Outfielder Double Play Records by Baseball Almanac

Double Play Records for Outfielders

Baseball Almanac invites you to examine double play records for outfielders. Research is complete through completion of the previous season and includes all of the double play record variations.

"I began to study the batter during a game; when he started his swing, I knew if he would hit to my left or right and I was on my way." -Hall of Famer & Career Double Play Record Holder for Outfielders Tris Speaker

Double Play Records Outfielders
Record	Lg	Outfielders	Team	Data
Fewest In A Season By The League Leader	AL	Too Many To List	--	4	-
	NL	Brett Butler	Los Angeles	3	1991
		Willie McGee	San Francisco		1991
Most In A Career	AL	Tris Speaker	Boston	64	139
			Cleveland	69
			Washington	5
			Philadelphia	1
	NL	Max Carey	Pittsburgh	79	86
			Brooklyn	7
Most In A Season	AL	Happy Felsch	Chicago	15	1919
	NL	Jimmy Sheckard	Baltimore	14	1899
Most Seasons Leading The League	AL	Tris Speaker	Boston	5	1909
			Boston		1912
			Boston		1914
			Boston		1915
			Cleveland		1916
	NL	Willie Mays	New York	4	1954
			New York		1955
			New York		1956
			San Francisco		1965
Most Started In A Game	AA	Candy Nelson	New York	3	06-09-1887
	AL	Ira Flagstead	Boston	3	04-19-1926
	NL	Jack McCarthy	Chicago	3	04-26-1905
Most Unassisted In A Season	AL	Jose Cardenal	Cleveland	2	06-08-1968
					07-16-1968
		Socks Seybold	Philadelphia		08-15-1907
					09-10-1907
		Tris Speaker	Boston		04-21-1914
					08-08-1914
		Tris Speaker	Cleveland		04-18-1918
					04-29-1918
	NL	Adam Comorosky	Pittsburgh	2	05-31-1931
					06-13-1931
Record	Lg	Outfielders	Team	Data
Double Play Records for Outfielders

Tris Speaker holds the major league record for turning the most unassisted double plays during a career with six. In the National League, no outfielder has ever had more than two during their career!

On May 31, 1931 Adam Comorosky of the Pittsburgh Pirates turned an unassisted double play. On June 13, 1931, he turned another thus becoming the first and only National League outfielder in Major League history to have two outfield unassisted double plays during the same season.

In 1928, Charlie Jamieson of the Cleveland Indians became the only outfielder to ever start two triple plays during a single season — one on May 23, 1928 & the other on June 9, 1928.

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