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Wright's one major league game was on April 14, 2002, which he started as the designated hitter for Seattle against the Texas Rangers. In three plate appearances , Wright achieved the distinction of striking out (second inning), hitting into a triple play (fourth inning), and hitting into a double play (sixth inning).
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 ...
The most recent triple play in MLB was turned by the San Diego Padres on September 24, 2024, against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth inning. [10] With Tommy Edman at second base and Enrique Hernandez at first base, Miguel Rojas lined a ball to the third baseman, Manny Machado, who fielded the ball on a hop and touched third base (first out). [10]
And regarding the playoffs, only three other teams have turned a triple play on the day they clinched a postseason berth: the Milwaukee Brewers on Sept. 27, 2020, the Chicago Cubs on Oct. 2, 1910 ...
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 ...
He never made it back to the majors. Van Dusen is the only player to be hit by a pitch in his only major-league plate appearance, and to never play the field. Ron Wright. Wright appeared in one game for the 2002 Seattle Mariners. In that game he accounted for six outs by striking out, hitting into a double play, and hitting into a triple play ...
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