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- This was the third triple play by the Yankees, tying the MLB record. According to ESPN Stats & Info, the Philadelphia Phillies were the last team to end a game with a triple play when they accomplished the feat against the New York Mets in 2009.
On September 30, 1962, in the eighth inning of the last game of the 1962 Mets' 40–120 season, facing the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Joe Pignatano popped into a 4-3-6 triple play in his last MLB appearance.
The date of the game, the inning (Inn), the league (LG), what team actually turned the triple play (Fielding Team), whether they were at home or away (HA), what team was at the plate (Batting Team), which bases had runners (Men On) and how did the official scorer denote the play (Scored).
Mlb #DateInnLg1.05-13-18765NL2.06-29-18766NL3.09-13-18769NL4.07-14-18777NLAug 19, 2023 · The Los Angeles Angels were the last team to achieve a triple play in the MLB. It came on August 18th, 2023, against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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A triple play, abbreviated TP, occurs when all three outs in the inning are recorded on the same play. Triple plays are rare occurrences in Major League Baseball. For example, in the 2000s, there were only 35 triple plays in MLB: 5 in 2000, 2 in 2001, 6 in 2002, 2 in 2003, 3 in 2004, 1 in 2005, 5 in 2006, 4 in 2007, 2 in 2008 and 5 in 2009. Contrar...
Retrosheetmaintains a complete data base of every triple play that has been turned in a major league games, with all available details, compiled by Chuck Rosciam and Frank Hamilton. The table can be found here: 1. Retrosheet.org's list of major league triple plays 2. SABR's Triple Play Database
Michael Clair: "The wildest triple play ever? Probably! Talk about a heads-up play", mlb.com, September 7, 2022.Ed Eagle and Manny Randhawa: "A look back at every unassisted triple play", mlb.com, January 1, 2022.James A. "Snuffy" Smith, Jr., Stephen D. Boren and Herm Krabbenhoft: "Instant Relief: First-Batter Triple Plays", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 52 Number 1 (Spring 2023), pp. 14-24.List of all unassisted triple plays, from Baseball AlmanacApr 22, 2012 · The Toronto Blue Jays' Adam Lind started a 3-6 triple play in a game against the Kansas City Royals, 11,900 days since the last one turned by the Blue Jays.
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Jun 20, 2021 · The most recent season with eight triple plays was 1965. The most triple plays turned by one team in a season is three. Here’s the list: 2021 Yankees, 2016 White Sox, 1979 Red Sox, 1979 A’s, 1965 Cubs, 1964 Phillies, 1924 Red Sox, 1911 Tigers.
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Jun 20, 2021 · The last time a triple play ended a game was Aug. 23, 2009, when the Phillies turned one against the Mets, and it has happened 27 times in MLB history. The difficulty level of this triple play didn't quite compare to the one the Yankees completed on Thursday, a 1-3-6-2-5-6 wonder that was the first of its kind in MLB history.
