-6*-4*
Bud Daley AL Cleveland Indians 9/15/1957 at Baltimore Orioles 1*-6*-4*
Dick Drott NL Chicago Cubs 4/27/1958 at San Francisco Giants 1*-4*-3*
Bob Shaw AL Chicago White Sox 9/27/1959 at Detroit Tigers 1-5*-5*-2-6*
Pedro Ramos AL Washington Senators 7/23/1960 vs Kansas City Athletics 1*-3*-6*
Pete Smith AL Boston Red Sox 9/28/1963 vs Los Angeles Angels 1-5*-6*-4*
John Boozer NL Philadelphia Phillies 8/15/1964 at New York Mets 1*-6*-3*
Ron Herbel NL San Francisco Giants 5/3/1965 at St. Louis Cardinals 1-6*-3*-2*
Bill Faul NL Chicago Cubs 7/14/1965 vs Milwaukee Braves 2*-6-1*-4*
Tommy John AL Chicago White Sox 9/17/1966 at Baltimore Orioles 3*-6*-2-1*
Gaylord Perry NL San Francisco Giants 5/2/1967 at New York Mets 1*-6*-3*
Dooley Womack AL New York Yankees 6/3/1968 vs Minnesota Twins 1*-5*-3*
Denny McLain AL Detroit Tigers 9/1/1968 vs Baltimore Orioles 1*-6*-3*
Joe Niekro NL San Diego Padres 8/13/1969 vs Chicago Cubs 1*-6*-6*
Pat Jarvis NL Atlanta Braves 8/29/1969 vs Chicago Cubs 3*-6-2-5-1-4*-7*
Stan Thomas AL Cleveland Indians 6/7/1976 vs Minnesota Twins 1*-6*-3*
Jim Clancy AL Toronto Blue Jays 4/22/1978 vs Chicago White Sox 1*-3*-6*
Terry Felton AL Minnesota Twins 5/29/1982 vs New York Yankees 2*-5-3*-1*
Mike Morgan AL Seattle Mariners 5/13/1986 vs Milwaukee Brewers 3-6*-1-2*-4*
Zane Smith NL Atlanta Braves 6/5/1986 at San Diego Padres 1-4*-3*-2*
Ed Lynch NL Chicago Cubs 7/9/1986 at San Francisco Giants 1*-5*-3*
Jeff Ballard AL Baltimore Orioles 8/8/1990 at Oakland Athletics 1*-6*-3*
Kirk Rueter NL Montreal Expos 8/23/1993 vs Chicago Cubs 1*-6*-6*
Jeff Nelson AL Seattle Mariners 7/13/1995 vs Toronto Blue Jays 1-6*-4*-4*
Andy Ashby NL San Diego Padres 5/19/1997 at Cincinnati Reds 1*-6*-3*
Darren Dreifort NL Los Angeles Dodgers 6/13/1998 vs Colorado Rockies 1-6*-4*-5*
Kenny Rogers AL Texas Rangers 4/14/2002 vs Seattle Mariners 1-6*-2-5-1*-4*
Scott Elarton AL Kansas City Royals 6/11/2006 vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8*-1-6*-5*




SUMMARY ● PLAY-BY-PLAY ● FIELDERS ● FIELDERS CAREER
BATTED INTO ● RUNNERS CAUGHT ● HIT TYPE
ASSISTs-POs ● OUT SEQ ● TRIVIA ● DATA NEEDED



YEAR ● MONTH ● BY TEAM ● STADIUM ● INNING
SCORE ● COMBINATIONS ● ANALYSIS● TEAM FIRSTS
DISTINCTIVE and UNUSUAL●