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In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base by hitting the ball and getting to third safely, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each In Baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing Pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of In Baseball statistics|statistics]] an error is the act in the judgment of the Official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner In Baseball, baserunning is the act of running around the bases performed by members of the team at bat In Baseball, fielder's choice (abbreviated FC) is a term used to refer to a variety of plays involving an offensive player reaching a base due to the defense's attempt

Because a hit only counts as a triple without a fielding error or a fielder's choice, triples have become somewhat rare in Major League Baseball. It often requires a hit to an unoccupied part of the ballpark (as in an opposite-field hit) or the ball taking an unusual bounce in the outfield. Opposite field is a Baseball term that refers to the area of the Outfield that faces the hitter, which would be right field for a right-hander and left The outfield is a Sporting term used in Cricket and Baseball to refer to the area of the Field of play further from the Batsman It also requires that the batter be able to hit the ball solidly but also that he be able to run quickly. This combination of power and speed is rare, and combined with the trend for modern ballparks to have smaller outfields (to increase the number of home runs hit), it has ensured that the career and season triples leaders mostly consist of players who played earlier in the sport's history.

Because the hit is so rare, a triple is considered one of the most exciting plays in baseball.

Triples were much more common in the dead ball era of baseball. The dead-ball era is a Baseball term used to describe the period between 1900 (though some date it to the beginning of baseball) and the emergence of Babe Ruth

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Triples leaders, Major League Baseball

Career

  1. Sam Crawford - 309
  2. Ty Cobb - 295
  3. Honus Wagner - 252
  4. Jake Beckley - 243
  5. Roger Connor - 233
  6. Tris Speaker - 222
  7. Fred Clarke - 220
  8. Dan Brouthers - 205
  9. Joe Kelley - 194
  10. Paul Waner - 191

Season

See also

George Treadway was a baseball player in the National League from 1893 to 1896 Below is the list of 158 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 100 Triples milestone Below is the list of 112 instances in which Major League Baseball players have hit 20 or more triples in a single season
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