Triple Play (play-by-play era)

There have been 560 triple plays in the play-by-play era since 1897, measured across 208,335 games, an average of one occurrence every 372 games. The most recent was the Houston Astros on 21 July 2026; the first was the Washington Senators (1901-60) on 28 April 1908.

Three outs on one play.
560recorded occurrences
1 in 372games · 1897+
1908first · Washington Senators (1901-60)
2026-07-21most recent · Houston Astros
1y 11mlongest drought · 1973-09-20 to 1975-09-07

By decade

Recorded occurrences in each decade within this page’s coverage.

1900s11
1910s66
1920s83
1930s49
1940s43
1950s41
1960s46
1970s45
1980s38
1990s41
2000s35
2010s41
2020s21

Done it most

Every occurrence (560 of them) · 1–250 of 560

DateTeam#Game
2026-07-21Houston Astros560↗
2025-08-12Los Angeles Dodgers559↗
2025-04-25New York Mets558↗
2025-04-05Athletics557↗
2024-09-24Los Angeles Dodgers556↗
2024-06-24Detroit Tigers555↗
2023-08-18Tampa Bay Rays554↗
2023-07-25Boston Red Sox553↗
2022-09-20Los Angeles Angels552↗
2022-09-18Toronto Blue Jays551↗
2022-08-22Texas Rangers550↗
2022-07-04Chicago White Sox549↗
2022-05-20Milwaukee Brewers548↗
2022-04-20Seattle Mariners547↗
2021-06-20Athletics546↗
2021-06-17Toronto Blue Jays545↗
2021-06-06Kansas City Royals544↗
2021-05-21Chicago White Sox543↗
2021-04-17Cleveland Guardians542↗
2020-09-27St. Louis Cardinals541↗
2020-07-29Cincinnati Reds540↗
2019-08-07Atlanta Braves539↗
2019-07-22New York Yankees538↗
2019-05-22Houston Astros537↗
2018-08-16Los Angeles Angels536↗
2018-04-19Houston Astros535↗
2017-09-08Toronto Blue Jays534↗
2017-08-27Chicago Cubs533↗
2017-08-15St. Louis Cardinals532↗
2017-08-03Detroit Tigers531↗
2017-07-25New York Yankees530↗
2017-06-01Los Angeles Angels529↗
2017-05-02Boston Red Sox528↗
2016-09-23Cincinnati Reds527↗
2016-08-07San Diego Padres526↗
2016-07-29San Francisco Giants525↗
2016-07-08Atlanta Braves524↗
2016-05-18Houston Astros523↗
2016-04-29Miami Marlins522↗
2016-04-22Texas Rangers521↗
2015-09-01Arizona Diamondbacks520↗
2015-07-26Toronto Blue Jays519↗
2015-05-23Detroit Tigers518↗
2015-05-09St. Louis Cardinals517↗
2014-09-14Chicago Cubs516↗
2014-08-24Los Angeles Dodgers515↗
2014-07-01Los Angeles Dodgers514↗
2014-06-06Toronto Blue Jays513↗
2014-05-18San Diego Padres512↗
2014-04-17Tampa Bay Rays511↗
2013-04-12Baltimore Orioles510↗
2012-08-21Minnesota Twins509↗
2012-04-20Kansas City Royals508↗
2012-04-15San Diego Padres507↗
2011-09-27New York Yankees506↗
2011-08-16Tampa Bay Rays505↗
2011-08-15Los Angeles Dodgers504↗
2011-04-03Chicago White Sox503↗
2010-08-09Athletics502↗
2010-06-10New York Mets501↗
2010-05-19Washington Nationals500↗
2010-04-22Athletics499↗
2009-09-06San Francisco Giants498↗
2009-08-23New York Mets497↗
2009-05-20Detroit Tigers496↗
2009-05-04Los Angeles Dodgers495↗
2009-04-12Cincinnati Reds494↗
2008-05-30San Diego Padres493↗
2008-05-12Toronto Blue Jays492↗
2007-09-12Colorado Rockies491↗
2007-08-27Minnesota Twins490↗
2007-04-29Atlanta Braves489↗
2007-04-21Cincinnati Reds488↗
2006-09-18Detroit Tigers487↗
2006-09-02Seattle Mariners486↗
2006-06-11Tampa Bay Rays485↗
2006-05-27Seattle Mariners484↗
2006-05-14Minnesota Twins483↗
2005-05-05San Diego Padres482↗
2004-08-19Philadelphia Phillies481↗
2004-07-07Los Angeles Angels480↗
2004-05-06San Diego Padres479↗
2003-08-10St. Louis Cardinals478↗
2003-04-10St. Louis Cardinals477↗
2002-09-13Toronto Blue Jays476↗
2002-09-03Philadelphia Phillies475↗
2002-08-01Florida Marlins474↗
2002-07-28Montreal Expos473↗
2002-05-17San Diego Padres472↗
2002-04-14Seattle Mariners471↗
2001-08-06Boston Red Sox470↗
2001-08-01Seattle Mariners469↗
2000-09-01Cleveland Guardians468↗
2000-05-31St. Louis Cardinals467↗
2000-05-29New York Yankees466↗
2000-05-14Chicago Cubs465↗
2000-05-11Florida Marlins464↗
1999-06-17New York Yankees463↗
1999-06-14Colorado Rockies462↗
1999-05-15New York Mets461↗
1999-04-16Chicago Cubs460↗
1998-08-30San Francisco Giants459↗
1998-08-05San Francisco Giants458↗
1998-06-13Colorado Rockies457↗
1998-05-08Chicago Cubs456↗
1997-07-28Toronto Blue Jays455↗
1997-07-05Seattle Mariners454↗
1997-05-19Cincinnati Reds453↗
1997-05-10San Francisco Giants452↗
1996-09-08Minnesota Twins451↗
1996-06-15Atlanta Braves450↗
1996-06-06Boston Red Sox449↗
1996-04-07Detroit Tigers448↗
1996-04-03Baltimore Orioles447↗
1995-09-12Florida Marlins446↗
1995-07-17San Diego Padres445↗
1995-07-13Toronto Blue Jays444↗
1994-07-08Seattle Mariners443↗
1994-05-14Athletics442↗
1993-09-29Florida Marlins441↗
1993-08-23Chicago Cubs440↗
1993-08-10St. Louis Cardinals439↗
1993-05-11New York Mets438↗
1992-09-20Pittsburgh Pirates437↗
1992-08-30Baltimore Orioles436↗
1992-08-25California Angels435↗
1992-08-07Baltimore Orioles434↗
1992-07-03Seattle Mariners433↗
1991-09-10Toronto Blue Jays432↗
1991-09-08Cincinnati Reds431↗
1991-09-05San Diego Padres430↗
1991-08-04Los Angeles Dodgers429↗
1991-06-01Texas Rangers428↗
1991-04-28San Diego Padres427↗
1991-04-16Atlanta Braves426↗
1990-09-21Atlanta Braves425↗
1990-08-08Athletics424↗
1990-07-17Boston Red Sox423↗
1989-09-27Chicago Cubs422↗
1989-06-28Atlanta Braves421↗
1989-06-15New York Yankees420↗
1989-06-06Chicago Cubs419↗
1989-04-09Houston Astros418↗
1988-08-16Houston Astros417↗
1988-08-08Cleveland Guardians416↗
1988-07-04Boston Red Sox415↗
1988-04-05New York Yankees414↗
1987-09-15Los Angeles Dodgers413↗
1987-04-21New York Mets412↗
1986-08-12Athletics411↗
1986-07-09San Francisco Giants410↗
1986-06-15Seattle Mariners409↗
1986-06-05San Diego Padres408↗
1986-05-13Milwaukee Brewers407↗
1985-08-08St. Louis Cardinals406↗
1985-05-03New York Yankees405↗
1984-07-19New York Yankees404↗
1983-09-27Montreal Expos403↗
1983-08-08California Angels402↗
1983-07-31Atlanta Braves401↗
1983-07-18Detroit Tigers400↗
1983-06-02Pittsburgh Pirates399↗
1982-09-29Chicago Cubs398↗
1982-08-23San Diego Padres397↗
1982-08-03Chicago Cubs396↗
1982-05-29New York Yankees395↗
1981-08-31Detroit Tigers394↗
1981-05-23New York Yankees393↗
1981-05-22Texas Rangers392↗
1981-04-27California Angels391↗
1981-04-11Philadelphia Phillies390↗
1980-10-03San Diego Padres389↗
1980-08-20Milwaukee Brewers388↗
1980-08-12St. Louis Cardinals387↗
1980-06-22Detroit Tigers386↗
1980-05-31Cleveland Guardians385↗
1979-09-21New York Yankees384↗
1979-09-07Cleveland Guardians383↗
1979-07-28Texas Rangers382↗
1979-07-23California Angels381↗
1979-07-23Atlanta Braves380↗
1979-06-23Texas Rangers379↗
1979-06-19Kansas City Royals378↗
1979-06-10Texas Rangers377↗
1979-05-16California Angels376↗
1979-05-10California Angels375↗
1979-05-07Baltimore Orioles374↗
1978-09-09Toronto Blue Jays373↗
1978-07-15Philadelphia Phillies372↗
1978-04-22Chicago White Sox371↗
1978-04-21Los Angeles Dodgers370↗
1978-04-11Atlanta Braves369↗
1978-04-06Cincinnati Reds368↗
1977-08-08Athletics367↗
1977-07-23Minnesota Twins366↗
1977-07-14Seattle Mariners365↗
1977-06-03Kansas City Royals364↗
1977-05-08Houston Astros363↗
1977-04-22Kansas City Royals362↗
1976-07-25Chicago White Sox361↗
1976-06-21San Diego Padres360↗
1976-06-07Minnesota Twins359↗
1975-09-07Pittsburgh Pirates358↗
1973-09-20Detroit Tigers357↗
1973-09-03Milwaukee Brewers356↗
1973-07-07Athletics355↗
1973-06-13San Diego Padres354↗
1972-08-13Texas Rangers353↗
1972-07-02Pittsburgh Pirates352↗
1972-06-27Minnesota Twins351↗
1972-06-04Chicago Cubs350↗
1972-06-03Houston Astros349↗
1972-05-25Baltimore Orioles348↗
1971-09-17Cincinnati Reds347↗
1971-08-01Atlanta Braves346↗
1971-07-16New York Mets345↗
1971-07-09Atlanta Braves344↗
1971-04-28Boston Red Sox343↗
1970-08-09Washington Senators (1961-71)342↗
1970-06-26Kansas City Royals341↗
1970-06-06Los Angeles Dodgers340↗
1969-08-29Chicago Cubs339↗
1969-08-13Chicago Cubs338↗
1969-08-06Kansas City Royals337↗
1969-07-15Washington Senators (1961-71)336↗
1969-06-25St. Louis Cardinals335↗
1969-05-30Houston Astros334↗
1968-09-10Cleveland Guardians333↗
1968-09-01Baltimore Orioles332↗
1968-07-31Cincinnati Reds331↗
1968-07-30Cleveland Guardians330↗
1968-06-23Athletics329↗
1968-06-03Minnesota Twins328↗
1968-05-04Pittsburgh Pirates327↗
1967-08-15New York Mets326↗
1967-08-06Baltimore Orioles325↗
1967-07-15Baltimore Orioles324↗
1967-06-25Detroit Tigers323↗
1967-05-30St. Louis Cardinals322↗
1967-05-02New York Mets321↗
1966-09-28Chicago Cubs320↗
1966-09-17Baltimore Orioles319↗
1966-09-04Boston Red Sox318↗
1966-08-18California Angels317↗
1966-04-23Cleveland Guardians316↗
1966-04-18Cincinnati Reds315↗
1965-10-03Pittsburgh Pirates314↗
1965-09-04Boston Red Sox313↗
1965-08-18Baltimore Orioles312↗
1965-08-01Chicago White Sox311↗

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