Has a player ever made all 3 outs for his team in their batting half of an inning? ?

Question

Has a player ever made all 3 outs for his team in their batting half of an inning? ?

Answer 1

Caused them to happen, yes. Simply hitting into a triple play will do that.

Been the player recorded out three times, No -- not in the majors, anyway. It may have happened in the minors sometime over the past century-plus.

It would take a very high scoring inning. Get the one batter to the plate three times to make an out, that requires 19 plate appearances if he leads off; leave the bases loaded; it mandates scoring at least 13 runs, and that really does not happen often.

Answer 2

impossible..... you can only get out 1 time per inning and then you go back to the dugout...... its happened many times on the defensive sidde but not the offensive

Answer 3

I cannot find anything to back this but if I recall there was a unassisted triple play made a couple years back- thought it was featured on ESPN Sportscenter but I cannot find it.

UPDATE:  According to ESPN MLB there have been a total of 14 unassisted triple plays in MLB history- the latest came on May 12 with the Cleveland Indians by Asdrubal Cabrera who ironicly was sent back to the minors shortly after for his low batting average.

Answer 4

Yes.  

Answer 5

I don't think so, but many players have made two outs in an inning.

To do this, you would need to send a minumum of 19 players to the plate with the rally killer being put out in the 1, 10 and 19 spots. Sending 19 players to the plate has only happened a few times in history, so the odds are very slim.

Answer 6

Hey e, it's not impossible.  You CAN get more than 1 out in an inning.  Stop anwering questions if you don't know the rules of baseball!

Answer 7

Nope. It's never happened.