#TriplePlay October 15

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For the month of October 2024 several of us are participating in the 30-Day World Series Coach4aday Challenge. Each day we attempt to learn something about some aspect of the World Series. Today I am focusing on the only TRIPLE PLAY in the event.

Recording three outs in a single play is rare in baseball. In fact, only one Triple Play has ever occurred in a World Series Game. Making it more unusual it was an unassisted triple play.

World Series 30-Day Challenge Guidelines

Like previous challenges there are no hard and fast rules to participate. There are a few suggested guidelines

1. Each day in October 2024 write about the World Series
2. Share at least one fact about the event or the participants.
3. If so inclined use the hash tag #Coach4adayChallenge on social media platforms

October 15th-Triple Play

The unassisted triple play in the 1920 World Series, the only one in World Series history, was made by Bill Wambsganss, the second baseman for the Cleveland Indians during Game 5 against the Brooklyn Robins (now Dodgers).

Here’s how it unfolded:

1. Clarence Mitchell was the batter for Brooklyn, and Pete Kilduff was on second base with Otto Miller on first base.
2. Mitchell hit a line drive to Wambsganss, who caught it for the first out.
3. Wambsganss then stepped on second base to double off Kilduff (second out), who had left the base.
4. Finally, Wambsganss tagged Miller (third out), who was running from first, completing the unassisted triple play.