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Unassisted Triple Plays in MLB History
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In baseball, an unassisted triple play occurs when a defensive player makes all three putouts by himself in one continuous play, without any teammates touching the ball (assist). In Major League Baseball, it is the rarest of individual feats, along with hitting four home runs in one game. There have been more perfect games in baseball history than unassisted triple plays. During a span of over 65 seasons (June 1927 to September 1992), there was only one unassisted triple play in the major leagues, made in July 1968. Even "ordinary" (assisted) triple plays are fairly rare, occurring a few times per year.
| | Neal Ball - 19-Jul-09 - Cleveland Naps SS - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner. |
| | Bill Wambsganss - 10-Oct-20 - Cleveland Indians 2B - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner. |
| | George Burns - 14-Sep-23 - Boston Red Sox 1B - Caught line drive, tagged runner, touched 2nd. |
| | Ernie Padgett - 6-Oct-23 - Boston Braves SS - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner. |
| | Glenn Wright - 7-May-25 - Pittsburgh Pirates SS - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner.[5] |
| | Jimmy Cooney - 30-May-27 - Chicago Cubs SS - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner. |
| | Johnny Neun - 31-May-27 - Detroit Tigers 1B - Caught line drive, tagged runner, beat returning runner to 2nd. |
| | Ron Hansen - 30-Jul-68 - Washington Senators SS - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner. |
| | Mickey Morandini - 20-Sep-92 - Philadelphia Phillies 2B - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner. |
| | John Valentin - 8-Jul-94 - Boston Red Sox SS - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner. |
| | Randy Velarde - 29-May-00 - Oakland Athletics 2B - Caught line drive, tagged runner, touched 2nd. |
| | Rafael Furcal - 10-Aug-03 - Atlanta Braves SS - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner.[7] |
| | Troy Tulowitzki - 29-Apr-07 - Colorado Rockies SS - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner.[8] |
| | Asdrúbal Cabrera - 12-May-08 - Cleveland Indians 2B - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner.[9] |
| | Eric Bruntlett - 23-Aug-09 - Philadelphia Phillies 2B - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner. |
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