[Lefty Noob]

Colorado Rockies leadoff hitter Cory Sullivan tied a Major League record yesterday by hitting two triples in the same inning. First, he led off the fifth inning with a triple to the center-field fence off Jake Peavy, then came up again in the fifth with two down and took one to left off Chan Ho Park. Sullivan is the 11th player to do it and the first since 1953. Anyone catch the feat? And does anyone know who the other 10 players to accomplish this most unusual feat are?

[Wizard of Os]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Colorado Rockies leadoff hitter Cory Sullivan tied a Major League record yesterday by hitting two triples in the same inning. First, he led off the fifth inning with a triple to the center-field fence off Jake Peavy, then came up again in the fifth with two down and took one to left off Chan Ho Park. Sullivan is the 11th player to do it and the first since 1953. Anyone catch the feat? And does anyone know who the other 10 players to accomplish this most unusual feat are?

Okay, after doing a little research, here's what i found out...

The last to do it was Gil Coan, a .254 lifetime hitter who mostly played for the pitiful Washington Senators of the 1940s and 1950s, in 1953. His baseball card used to be one of the treasures of my collection, it was so old...

Al Zarilla is the only guy to achieve the feat in the American League. He led the league in triples twice and played on the legendary 1944 St. Louis Browns.

That's it. It's a tough search. I suspect, given the American League stat above, that many of these incidents occurred in the freewheeling low-homer 19th century...

I'd like to say here that i'm just so proud of Sullivan and all the Rockies...but what was up with Sullivan's post-game quote?

"It's always good to have things that happen only once every 55 years..."

Huh?

Cheers.

[Lefty Noob]

Thanks, Os. I did some digging myself and actually wound up finding LESS than what you did, so I appreciate the info. Yeesh - why doesn't MLB.com have a more complete online record book?

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Thanks, Os. I did some digging myself and actually wound up finding LESS than what you did, so I appreciate the info. Yeesh - why doesn't MLB.com have a more complete online record book?

I don't know either...but Joe Dimaggio once hit three triples in a game...which is a feat in itself...