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Has there ever been a triple play in the World Series?

Question #135589. Asked by cinefan.
Last updated Apr 07 2023.
Originally posted Apr 27 2014 3:58 AM.

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The Society for American Baseball Research has a list of every triple play since 1876. There was a triple play in the WS game on 10-Oct-1920 between Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleveland Indians. The complete list is here:
tripleplays.sabr.org/tp_sum.htm no longer exists

According to this article there was a triple play in 1887, an "earlier edition" of the World Series.
Using the event files from Retrosheet1 and SABR's (Society for American Baseball Research) triple play files, a database was built containing all of the recorded plays in which three outs were made (1876-2009). In this data set 680 triple plays (TP) were identified ... There were two inter-league triple plays recorded: (1) the 1887 World Series St. Louis Browns (AA) against the Detroit Wolverines (NL); and (2) the 1920 Cleveland Indians (AL) against the Brooklyn Dodgers (NL).

link http://www.retrosheet.org/Research/RosciamC/Triple%20Plays%20Analysis.pdf

Response last updated by gtho4 on Apr 07 2023.
Apr 27 2014, 4:48 AM
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The triple play by William Wambsganss in the 1920 World Series was unassisted!

Apr 27 2014, 7:51 AM
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