Triple Plays Fly Ball Type 1876-Present


Revised September 28, 2007



Date Men On Batter Play Fld Team HA Bat Team
8/1/1877 1-2-3 Herman Dehlman 9*-1-2-3-6-2*-2* Louisville Grays vs St. Louis Brown Stockings
5/8/1878 1-3 Jack Burdock 8*-8*-4* Providence Grays vs Boston Red Caps
5/7/1880 2-3 Mike McGeary 7*-5*-5* Worchester Worchesters at Providence Grays
6/7/1884 1-2 Sandy Nava 8*-3*-5* Boston Beaneaters vs Providence Grays
6/19/1884 1-2-3 Taylor Shafer 4*-4*-2* Chicago/Pittsburgh Unions/Browns vs Kansas City Unions
7/31/1884 ? unknown 7-4-2* New York Gothams vs Providence Grays
8/28/1885 ? unknown 9-4-3* Pittsburgh Alleghenys at Cincinnati Red Stockings
4/26/1886 1-2 Frank Hankinson 6*-4*-3* Brooklyn Grays at New York Metropolitans
5/7/1887 1-2-3 Sam Trott 7*-6*-2* Philadelphia Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
6/24/1889 1-2 Gil Hatfield 6-5*-4*-1* Chicago White Stockings vs New York Giants
6/30/1890 1-2 Ned Hanlon 4*-6*-3* Boston Red Stockings at Pittsburgh Burghers
7/15/1890 1-2-3 John Pickett 4-2*-5*-4* Chicago Pirates at Philadelphia Quakers
7/18/1890 1-2 Bug Holliday 6*-6*-3* Boston Beaneaters vs Cincinnati Reds
9/8/1890 1-2 Germany Smith 6*-4*-3* Philadelphia Phillies vs Brooklyn Bridegrooms
9/29/1890 1-2 Billy Nash 4*-3*-6* Buffalo Bisons vs Boston Red Stockings
5/22/1891 ? Mickey Welch 6*-4*-3* Cincinnati Reds at New York Giants
6/11/1891 1-2-3 Charlie Reilly 8*-5*-4-3* New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
6/15/1891 1-2 Jimmy E Cooney 7*-6*-3* New York Giants vs Chicago Colts
5/2/1895 1-2 Fred Clarke 6*-4*-3* Chicago Colts vs Louisville Colonels
5/9/1895 1-2 Tommy Dowd 7*-4*-3* Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals
6/1/1896 1-2 Wilbert Robinson 3*-3*-6* Pittsburgh Pirates at Baltimore Orioles
5/29/1897 1-2 Dick Padden 8*-6*-6* Brooklyn Grooms at Pittsburgh Pirates
7/30/1897 1-2 Perry Werden 6*-4*-3* St. Louis Cardinals vs Louisville Colonels
7/23/1898 1-3 Jesse Burkett 7*-5*-4* Chicago Orphans at Cleveland Spiders
9/26/1901 1-2 Harry McNeal 4*-4*-6* Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Blues
7/1/1903 1-2-3 Homer Smoot 8*-2*-6* New York Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
6/1/1905 1-2 Cy Seymour 3*-4*-1* St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds
10/8/1905 1-2-3 Tommy Leach 8*-2*-5-6* Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
9/2/1910 1-2 George Gibson 3*-4*-6* Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
10/2/1910 1-2-3 Ward Miller 7*-2*-3* Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds
4/24/1911 1-2 Frank LaPorte 5*-6*-6* Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Browns
9/9/1911 1-2 Lee Tannehill 7*-6*-3* Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
8/11/1912 1-2 Jack Coombs 3*-6*-4* Chicago White Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
5/1/1914 1-2-3 Frank Snyder 8*-5-6*-2* Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
7/28/1914 1-3 Bobby Veach 8*-1-4-3*-2* Philadelphia Athletics at Detroit Tigers
8/22/1914 1-3 Eddie Grant 8*-2*-3* Cincinnati vs New York Giants
9/14/1914 1-3 Bobby Veach 8*-2-4-2-5-4*-2* Cleveland Naps vs Detroit Tigers
5/6/1915 1-2 Al Halt 9*-4-6*-3* St. Louis Terriers at Brooklyn Tip-Tops
8/10/1915 1-3 Dick Hoblitzel 7*-3*-2* St. Louis Browns at Boston Red Sox
4/30/1917 1-2 Terry Turner 5*-4*-6* St. Louis Browns at Cleveland Indians
5/25/1919 1-2-3 Howie Shanks 8*-6-5*-1-4* Chicago White Sox vs Washington Senators
6/2/1919 1-2-3 Wally Gerber 8*-6-4-5-4*-6-4* Cleveland Indians vs St. Louis Browns
5/22/1920 1-3 Art Fletcher 9*-2*-3* St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
9/3/1922 1-2 Jimmy Smith 9*-6-5*-3* New York Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
7/6/1923 1-3 Max Carey 7*-2*-6* Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
5/1/1925 1-2-3 Mickey O'Neil 9*-2*-4* Philadelphia Phillies vs Boston Braves
9/26/1927 1-2 Joe Judge 8*-4*-2* Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
5/23/1928 1-2-3 Bud Clancy 7*-2*-6-5* Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox
8/17/1929 1-2 Freddie Maguire 4*-6*-6* Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Braves
8/9/1930 1-2 George Watkins 9*-4*-4* Brooklyn Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals
9/6/1931 1-2-3 Jimmie Wilson 7*-2*-6-4* Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
8/20/1933 1-2 Joe Hutcheson 4*-3*-6* St. Louis Cardinals at Brooklyn Dodgers
4/30/1936 1-2 Ski Melillo 6*-4*-3* Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox
7/26/1936 1-2 Ernie Lombardi 8-7*-6-5*-3* New York Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
7/12/1937 1-2-3 Morrie Arnovich 9*-2-6*-5* New York Giants at Philadelphia Phillies
7/1/1944 1-2 Frenchy Bordagaray 6*-4*-3* St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
4/26/1949 1-2 Alvin Dark 7*-4*-3* Brooklyn Dodgers vs Boston Braves
9/30/1962 1-2 Joe Pignatano 4*-3*-6* Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
10/2/1964 1-2 Deron Johnson 7*-6-4*-3* Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati Reds
4/15/1965 1-3 Jimmy Wynn 9*-2*-6* New York Mets vs Houston Astros
6/3/1968 1-2-3 Johnny Roseboro 1*-5*-3* New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins
7/30/1968 1-2 Joe Azcue 6*-6*-6* Washington Senators at Cleveland Indians
6/27/1972 2-3 Jim Nettles 7*-5-4*-6* California Angels at Minnesota Twins
9/7/1975 1-2 Art Howe 6*-4*-3* Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
6/3/1977 1-2-3 John Wathan 9*-6*-4-6* Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals
4/21/1978 1-2 Ron Cey 3*-3*-6* Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers
6/23/1979 1-2 Johnny Grubb 5*-8*-6-8* Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
8/3/1982 1-2 Larry Bowa 6*-4*-3* New York Mets at Chicago Cubs
7/18/1983 1-2 John Wockenfuss 9*-4-6*-3* Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
6/15/1986 1-3 Ken Phelps 7*-2*-4* Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners
9/15/1987 1-2 Phil Garner 4*-6*-3* Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers
7/4/1988 1-2 Jim Rice 8*-4*-3* Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
8/8/1988 1-2 Joe Carter 7*-4*-3* Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
8/4/1991 1-2 Alfredo Griffin 9*-5*-6* Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
8/7/1992 1-2-3 Brady Anderson 8*-2*-4-5* Cleveland Indians at Baltimore Orioles
8/30/1992 1-2 Mike Devereaux 9*-4-6*-6* Seattle Mariners vs Baltimore Orioles
4/7/1996 1-2 Bobby Higginson 8*-4*-3-2* Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
5/10/1997 1-2 Stan Javier 8*-5*-4* Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants
5/31/2000 1-2-3 Mark McGwire 8*-2*-6* Arizona Diamondbacks vs St. Louis Cardinals
6/11/2006 1-3 Russell Branyan 8*-1-6*-5* Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays





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