Triple (Baseball)

A triple is a hit in baseball, with which the batter reached third base. The third baseman be reached by way of the hit alone. No Triple is available, therefore, if the batter reached third base because of errors of a fielder. If another baserunner ejected ( fielder 's choice ) instead of the batter, despite reaching the third base also no Triple ago.

Triples are in modern baseball become rare. On the one hand require a high running speed of the batter. On the other hand, a long hit the ball into the outfield is required. However, modern ballparks have mostly smaller outfields than was previously the case. Therefore, forming many hits that would have been a triple in earlier times, today as Home Run. The list of major league players with the most triples in her career and in a season is therefore led exclusively by players who have played in the first decades.

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

Most Triples in Major League Baseball

In her career

In a season

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