Triple Plays Involving Center Fielders
(Chronological Order)



Revised September 28, 2007

CF-Name Lg Fld Team Date HA Bat Team TPSeq
Paul Hines NL Providence Grays 5/8/1878 vs Boston Red Caps 8*-8*-4*
Jim Manning NL Boston Beaneaters 6/7/1884 vs Providence Grays 8*-3*-5*
Jim Clinton AA Cincinnati Red Stockings 5/20/1885 vs Baltimore Orioles 8*-5*-2*
George Gore NL New York Giants 6/11/1891 vs Pittsburgh Pirates 8*-5*-4-3*
Tommy McCarthy NL Boston Beaneaters 8/15/1894 vs Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4*-4*-5-3-8*
Mike Griffin NL Brooklyn Grooms 5/29/1897 at Pittsburgh Pirates 8*-6*-6*
Roger Bresnahan NL New York Giants 7/1/1903 vs St. Louis Cardinals 8*-2*-6*
Cy Seymour NL Cincinnati Reds 10/8/1905 vs Pittsburgh Pirates 8*-2*-5-6*
Ty Cobb AL Detroit Tigers 6/18/1910 vs Boston Red Sox 8*-4*-4*
Jimmy Johnston NL Chicago Cubs 5/1/1914 vs St. Louis Cardinals 8*-5-6*-2*
Jimmy Walsh AL Philadelphia Athletics 7/28/1914 at Detroit Tigers 8*-1-4-3*-2*
Herbie Moran NL Cincinnati 8/22/1914 vs New York Giants 8*-2*-3*
Nemo Leibold AL Cleveland Naps 9/14/1914 vs Detroit Tigers 8*-2-4-2-5-4*-2*
Happy Felsch AL Chicago White Sox 5/25/1919 vs Washington Senators 8*-6-5*-1-4*
Joe Wood AL Cleveland Indians 6/2/1919 vs St. Louis Browns 8*-6-4-5-4*-6-4*
Ira Flagstead AL Boston Red Sox 9/26/1927 vs Washington Senators 8*-4*-2*
Hank Leiber NL New York Giants 7/26/1936 vs Cincinnati Reds 8-7*-6-5*-3*
Stan Spence AL Washington Senators 10/2/1943 vs Detroit Tigers 8*-2-4*-2-5*
Irv Noren AL New York Yankees 7/17/1953 at St. Louis Browns 8*-6*-3*
Tony Armas AL Oakland Athletics 6/23/1979 vs Texas Rangers 5*-8*-6-8*
Bob Dernier NL Chicago Cubs 8/8/1985 at St. Louis Cardinals 3*-6*-4-5-8*
Willie Wilson AL Kansas City Royals 7/4/1988 vs Boston Red Sox 8*-4*-3*
Kenny Lofton AL Cleveland Indians 8/7/1992 at Baltimore Orioles 8*-2*-4-5*
Ernie Young AL Oakland Athletics 4/7/1996 vs Detroit Tigers 8*-4*-3-2*
Brian McRae NL Chicago Cubs 5/10/1997 at San Francisco Giants 8*-5*-4*
Garret Anderson AL Anaheim Angels 7/5/1997 vs Seattle Mariners 8*-6*-3*
Steve Finley NL Arizona Diamondbacks 5/31/2000 vs St. Louis Cardinals 8*-2*-6*
David DeJesus 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●