Walter Carlisle pulls off an unassisted triple play while playing center field

On July 19, 1911, Former circus acrobat Walter Carlisle completes an unassisted triple play for the Vernon Tigers of the Pacific Coast League. With the score tied at 3 – 3 in the 6th inning, and men on first and second base, he makes a spectacular diving catch of a short fly by batter Roy Akin, seeing that the runners had been going, Carlisle ran to second to force one, and proceeded to first base, stepped on the bag, and finished the rare triple play.

Vernon wins, 5 – 4, with the speedy English-born Carlisle pulling off the only unassisted triple play ever accomplished by an outfielder in organized baseball.

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