triple play

     

In baseball, a triple play (enoted by TP) is the act of making three outs during the same continuous play. It is similar to the double play, but far less frequent.

Trivia about triple play

  • On August 10th, 2003, Rafael Furcal of the Braves became only the 12th man in MLB history to perform this single-handedly
  • In 2000 Randy Velarde pulled off only the 10th unassisted one of these in regular season major league history
  • On Oct. 10, 1920 Bill Wambsganss caught a line drive & tagged 2 players for the first of these in a World Series
  • On August 23, Philadelphia 2B Eric Bruntlett became the 15th major leaguer to pull off an unassisted one of these

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