Triple Plays Ground Ball Type 1876-Present


Revised September 28, 2007



Date Men On Batter Play Fld Team HA Bat Team
7/14/1877 1-2 Harry Smith 4*-3*-5* Hartford Dark Blues at Chicago White Stockings
6/10/1879 1-2 Pop Snyder 5-4*-3*-2* Cleveland Blues at Boston Red Caps
9/21/1880 1-3 John O'Rourke 5*-3*-4* Providence Grays vs Boston Red Caps
5/14/1881 1-2 Jack Farrell 4*-3*-2* Buffalo Bisons vs Providence Grays
9/15/1881 1-2 Harry Stovey 4*-3*-5* Buffalo Bisons at Worcester Worcesters
5/31/1882 2-3 Silver Flint 1-3*-6*-2* Troy Trojans vs Chicago White Stockings
6/6/1882 2-3 Bill Holbert 1-5*-3*-6* Cleveland Blues at Troy Trojans
6/2/1883 2-3 Sam Wise 6*-2*-4* Buffalo Bisons at Boston Beaneaters
6/30/1884 1-2 John Morrill 5*-3*-5* Detroit Wolverines vs Boston Beaneaters
6/13/1885 1-2 Pop Smith 4*-3*-2* Baltimore Orioles vs Pittsburgh Alleghenys
6/30/1887 1-2 Pop Corkhill 6-4*-3*-5* Cleveland Blues vs Cincinnati Red Stockings
8/4/1887 1-2 Deacon McGuire 4-6*-5*-4* Chicago White Stockings vs Philadelphia Phillies
4/24/1888 1-2 Hick Carpenter 5*-3*-6* St. Louis Browns vs Cincinnati Red Stockings
7/7/1888 2-3 Billy Shindle 6-3*-2*-5* Kansas City Blues vs Baltimore Orioles
9/28/1888 1-2 Ad Gumbert 6-4*-3*-2* Boston Beaneaters vs Chicago White Stockings
6/10/1889 1-3 Fred Pfeffer 1-2*-3*-2* Indianapolis Hoosiers at Chicago White Stockings
6/23/1889 1-2-3 Ollie Beard 1-2*-3*-2* Kansas City Blues at Cincinnati Red Stockings
4/26/1890 2-3 Artie Clarke 6-3*-2*-2* Boston Beaneaters vs New York Giants
5/21/1890 1-2 Ollie Beard 4-6*-3*-2* Brooklyn Bridegrooms vs Cincinnati Reds
5/29/1890 1-3 Malachi Kittridge 6-4*-3*-2* Brooklyn Bridegrooms vs Chicago Colts
5/20/1891 1-2-3 Chief Zimmer 1-2*-3*-2* Boston Beaneaters at Cleveland Spiders
8/5/1892 1-2-3 George Haddock 5-2*-3*-2* Boston Beaneaters at Brooklyn Grooms
5/5/1894 1-2 Deacon McGuire 5-4*-3*-5* Baltimore Orioles vs Washington Senators
6/29/1894 1-2-3 Tommy McCarthy 5-4*-3*-2* St. Louis Cardinals vs Boston Beaneaters
8/15/1894 1-2 Bill Merritt 8-4*-4*-5-3-8* Boston Beaneaters vs Pittsburgh Pirates
9/11/1894 1-2 Ed Delahanty 6-3*-4*-2* Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
4/23/1895 1-2-3 Al Maul 1-2*-3*-2* Boston Beaneaters at Washington Senators
7/26/1896 2-3 Gene DeMontreville 4-2*-5*-4-3* Louisville Colonels vs Washington Senators
5/29/1897 1-2-3 Morgan Murphy 4*-3*-2* New York Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
6/14/1901 1-3 Kip Selbach 5-2*-4-3-4*-2* Chicago Orphans vs New York Giants
8/7/1901 1-3 Roger Bresnahan 1-5-2*-6*-1* Boston Americans at Baltimore Orioles
6/26/1902 1-2-3 Fred Jacklitsch 6-4*-3*-2* New York Giants at Philadelphia Phillies
7/11/1905 1-2-3 Harry Steinfeldt 5-2*-3*-2* Boston Beaneaters vs Cincinnati Reds
7/14/1905 1-3 Ed Abbaticchio 6-4*-2-5*-4* Cincinnati Reds at Boston Beaneaters
7/26/1905 1-2 Cy Seymour 6-4*-3*-2* New York Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
7/16/1906 1-2-3 Joe Kelley 4-6*-3*-2* Brooklyn Superbas at Cincinnati Reds
5/4/1907 2-3 Boss Schmidt 6-2*-4*-1-6* Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers
6/7/1908 1-2-3 Heinie Wagner 4*-3*-2* Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
9/5/1908 1-2 Art Devlin 6-4*-2-5-6-2*-5* Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Giants
9/4/1909 1-3 George Bell 6-4*-3*-2* Philadelphia Phillies vs Brooklyn Superbas
4/25/1910 1-2 John Hummel 6-4*-3*-5-2* New York Giants vs Brooklyn Superbas
6/3/1912 1-2-3 Mike Mitchell 6-2*-5-2*-4* Brooklyn Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
4/23/1913 1-2-3 Mike Mowrey 1-2*-3*-2* Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals
5/16/1913 2-3 Ivy Olson 6-2-5-1-5*-4*-5-6-5-7* Philadelphia Athletics at Cleveland Naps
4/24/1914 1-2 Fred Luderus 4-3*-6*-2* New York Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
5/5/1914 1-2-3 Ray Morgan 5-2*-3*-5* New York Yankees at Washington Senators
5/6/1914 1-3 Tilly Walker 5-4*-3*-2* Cleveland Naps vs St. Louis Browns
5/8/1914 1-2-3 Jack Lapp 2*-3*-2* Washington Senators vs Philadelphia Athletics
7/24/1915 1-3 Walter Blair 5-4-3-2* Kansas City Packers vs Buffalo Blues
8/9/1916 1-2-3 Patsy Gharrity 5-2*-3*-5* St. Louis Browns vs Washington Senators
8/26/1916 1-2-3 Hank Severeid 6-2*-3*-2* New York Yankees vs St. Louis Browns
9/18/1917 1-2-3 Chief Meyers 5-2*-3*-2* Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Braves
4/28/1918 1-3 Doug Baird 5-4*-3*-2* Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
6/21/1919 1-2-3 Herb Pennock 5*-4*-3* St. Louis Browns at Boston Red Sox
8/30/1921 1-2-3 Lew Fonseca 4-6*-3*-5-2* Boston Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
4/28/1922 1-3 Elmer Miller 5-4*-3*-2* Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees
5/11/1922 1-2 Bubbles Hargrave 6-4*-3*-2* Boston Braves at Cincinnati Reds
8/11/1922 1-2 Clyde Milan 2-5*-3*-5* Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
9/12/1922 1-2-3 Larry Gardner 4-6*-3*-2* Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
5/30/1924 1-3 Nemo Leibold 4*-3*-2* Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
6/28/1924 1-2-3 Sloppy Thurston 6-4*-3*-2* St. Louis Browns at Chicago White Sox
6/12/1925 2-3 Kiki Cuyler 6-2-5*-6-4*-3* New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
8/25/1925 1-3 Chick Galloway 4*-2*-6* Cleveland Indians vs Philadelphia Athletics
9/22/1925 1-3 Burleigh Grimes 6-4*-3*-2* Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
6/24/1926 1-2 Max Bishop 4-3*-6*-5-2-5* Washington Senators at Philadelphia Athletics
9/11/1926 2-3 Bennie Tate 1-3*-6*-2* Cleveland Indians vs Washington Senators
5/29/1927 1-2-3 Dutch Levsen 5-2*-3*-2* St. Louis Browns vs Cleveland Indians
6/23/1927 2-3 Bill Hunnefield 4-3*-6*-2* Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
9/4/1927 2-3 Charlie Grimm 4-3*-6-2-4*-3-5* St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
4/26/1929 1-2-3 Sammy Hale 1-2*-3*-5* New York Yankees at Philadelphia Athletics
4/30/1929 1-2 Carl Lind 6-3*-2-5*-5* Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
5/5/1929 1-3 Al Spohrer 1-2-5*-4*-2* Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Braves
7/4/1929 1-3 Norm McMillan 4*-3*-2* Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs
7/27/1930 1-3 Charlie Grimm 4-5-2*-3*-5* Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
9/21/1930 1-2 Bill Akers 1-3*-5*-6-5* Washington Senators at Detroit Tigers
5/23/1931 2-3 Marv Owen 6-2-5*-3*-5* St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
9/11/1931 1-2 Babe Ruth 5*-4*-3* Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees
6/27/1936 1-2-3 Tony Piet 2*-3*-5* Washington Senators at Chicago White Sox
4/30/1937 1-2-3 Joe Marty 6-4*-3*-5* Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
5/29/1939 1-2 Johnny Rizzo 5*-4*-3* St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
7/18/1940 1-3 Marv Owen 4-3*-6*-5-2* Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox
5/20/1944 1-2-3 Bob Johnson 6-4*-3*-2* Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox
8/6/1944 1-2-3 Butch Nieman 4-2*-3*-6* Brooklyn Dodgers vs Boston Braves
9/1/1944 1-2 Rudy York 5*-4*-3* St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
9/25/1946 1-3 Cecil Travis 5-4*-2-5*-6* Philadelphia Athletics vs Washington Senators
4/27/1947 1-3 Johnny Berardino 5-2-6*-4*-3-6* Chicago White Sox at St. Louis Browns
10/1/1949 1-2 Joe Gordon 5*-4*-3* Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
6/22/1950 1-3 Gus Bell 1-6*-3*-2* Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
6/23/1954 1-2-3 Sam Mele 6-4*-3*-2* Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles
8/27/1954 1-2 Jack Shepard 5*-4*-3* Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
6/12/1955 1-2-3 Roy Campanella 5-2*-3*-2* Chicago Cubs at Brooklyn Dodgers
8/3/1955 2-3 Art Ceccarelli 3*-6-2*-2* Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics
9/27/1959 1-3 Gail Harris 1-5*-5*-2-6* Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers
9/28/1963 1-2 Felix Torres 1-5*-6*-4* Boston Red Sox vs Los Angeles Angels
5/17/1964 1-2 Jerry Grote 3-6*-3*-2* Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Colts
9/10/1964 1-2-3 Brooks Robinson 6-4*-3*-2* Washington Senators vs Baltimore Orioles
5/3/1965 1-2 Tim McCarver 1-6*-3*-2* San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals
8/18/1965 1-2 Brooks Robinson 5-4*-3*-5* Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles
9/4/1965 1-2 Bob Tillman 5-4*-3*-5* New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
4/23/1966 1-3 Max Alvis 4-6*-3*-2* Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
8/18/1966 1-2 Frank Malzone 5*-4*-3* Minnesota Twins vs California Angels
9/4/1966 1-2-3 Tony Conigliaro 6-4*-3*-2* Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
9/17/1966 2-3 Andy Etchebarren 3*-6*-2-1* Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles
5/30/1967 1-3 Phil Gagliano 6-4*-3*-2* Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
8/6/1967 1-2 Brooks Robinson 5*-4*-3* Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles
8/15/1967 1-2 Phil Linz 5*-4*-3* Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
6/23/1968 1-2 Dave Duncan 5*-4*-3* Washington Senators at Oakland Athletics
9/10/1968 1-2 Tony Horton 5*-4*-3* Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
5/30/1969 1-2 Johnny Edwards 3*-6-3*-5* Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
7/15/1969 1-2 Ed Brinkman 5*-4*-3* Detroit Tigers at Washington Senators
8/6/1969 1-2 Ellie Rodriguez 5*-4*-3* Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
8/29/1969 2-3 Billy Williams 3*-6-2-5-1-4*-7* Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
6/6/1970 1-2 Wes Parker 6*-3*-5-6* Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
6/26/1970 1-2 Amos Otis 5*-4*-3* California Angels at Kansas City Royals
8/9/1970 1-2 Aurelio Rodriguez 5*-4*-3* Cleveland Indians at Washington Senators
4/28/1971 1-3 Billy Conigliaro 6-4*-3*-2* Milwaukee Brewers at Boston Red Sox
7/9/1971 1-2 Leo Foster 5*-4*-3* Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
7/16/1971 1-2 Cleon Jones 6*-3*-5* Houston Astros vs New York Mets
6/3/1972 1-2 Tommy Helms 2-5*-3*-6* Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
6/4/1972 1-2 Randy Hundley 6*-4*-3* San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs
7/2/1972 1-2 Manny Sanguillen 5*-4*-3* Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates
8/13/1972 1-2 Toby Harrah 2-5*-4*-5* Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
6/13/1973 1-2-3 Jerry Morales 4-6*-3*-2* Montreal Expos vs San Diego Padres
7/7/1973 1-2 Gene Tenace 5*-4*-3* Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
9/20/1973 1-2 Frank Howard 5*-4*-3* Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers
4/22/1977 1-3 Darrell Porter 6*-3*-2* Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
7/14/1977 1-2 Leroy Stanton 5*-4*-3* California Angels vs Seattle Mariners
8/8/1977 1-2 Manny Sanguillen 5*-4*-3* Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
4/11/1978 1-2-3 Phil Niekro 5*-4*-3* San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves
7/15/1978 1-2 Jose Cardenal 5*-4*-3* Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
9/9/1978 1-2 Rick Cerone 5*-4*-3* Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays
5/7/1979 1-2 Gary Roenicke 5*-4*-3* Oakland Athletics at Baltimore Orioles
5/16/1979 1-2 Bobby Grich 5*-4*-3* Milwaukee Brewers at California Angels
6/19/1979 1-2 Al Cowens 5*-4*-3* Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
7/23/1979 1-2 Phil Niekro 5*-4*-3* Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
9/7/1979 1-2 Ted Cox 5*-4*-3* Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Indians
8/20/1980 1-2 Sal Bando 5*-4*-3* Detroit Tigers at Milwaukee Brewers
5/23/1981 1-2 Bucky Dent 5*-4*-3* Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees
9/29/1982 1-2 Keith Moreland 4*-4*-3* New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
6/2/1983 1-2 Rick Rhoden 5*-4*-3* Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
7/31/1983 1-2 Glenn Hubbard 6*-4*-3* San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
9/27/1983 1-2-3 Andre Dawson 4-6*-3*-4-5* St. Louis Cardinals vs Montreal Expos
7/19/1984 1-2 Rick Cerone 5*-4*-3* Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees
5/13/1986 1-2 Cecil Cooper 3-6*-1-2*-4* Seattle Mariners vs Milwaukee Brewers
6/5/1986 1-3 Kevin McReynolds 1-4*-3*-2* Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres
4/21/1987 2-3 Wally Backman 4-3*-6*-2* Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
4/5/1988 1-2-3 Rafael Santana 5*-4*-3* Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees
8/16/1988 1-2 Jim Pankovits 5*-4*-3* St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
4/9/1989 1-2 Ken Caminiti 5-4*-3*-2* San Diego Padres at Houston Astros
6/6/1989 1-2 Vance Law 3*-6*-3* New York Mets at Chicago Cubs
7/17/1990 1-2-3 Tom Brunansky 5*-4*-3* Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
7/17/1990 1-2 Jody Reed 5*-4*-3* Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
9/21/1990 1-2 Francisco Cabrera 5*-4*-3* Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves
4/16/1991 1-2 Mike Heath 5*-4*-3* Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves
6/1/1991 1-2 Brian Downing 5*-4*-3* Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers
9/5/1991 1-2 Jerald Clark 5*-4*-3* St. Louis Cardinals at San Diego Padres
9/8/1991 1-2 Chris Sabo 5*-4*-3* Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
9/10/1991 1-2 Joe Carter 5-4*-3*-2* Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays
5/11/1993 1-2 Todd Hundley 4-6*-3*-6* St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
5/14/1994 1-2 Geronimo Berroa 5*-4*-3* Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
7/13/1995 1-2 Sandy Martinez 1-6*-4*-4* Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays
9/12/1995 1-2 Alex Arias 5*-4*-3* Cincinnati Reds vs Florida Marlins
4/3/1996 1-3 Bobby Bonilla 5-4*-3*-2* Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
6/6/1996 1-2 Tim Naehring 5*-4*-3* Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox
9/8/1996 1-2 Ron Coomer 5*-4*-3* California Angels at Minnesota Twins
7/28/1997 1-2 Alex Gonzalez 5*-4*-3* Milwaukee Brewers vs Toronto Blue Jays
6/13/1998 1-2 Kurt Abbott 1-6*-4*-5* Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies
8/5/1998 1-3 J.T. Snow 3-6*-3*-2* New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
4/16/1999 1-2 Benito Santiago 5*-4*-3* Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs
6/14/1999 1-2 Edgard Clemente 5*-4*-3* San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies
5/11/2000 1-2 Mike Lowell 5*-4*-3* Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins
5/14/2000 1-3 Henry Rodriguez 3*-6*-2* Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
9/1/2000 1-2 Sandy Alomar Jr. 6-4*-4*-3* Baltimore Orioles at Cleveland Indians
4/14/2002 1-3 Ron Wright 1-6*-2-5-1*-4* Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
5/17/2002 1-2 Wiki Gonzalez 5*-4*-3* New York Mets at San Diego Padres
5/6/2004 1-2 Kerry Robinson 5*-4*-3* Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
7/7/2004 1-2 Ben Molina 5*-4*-3* Chicago White Sox vs Anaheim Angels
8/19/2004 1-2-3 Todd Pratt 5*-4*-3* Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies
5/27/2006 1-2-3 Kenji Johjima 4*-3*-5* Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
4/21/2007 1-2 David Ross 5*-4*-3* Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati Reds
8/27/2007 1-2 Mike Redmond 5*-4*-3* Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins





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