Frank Coggins hits the first triple at the Oakland Coliseum

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On April 19, 1968, Frank Coggins in one of his lone highlights, he became the first man to sock a triple at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Washington Senators’ second baseman’s gap shot came off Jim Nash, Coggin’s was three for four on the day leading the Senators to a 3-0 win over the Oakland A’s.
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