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August 5, 2016

Strange But True!

Q. Whatever can be so rare as a baseball pitcher throwing a perfect game or a batter slugging four home runs in a single game?

A. The first of these has been done 21 times since 1900, the second 16 times, says Dan Lewis in his book “Now I Know More.” But rarer than either of these is Major League Baseball's (MLB) unassisted triple play, where all three outs in an inning are recorded in one play by the same fielder. The tally? Only 15 such plays in the league's history.


 
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