Is a triple play rare?

Triple plays are rare for several reasons. First off, they can occur only when the batting team has at least two men on base with nobody out. Then, in those cases, the batting team typically has to make a baserunning blunder to aid the defending team.

What is the rarest type of triple play?

Rarest of all is the unassisted triple play by an outfielder, performed only once in professional baseball history, by Walter Carlisle. It is possible for a team to score on a triple play, but that is also phenomenally rare.

What are the odds of seeing a triple play in baseball?

In almost 150 years of professional baseball, there have only been 730 triple plays. That equates to just under five per season, or one for roughly every 489 games.

How common is a triple?

Triple plays are relatively rare, since a triple play requires at least two runners already on base, no outs, a batted ball hit in a way that allows it to be fielded cleanly so that three baserunners can be put out or unusual incompetence in baserunning, and quick action from the fielders to perform.

What is more rare a no-hitter or a triple play?

The unassisted triple play which has occurred 15 times in MLB history since 1900, is the rarest play in baseball for which there is a specific statistic and which is truly about a single play, and not the context in which the play occurred.

MLB Unassisted Triple Plays (RARE)

What is the rarest thing in baseball?

Unassisted triple plays

The rarest type of triple play, and one of the rarest events of any kind in baseball, is for a single fielder to complete all three outs. There have only been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, making this feat rarer than a perfect game.

What is the rarest play in basketball?

In basketball, a four-point play is the rare occasion when an offensive player shoots and makes a three-point field goal while simultaneously being fouled by a defensive player, resulting in a shooting foul and one free throw attempt, or a two-point field goal and is intentionally or flagrantly fouled on the shot and ...

Why are triples so rare in baseball?

This is because it requires a ball to be hit solidly to a distant part of the field (ordinarily a line drive or fly ball near the foul line closest to right field), or the ball to take an irregular bounce in the outfield, usually against the wall, away from a fielder.

Is a triple harder than a homerun?

A triple is harder to hit than a home run, yet the easier feat gets the greater reward. A triple is less hit than it is ran or errored.

Is a triple good in baseball?

Definition. Often called "the most exciting play in baseball," a triple occurs when a batter hits the ball into play and reaches third base without the help of an intervening error or attempt to put out another baserunner.

What is the average age of a AAA baseball player?

The average age of players in Triple-A last year was 28, and the vast majority of players in Triple-A are older than their Major League Rookie counterparts.

What is the average age in Triple-A baseball?

That rule-of-thumb is as follows: AAA: Typical Age range is 23-24. Age 25 depends. 26+ is old.

What age is Triple-A baseball?

"AAA" - BASEBALL (Ages 10-11)

The focus in "AAA" remains on education, development and teamwork while encouraging a deeper understanding of the game and advancing skill development in order to prepare players for successful participation at the Majors level.

How hard is a triple play?

Not particularly hard. Just unlikely. No outs, two or three runners on, and then the offense has to accommodate you with a hit and run line drive right to the short stop or a hard grounder right to the third basement near the line with a slow running batter.

What baseball records will never be broken?

Has there ever been a walk off triple play?

The walk-off triple play is baseball's first since Eric Bruntlett's unassisted triple play for the Phillies against the Mets on Aug. 23, 2009, and baseball's first walk-off triple play with a one-run lead since the Reds turned a 6-4-3-2 triple play against the Cardinals on May 30, 1967.

What is the hardest skill in baseball?

"Most of all, the hardest thing to do is gauge movement—it's almost impossible to do it," he said. "People who watch the game can't really see what a ball looks like coming into a hitter. They expect their best hitter on the team to get a hit every time, or at least hit the ball hard.

What is the most difficult baseball to hit?

How rare are no-hitters?

A no-hitter is a rare accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff—only 318 have been thrown in MLB history since 1876, an average of about two per year.

Has anyone hit 4 triples in a game?

8. Only two players have hit four triples in a game. George Strief with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association in 1885 and Bill Joyce with the New York Giants of the NL in 1897.

How often are triples hit?

How rare is a triple? Around 2% or one in fifty hits are triples. Teams average around eight and a half hits per game. Multiply that by two because there are two teams playing in each game and you get 17 hits per game.

Has anyone hit 3 triples in a game?

There have been three dozen players hitting a trio of triples in a game since 1900, but only ten of them did it in the last 44 years. Two players did it twice -- British-born Dave Brain for the Cardinals and Pirates in 1905, and Jim Bottomley for the Cards in 1923 and 1927.

Has an 8 ever beat a 1 NBA?

Runner-Up: Denver Nuggets Upset Seattle Supersonics, 1994

8 seed beat a No. 1 seed in NBA history. It was also monumental, as the Sonics had won 63 games to Denver's mere 42.

What is the rare sport?

1) Zorbing

One of the really bizarre and interesting sports that includes a participant to race down the hill with obstacles like water, in a large, transparent ball.

What is the most foul in one NBA game?

It took overtime to do so on April 9, 1990, but the Utah Jazz actually managed to get whistled for 52 fouls in a 119-115 loss to the Phoenix Suns. Perhaps even more incredible than that record is the fact that the Jazz still managed to have enough players on the court at the end of the game.