Triple Plays Started By Catchers
(Presented Chronologically)


Date Gm TB Inn Catcher Fld Team HA Bat Team TPSeq Ball Type Bunt
6/26/1879   Top 6 Pop Snyder Boston Red Caps vs Providence Grays 2-5*-4*-3* Strikeout  
5/20/1880   Top 5 Silver Flint Chicago White Stockings vs Cleveland Blues 2*-3*-3* Strikeout  
5/5/1882   Bot 3 Buck Ewing Troy Trojans at Boston Red Caps 2-5*-4*-3* Strikeout  
5/30/1882   Bot 6 Deacon White Buffalo Bisons at Boston Red Caps 2-5*-4*-3* Strikeout  
6/6/1882   Bot 1 Pop Snyder Cincinnati Red Stockings vs Baltimore Orioles 2*-5*-4* Strikeout  
9/13/1882   Bot 8 Pop Snyder Cincinnati Red Stockings vs Louisville Colonels 2-5*-4*-3* Strikeout  
7/12/1884   Top 9 Pat Deasley St. Louis Browns vs Brooklyn Atlantics 2-5-3-4    
7/28/1884   Top 9 Jack O'Brien Philadelphia Athletics vs Brooklyn Atlantics 2*-2*-3-4-6-5* Strikeout  
5/13/1885   Top 8 Jackie J Hayes Brooklyn Grays at Pittsburgh Alleghenys 2*-5*-3*    
7/9/1885   Top 0 Doc Bushong St. Louis Browns vs Brooklyn Grays 2-5-4-3*    
9/14/1890   Top 8 George Townsend Baltimore Orioles at Philadelphia Athletics 2*-6*-2-5-4* Strikeout  
5/24/1893   Top 4 Connie Mack Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals 2*-5*-6* Popup  
7/20/1898   Top 8 Mike Grady New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates 2*-6*-6* Popup  
5/8/1914   Top 9 John Henry Washington Senators vs Philadelphia Athletics 2*-3*-2* Grounder B
8/11/1922   Top 9 Muddy Ruel Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators 2-5*-3*-5* Grounder B
4/26/1935   Bot 2 Jimmie Wilson Philadelphia Phillies at New York Giants 2-1-6*-6*-3* Popup B
7/29/1935   Top 9 Rollie Hemsley St. Louis Browns vs Chicago White Sox 2*-4*-5* Popup B
6/27/1936 2 Bot 4 Wally Millies Washington Senators at Chicago White Sox 2*-3*-5* Grounder  
8/22/1942   Top 11 Clyde McCullough Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds 2*-6*-3* Popup B
8/23/1947   Bot 8 Del Rice St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies 2*-6*-3* Popup B
5/21/1950 1 Bot 1 Joe Garagiola St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies 2*-5-6*-3* Strikeout  
7/14/1965 2 Top 2 Ed Bailey Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Braves 2*-6-1*-4* Popup  
8/1/1965 1 Bot 4 John Sullivan Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox 2*-5*-3-6* Strikeout  
4/18/1966   Top 7 Jesse Gonder Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds 2*-5-4*-3* Strikeout  
6/3/1972   Top 2 Terry Humphrey Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros 2-5*-3*-6* Grounder  
8/13/1972   Bot 3 Ed Kirkpatrick Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers 2-5*-4*-5* Grounder B
7/25/1976 1 Bot 1 Glenn Borgmann Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox 2*-6*-6* Popup B
4/6/1978   Bot 7 Joe Ferguson Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds 2*-6*-5-6* Strikeout  
5/29/1982   Top 2 Sal Butera Minnesota Twins vs New York Yankees 2*-5-3*-1* Strikeout  
9/3/2002   Top 8 Brian Schneider Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies 2*-6-3-6*-5* Strikeout  

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