First, there must be at least two baserunners, and no outs.They depend on a combination of two factors, which are themselves uncommon: There have only been 735 triple plays in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1876, an average of just over five per season. In baseball, a triple play (denoted as TP in baseball statistics) is the act of making three outs during the same play.
Jiggs Donahue, Billy Gilbert, and Bill Friel (left to right) of the Milwaukee Brewers recorded the first triple play in American League history on July 14, 1901, against the Chicago White Stockings.
