On July 30, 1968, Ron Hansen, the Senators' shortstop, made the first unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball in 41 years. The Senators were playing in Cleveland against the Indians. With no outs and men on first and second in the bottom of the first, Hansen caught a line drive hit by Joe Azcue. Hansen then stepped on second to double up Dave Nelson and tagged out Russ Snyder who was approaching second from first base. Frank Howard hit his 30th home run of the season, but Sam McDowell shut down the Senators, who lost 10-1.
By the way, there were only 12 unassisted triple plays in Major League Baseball in the 20th century.
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