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The unassisted triple play, the perfect game, hitting four home runs in one game and five extra-base hits in a game are thus comparable in terms of rarity, but the perfect game and the home run and extra-base hit records require an extraordinary effort along with a fair amount of luck. By contrast, the unassisted triple play is essentially ...
That triple play in 1929 was also turned in Detroit, according to the SABR database. The Tigers did it against the Boston Red Sox when batter Russ Scarritt lined back to pitcher Josh Billings.
It was also the first triple play the Phillies had turned since 2017 and the first 1-3-5 triple play in Major League Baseball since 1929, according to The Athletic's Jayson Stark. Remarkably, that ...
There have only been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, [11] making this feat rarer than a perfect game. [12] Typically, an unassisted triple play is achieved when a middle infielder catches a line drive near second base (first out), steps on the base before the runner who started there can tag up (second out), and then tags the runner ...
Philadelphia Phillies (1923–1928) ... in Game 5 of the 1920 ... Mitchell is the only player in Major League history to hit into an unassisted triple play in a World ...
The Philadelphia Phillies turned a rare third-inning triple play to snuff out a possible Detroit Tigers rally on Monday night. Trailing 4-0, the Tigers had a chance to get something going when ...
On April 28, 1991, Ready nearly executed a rare unassisted triple play. In the first inning of a Phillies game hosting the Padres, Ready caught a line drive hit by Tony Gwynn, stepped on second to force out Paul Faries, [7] and could have easily tagged out Tony Fernández, but threw the ball to first baseman Ricky Jordan for the third and final ...
On August 23, 2009, Francoeur became the second player in major league history (after Homer Summa in 1927) to hit into a game-ending unassisted triple play. He hit a line drive directly to Eric Bruntlett, second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. [10] Francoeur re-signed with the Mets for 2010.