List of Major League Baseball triple plays

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This is a list of the 721 triple plays in Major League Baseball since 1876. A triple play (denoted as TP in baseball statistics) is the rare act of making three outs during the same continuous play.

In baseball, a triple play is the rare act of making three outs during the same continuous play.

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1May 13, 1876 New York Mutuals Hartford Dark Blues 5th1st, 2nd and 3rd Jack Remsen, Jack Burdock, Doug Allison Dick Higham 1B Joe Start, 2B Bill Craver 4*-3*-4*
2June 29, 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings New York Mutuals 6th1st and 3rd Jim Holdsworth, Al Nichols Joe Start 1B Herman Dehlman, 3B Joe Battin, SS Dickey Pearce 6*-3*-5*
3September 13, 1876 Philadelphia Athletics Cincinnati Reds 9th1st and 2nd Dory Dean, Charlie Sweasy Redleg Snyder 3B Levi Meyerle, 2B Wes Fisler, 1B Ezra Sutton 5*-4*-3*
4July 14, 1877 Boston Red Caps St. Louis Brown Stockings 7th1st and 2nd
5July 14, 1877 Hartford Dark Blues Chicago White Stockings 8th1st and 2nd
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705July 8, 2016 Chicago White Sox Atlanta Braves 3rd1st and 2nd Chase d'Arnaud, Gordon Beckham Freddie Freeman SS Tim Anderson, 1B José Abreu 6*-3*
706July 29, 2016 Washington Nationals San Francisco Giants 8th1st, 2nd and 3rd Denard Span, Angel Pagan, Buster Posey Brandon Crawford 1B Ryan Zimmerman

3B Anthony Rendon

3*-3*-5*
707August 7, 2016 Philadelphia Phillies San Diego Padres 7th1st and 2nd José Rondón, Derek Norris Jabari Blash 3B Maikel Franco, 2B César Hernández, 1B Tommy Joseph 5*-4*-3*
708September 23, 2016 Milwaukee Brewers Cincinnati Reds 1st1st and 2nd Scott Schebler, José Peraza Joey Votto 1B Chris Carter, 2B Orlando Arcia 3*-3*-6*
709May 2, 2017 Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox 8th1st and 2nd Dustin Pedroia, Mitch Moreland Jackie Bradley Jr. 1B Chris Davis, 2B Jonathan Schoop, SS J. J. Hardy 6-4*-4*-3*
710June 1, 2017 Minnesota Twins Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4th1st and 2nd Yunel Escobar, Albert Pujols Jefry Marté 3B Miguel Sanó, 2B Brian Dozier, 1B Joe Mauer 5*-4*-3*
711July 25, 2017 Cincinnati Reds New York Yankees 2nd1st, 2nd and 3rd Chase Headley, Didi Gregorius, Matt Holliday Todd Frazier SS Jose Peraza, 1B Joey Votto, 3B Eugenio Suarez 6*-4*-5-6*
712August 3, 2017
713August 15, 2017 Boston Red Sox St. Louis Cardinals 4th1st and 2nd Paul DeJong, Dexter Fowler Yadier Molina 3B Rafael Devers, 2B Eduardo Núñez, 1B Mitch Moreland 5*-4*-3*
714August 27, 2017
715September 8, 2017 Detroit Tigers Toronto Blue Jays 6th1st and 2nd
716April 19, 2018 Seattle Mariners Houston Astros 4th1st and 2nd
717August 16, 2018 Texas Rangers Los Angeles Angels 4th1st, 2nd and 3rd
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720July 22, 2019 Minnesota Twins New York Yankees 1st1st and 2nd
721August 7, 2019 Minnesota Twins Atlanta Braves 3rd1st, 2nd and 3rd3B Adam Duvall

2B Charlie Culberson 1B Johan Camargo

Tyler Flowers 3B Miguel Sano

2B Jonathan Schoop 1B C.J. Cron

5*-4*-3*

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