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Roy Hobbs Pulls Triple Play

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Player-manager Roy Hobbs celebrates his accomplishment with Lady Liberty.

    

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On Saturday, July 16, 1955, player-manager Roy Hobbs started a 4-4-3 Triple Play (against the Fortney Gators), the only player-manager in recorded TCBA history to perform such a feat!

There have been seven unassisted triple plays in TCBA history, as listed below:

Rath, Morrie

Kilkenny

1921

Bishop,Maxie

Bradenton

1933

Cottier, Chuck

Kilkenny

1962

Alomar, Sandy Sr.

Harbor Beach

1975

White, Frank

Harbor Beach

1979

Yelding, Eric

Binghamton

1991

Lockhart, Keith

Rapidan

2000