Unassisted triple play

[2] In MLB, a total of fifteen players have fielded an unassisted triple play,[3] making this feat rarer than a perfect game.

The shortest time between two unassisted triple plays occurred in May 1927, when Johnny Neun executed the feat less than 24 hours after Jimmy Cooney.

[5] The most recent player to make an unassisted triple play is Eric Bruntlett, accomplishing the feat on August 23, 2009.

By contrast, the unassisted triple play is essentially always a matter of luck: a combination of the right circumstances with the relatively simple effort of catching the ball and running in the proper direction with it.

Troy Tulowitzki said of his feat, "It fell right in my lap",[8] and as WGN-TV sports anchor Dan Roan commented, "That's the way these plays always happen."

Bill Wambsganss (top left, in white) completes his unassisted triple play in Game 5 of the 1920 World Series . This marks the only time any triple play has been executed in the postseason.
Bill Wambsganss (far left) standing alongside the victims of his unassisted triple play (from center left to far right) – Pete Kilduff , Clarence Mitchell and Otto Miller .
The Boston Globe account of Hines' triple play