Can you name the Players who have made an Unassisted Triple Play?

Year	Player	Team
1909		Cleveland Naps
1920		Cleveland Indians
1923		Boston Red Sox
1923		Boston Braves
1925		Pittsburgh Pirates
1927		Chicago Cubs
1927		Detroit Tigers
1968		Washington Senators

Year	Player	Team
1992		Philadelphia Phillies
1994		Boston Red Sox
2000		Oakland Athletics
2003		Atlanta Braves
2007		Colorado Rockies
2008		Cleveland Indians
2009		Philadelphia Phillies

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MLB Unassisted Triple Plays Quiz

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Created Oct 25, 2008 in Sports
Featured Oct 25, 2008
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	DirtyKash:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 21:03 GMT	3 points
	4/14. Couldn't get any of those before 2000. This was rough.

	Kicking222:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 21:11 GMT	2 points
	There's no conceivable way anyone could get more than six without looking them up. No way. Personally, I got four- none of the A's I guessed were Velarde, but for some reason, I've always remembered Morandini.

	Booger:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 21:13 GMT	4 points
	I agree with kicking. Any infielder could be lucky enough to make an unassisted triple play.

	magister:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 21:26 GMT	8 points
	I saw the last four and I jokingly thought "steroids." And then I saw the 20s. Were baserunners just morons back then?

	Ben:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 21:38 GMT	4 points
	Not all the quizzes we make are meant to be easy :)

	el_barto:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 21:38 GMT	7 points
	magister...bonds was part of the morandini one back in '92.

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	Ben:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 22:32 GMT	1 point
	Justin I have made a crap ton of baseball quizzes... in due time they will appear... let me know what you want to see and ill make the others

	Llarry:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 22:43 GMT	1 point
	4/14. I always remember Wambsganss was in the World Series, and Hansen was the "last" one all while I was growing up. I remembered Morandini, and guessed Tulo (but didn't get Cabrera the same way -- remembered Peralta in the Tribe's infield, but not Cabrera) I remember when Velarde did it, but couldn't come up with the name.

	Kicking222:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 23:08 GMT	5 points
	A follow-up on how difficult this is: Of the first 241 people, ten got all 14, but then zero got 12-13, two got 10-11, and two got 8-9. What this obviously means is that ten people cheated, while I envy four people who know more about baseball than I ever will (and I used to literally watch baseball for a living).

	magister:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 23:27 GMT	2 points
	@kicking222: Does cheating include knowing 8-11, and then memorizing quickly the remaining 6-3 and entering these in first before they left short-term memory?

	majorbase2:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 00:00 GMT	5 points
	Ben: How about some of these... MLB All-Century Team, All-Time RBI Leaders, Highest Career Batting Averages, Highest Single Season Batting Averages, Players in the 30-30 Club, All-Time Stolen Bases Leaders, Players with the most Gold Gloves

	Mr_T:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 00:32 GMT	1 point
	Whoa - I've never even heard of any of these players. Except for George Burns, of course. Oh, that's not him? Okay, I've never heard of any of these players.

	ElDavo:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 01:21 GMT	0 points
	Justin, those are pretty good quizzes, so why don't you make them yourself? Come on, man, Ben's made some pretty good quizzes and you shouldn't be upset that there's one you aren't good at.

	Ben:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 01:29 GMT	1 point
	Justin... Ill work on those tomorrow... consider them done... I think I have already done SB leaders, RBI leaders... 30-30 club is huge.. but ill look into them.. thanks for the suggestions!

	majorbase2:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 02:09 GMT	1 point
	No problem. And I don't know how to create quizzes.

	guyleguy:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 02:48 GMT	0 points
	kicking - I disagree, as I got 9 without cheating. As an Indians fan I knew Ball and Wambsganns, I remembered Hansen was the only one between the 20s and 92, and I knew all of them from Morandini to Astro-Cab this last season. The other 5, I haven't even heard of any of those players except for Burns.

	americanadian:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 07:07 GMT	2 points
	I think I only remembered Wambsganss because it was the only unassisted triple play recorded in a World Series game. Apart from that, I couldn't even begin to guess any of the names before 2000.

	TallKool1:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 16:17 GMT	4 points
	Lay off the guy. This is a site for quizzes, there is no order in which to make them necessarily. It does challenge your mind, doesn't it? Then it's fine

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	Ben:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 22:06 GMT	4 points
	I just make the quizzes... the admins decide which get posted :) there are more to come dont worry

	Deadpool:	Oct 27th, 2008 at 19:24 GMT	2 points
	Furcal and Tulo were the only ones I got. Tulo because I just remember the sportscasters talking about it, and Furcal because I'm a Braves fan and was watching that game when it happened.

	SpicAndSpan:	Oct 28th, 2008 at 11:28 GMT	5 points
	I got 13 of 14, because I am a big dork, a historian who partakes in a retro league starting in the 1920's, and cannot spell Tulo's name. I used to know Wambsganss personally when he was in his 90's. Nice obscure quiz.

	mdc8k:	Oct 28th, 2008 at 20:14 GMT	3 points
	I saw Furcal's play, too. Was just flipping through the channels, and stopped to see how the Braves were doing -- this was "back when" August baseball had relevance in Atlanta -- and the play happened about 10 seconds later. Pretty cool. Furcal also hit the only walk-off home run I have ever seen in person, in the playoffs, no less.

	TIMTEBOW15:	Jul 20th, 2009 at 22:43 GMT	1 point
	asdrubal, is that like some disease? Similar to diahrea or something? Ive never heard of it before.

	JohnJF:	Aug 23rd, 2009 at 21:42 GMT	8 points
	Eric Bruntlett turned one today. I have no doubts that Sporcle will have it updated in the immediate future.

	shadyparadox:	Dec 11th, 2009 at 08:52 GMT	1 point
	Velarde was the only one I knew because I saw it live. 'Twas against the Yanks.

	Phillyfan17:	Apr 18th, 2010 at 16:05 GMT	3 points
	Eric Bruntlett FTW

	metsfan1001:	Apr 20th, 2010 at 20:38 GMT	2 points
	2009- Huh. Mets lost to the Phillies (in the bottom of the 9th inning)

	sobdennis:	Jun 14th, 2010 at 08:31 GMT	1 point
	I used to know more of these. I will always remember Wambsganss because it was in the Series. Hansen, Morandini, and Velarde were ones I remember personally. For some reason, I remember Neun. But the rest I just drew a blank on.

	chriskotx:	Aug 29th, 2010 at 22:25 GMT	1 point
	heh The only one of these guys I ever even heard of was Ron Hansen - from my old baseball cards. Oh except for George Burns. I never knew that he used to play for the Red Sox. Wasn't he already too old in 1923 ? (straight face)

	socraticmethod:	Nov 2nd, 2010 at 03:31 GMT	1 point
	I was at the Furcal game. Good to be a Braves fan sometimes.

	Pogues:	Jan 4th, 2011 at 22:03 GMT	2 points
	My Indians might be terrible, but at least their franchise has the most unassisted triple plays in history! WOO!

	sunsfan99:	Jan 23rd, 2011 at 19:34 GMT	1 point
	this was difficult- especially the ones in the 20s

	bizzlebiz13:	Feb 19th, 2011 at 19:44 GMT	1 point
	Pretty amazing that there was only one unassisted triple play in the span of 65 years and there have been 7 in my lifetime. Not to mention 5 in one decade and three straight years with the play occuring.

	jeffthepardoner:	Apr 10th, 2011 at 15:40 GMT	1 point
	Any chance to type the name Wambsganss is much appreciated.

	LockeDemosthenes:	Apr 30th, 2011 at 07:36 GMT	2 points
	Interesting trivia: Jimmy Cooney completed an unassisted triple play AND was a runner for Glenn Wright's u.t.p.

	Sanky:	Oct 8th, 2011 at 00:16 GMT	1 point
	You could just memorize the list. It's only 15 items.

	ghankstewart:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 15:50 GMT	1 point
	So how come nobody (including me) remembers the names of the (at most) fifteen poor saps who hit into unassisted triple plays!