Triple (baseball)

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A triple is baseball a hit with which the batter reached third base. The third base has to be reached solely because of the hit. There is therefore no triple if the batter reaches third base due to an error by a field player. If another baserunner is thrown out instead of the batter ( Fielder's Choice ), there is also no triple despite having reached third base.

Triples have become rare in modern baseball. On the one hand, they require the battery to run at high speeds. On the other hand, a further hit of the ball into the outfield is required. However, modern baseball stadiums tend to have smaller outfields than they used to be. That's why many hits that would have been a triple in earlier times end up as a home run today . The list of Major League players with the most triples in their career or in a season is therefore only made up by players who played in the first few decades.

The best active player with 105 triples in his career so far is Carl Crawford , who is in 140th place (as of the end of the 2010 season). The best active player with the most triples in a season is Curtis Granderson , who hit 23 triples in 2007. The most triples in one game, namely four, beat George Strief (1885) and Bill Joyce (1897). Of the active players, Denard Span (2010) and Rafael Furcal (2002) have the most triples (three) in one game.

Most triples in Major League Baseball

In her career

  1. Sam Crawford (played 1899-1917) - 309
  2. Ty Cobb (1905-1928) - 295
  3. Honus Wagner (1897-1917) - 252
  4. Jake Beckley (1888-1907) - 243
  5. Roger Connor (1880-1897) - 233
  6. Tris Speaker (1907-1928) - 222
  7. Fred Clarke (1894-1915) - 220
  8. Dan Brouthers (1879-1904) - 205
  9. Joe Kelley (1891-1908) - 194
  10. Paul Waner (1926–1945) - 191

In one season

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Endangered Species: The Three-Base Hit . In: hardballtimes.com . Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  2. ^ A b Triples Records by Baseball Almanac . In: baseball-almanac.com . Retrieved October 30, 2010.

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