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Unfielded triple play[edit]
Political columnist and baseball enthusiast George Will posed one hypothetical way that a triple play could occur with no fielder touching the ball. With runners on first and second and no outs, the batter hits an infield fly, and is automatically out: one out. The runner from first passes the runner from second and is called out for that infraction: two outs. Just after that, the falling ball hits the runner from second, who is called out for interference: three outs.[16]
Whenever a batter or runner is out without a fielder touching the ball, MLB rule book section 10.09 provides for automatic putouts to be assigned by the official scorer. In this case, the first out would be credited to whoever the official scorer believes would have had the best chance of catching the infield fly. The second and third outs would be credited to the fielder(s) closest to the points the runners were, when their respective outs occurred. Under the scenario described above, the same fielder (the shortstop, for example) could be credited with all three putouts, thus attaining an unassisted triple play without having touched the ball.
Texas League Hall of FamerKeith Bodie tells Sporting News that this event occurred in a 1986 spring training game.[17]
Keith Bodie has seen hundreds of thousands of plays in his 42 years in a baseball uniform. He still remembers the exact details of one that occurred 30 years ago.
http://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/astro-white-sox-extended-spring-training-triple-play-florida-keith-bodie-texas-league-hall-of-fame/1q20oyx3yu44012cw2jstsi7er
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_play
Political columnist and baseball enthusiast George Will posed one hypothetical way that a triple play could occur with no fielder touching the ball. With runners on first and second and no outs, the batter hits an infield fly, and is automatically out: one out. The runner from first passes the runner from second and is called out for that infraction: two outs. Just after that, the falling ball hits the runner from second, who is called out for interference: three outs.[16]
Whenever a batter or runner is out without a fielder touching the ball, MLB rule book section 10.09 provides for automatic putouts to be assigned by the official scorer. In this case, the first out would be credited to whoever the official scorer believes would have had the best chance of catching the infield fly. The second and third outs would be credited to the fielder(s) closest to the points the runners were, when their respective outs occurred. Under the scenario described above, the same fielder (the shortstop, for example) could be credited with all three putouts, thus attaining an unassisted triple play without having touched the ball.
Texas League Hall of FamerKeith Bodie tells Sporting News that this event occurred in a 1986 spring training game.[17]
Keith Bodie has seen hundreds of thousands of plays in his 42 years in a baseball uniform. He still remembers the exact details of one that occurred 30 years ago.
http://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/astro-white-sox-extended-spring-training-triple-play-florida-keith-bodie-texas-league-hall-of-fame/1q20oyx3yu44012cw2jstsi7er
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_play
