Catcher's triple play?

[nopachunts]

Originally Posted by Larry1953

Bases loaded. Batter strikes out swinging but catcher misses ball. It rebounds directly off the backstop to the catcher. Pitcher is late to cover so F2 runs to the plate and lunges to tag R3. The ball is kicked out but R3 misses the plate during the slide/collision. R2 sees the plate uncovered when F2 goes for the ball. The dizzy catcher collects the ball and makes it in time to tag R2. After the dust settles, he stands on the plate and appeals that R3 missed the plate which is acknowledged for his third put out.

What happened to BR, he wasn't tagged and is standing on 1B. Only two outs have been made.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by nopachunts

What happened to BR, he wasn't tagged and is standing on 1B. Only two outs have been made.

Think about it.
















Hint: Bases loaded - no outs.

[Larry1953]

Originally Posted by nopachunts

What happened to BR, he wasn't tagged and is standing on 1B. Only two outs have been made.

B/R is out on the third strike since the bases were loaded - first base occupied with less than 2 outs, batter cannot advance on uncaught third strike. He is out one and I think the put out goes to the catcher on a strike out.

[nopachunts]

Dufoos attack. Sorry.

[Larry1953]

Rays: Usual loss spiced up by historic triple play

Here's a good one. It is pretty well known how to get a triple play without the ball touching a fielder. I am surprised this has happened only once in MLB history, some 200,000 games. That is, a triple play without the ball touching the bat. R1, R3 and batter strikes out. R1 was running with the pitch but was run down by F6. The triple play was completed 2-6-2 as R3 tried to score.

The situation is so common it is surprising it has only happened once.

[Larry1953]

List of Major League Baseball single-game records: Information from Answers.com

A good list of baseball rare events. There are rare events that take an inning or a whole game to occur. Then there are events that happen with just one pitch. There have been 15 pitches that resulted in an unassisted triple play but only one TP happened without the ball touching the bat. Interestingly, 25 players homered on the first pitch they saw in MLB. But only 7 pitchers surrendered a HR on the first pitch they threw. So, the next time a rookie pitcher makes his debut you'll know what to look for if you want to see history.

One of the rarest pitches you might ever see is ball four of an IBB with the bases loaded. There have been only 6 of them. So, the next time the commercial comes on where the lady says the rarest play in baseball is the unassisted triple play.... she's wrong, it is the "non-batted" triple play.

[Larry1953]

A catcher pulled off an unassisted triple play in a Harvard/Yale game according to this report:

Catcher Pulls Off Triple Play-Alone
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Here's the scene It's the top of the sixth inning. The Crimson freshmen, leading 6-1 are in the field Yale is at bat. Nobody out Men are on first and third. The squeeze is on.

The Yale batter lays down what he hopes will be a bunt instead the ball drops on home plate and lazily begins to roll backwards Catcher Bill Cote grabs it, convinced it is foul and jokingly tags out the Yale who is tearing down from third base.

Not so jokingly, the umpire calls the runner out. Both teams are dazed-- everybody thinks the ball was foul. Everybody but cote.

He dashes nonchalantly down to first base, tagging out the unsuspecting Bulldog he finds there, and then steps on the bag. The batter who laid down the bunt heard round the world is now out too.

Cote has just done the impossible--engineered an unassisted triple play as a catcher.

[Larry1953]

Baseball's Unassisted Triple Plays Catcher

This play is apparently ensconced at Cooperstown as the only known F2 UTP "at any level of play" (High School). I guess they didn't notice the one by Harvard. It was essentially the R2,R3 squeeze play I had proposed earlier. So, Brian Rheault has a place in the HoF for pulling it off.

[Eddie Basketti]

I turned one in junior high. Runners on 1st and 3rd. Batter tried squeeze but popped it up just a step down the 3rd base line. I grabbed it, tagged the runner coming from 3rd, turned to throw to 1st but no one was covering so I sprinted down to 1st for the force. I know one was turned in the minors, and one was turned at Harvard in 1975.

[Carl Childress]

Here’s a play from a 5A high school game back in the day (May 7, 1985). The winner becomes the district champ. I’m at the plate. (I always have the plate.)

R1, R2. B1 singles to center. R2 tries to score. Throw to the plate, slide, cloud of dust, tag, eyelash play: “He’s out!” The catcher pops up and sees B1 heading for second. But his good throw is dropped by the second baseman. He retrieves the ball and sees R1 trying to score. Throw to the plate, slide, cloud of dust, tag, eyelash play: “He’s out!” F2 jumps up and sees B1 trying for third. His good throw is bobbled by the third baseman, and the ball rolls out toward short. B1, intent on his “inside-the-park home run,” heads for home. Throw to the plate, slide, cloud of dust, tag, eyelash play: “He’s out!” Bobby, the coach at third, runs to the plate. “Dammit, Carl!” he yells. “He was safe!” My equally loud response brought down the house: “Which one?”