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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Unassisted Triple Plays One of the rarest feats in baseball, the unassisted triple play has been accomplished only 14 times in major league history. Ironically, in what can only be described as a statistic anomaly, the trick was turned twice in two days in May of 1927. | Player, Position, Team | Date | Opponent |
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| Paul Hines, OF, Providence | May 8, 1878 | Boston-NL | | Neal Ball, SS, Cleveland | July 19, 1909 | Boston-AL | | Bill Wambganss, 2B, Cleveland* | Oct. 10, 1920 | Brooklyn | | George Burns, 1B, Boston-AL | Sept. 14, 1923 | Cleveland | | Ernie Padgett, SS, Boston-NL | Oct. 6, 1923 | Philadelphia | | Glenn Wright, SS, Pittsburgh | May 7, 1925 | St.Louis-NL | | Jimmy Cooney, SS, Chicago-NL | May 30, 1927 | Pittsburgh | | Johnny Neun, 1B, Detroit | May 31, 1927 | Cleveland | | Ron Hansen, SS, Washington | July 30, 1968 | Cleveland | | Mickey Morandini, 2B, Philadelphia | Sept. 20, 1992 | Pittsburgh | | John Valentin, SS, Boston | July 8, 1994 | Seattle | | Randy Velarde, 2B, Oakland | May 29, 2000 | NY Yankees |
| Rafael Furcal, SS, Atlanta | Aug. 10, 2003 | St. Louis |
| Eric Bruntlett, 2B, Philadelphia Phillies | Aug. 23, 2009 | NY Mets |
*World Series game
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