And in the top of the fifth inning, second baseman Bill Wambsganss executed the first ( and only, so far ) unassisted triple play in World Series history, in fact the only Series triple play of any kind.

He became the second player in major league history to hit for the cycle and have an unassisted triple play, which he did on April 29, 2007, in his career.

* Neal Ball, baseball player, was the first player in Major League baseball history to pull off an unassisted triple play.

The unassisted triple play, a triple play in which only one fielder handles the ball, is the least common type of triple play, and is arguably the rarest occurrence in baseball: it has happened only 15 times since 1900 at the major league level.

The most recent unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball occurred on August 23, 2009 when Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies turned the first ever game-ending unassisted triple play in the National League.

This was only the second game-ending unassisted triple play in MLB history and the first since 1927.

Under the scenario described above, the same fielder ( the shortstop, for example ) could be credited with all three putouts, thus attaining an unassisted triple play without having touched the ball.

Bill Wambsganss ( top left, in white ) completes his unassisted triple play in Game 5 of the 1920 World Series.

In baseball, an unassisted triple play occurs when a defensive player makes all three putouts by himself in one continuous play, without his fellow teammates making any assists.

In Major League Baseball ( MLB ), a total of fifteen players have fielded an unassisted triple play, making this feat rarer than a perfect game.

The shortest time between two unassisted triple plays occurred in May 1927, when Johnny Neun executed the feat less than 24 hours after Jimmy Cooney.

Conversely, it took more than 41 seasons after Neun's play before Ron Hansen's performed the feat on July 30, 1968, marking the longest span between unassisted triple plays.

The last player to make an unassisted triple play is Eric Bruntlett, accomplishing the feat on August 23, 2009.

Only Neun and Bruntlett executed unassisted triple plays that ended the game.

Bill Wambsganss ( far left ) standing alongside the victims of his unassisted triple play ( from centre left to far right ) – Pete Kilduff, Clarence Mitchell and Otto Miller ( catcher ) | Otto Miller.

Most unassisted triple plays have taken this form: the infielder catches a line drive ( one out ), steps on a base to double off a runner ( two outs ), and tags another runner on the runner's way to the next base ( three outs ) ( almost universally, the " next base " is the same base on which the infielder stepped to record the second out.

It is nearly impossible for an unassisted triple play to occur unless the fielder is positioned between the two runners.

The only unassisted triple play that did not take one of these forms occurred in the 19th century, under rules that are no longer in effect.

The unassisted triple play, the perfect game, hitting four home runs in one game and five extra-base hits in a game are thus comparable in terms of rarity, but the perfect game and the home run and extra-base hit records require an extraordinary effort along with a fair amount of luck.

Twice in 1914, on April 21 and August 8, he executed an unassisted double play at second base, snaring low line drives on the run and then beating base runners to the bag.

He made a recovery that bordered on the miraculous ; although he would never play again, he would walk unassisted several months later.

More rare is an unassisted double play in which the fielder catches a line drive and either tags a runner off base or tags a base that a baserunner cannot return to on time.

A strike -' em-out-throw -' em-out double play at third base is rare, and an unassisted double play by the catcher on a play in which a baserunner tries to steal home base on a straight steal during a strikeout is highly unlikely.

Scoring wise, the play went as a strike out for the pitcher Kenny Rogers, an unassisted double play for Rodriguez, and batter's interference on Vaughn.

ǃKung women give birth with the earth as primary midwife ( a form of unassisted childbirth ) walking away from the village camp as far as a mile during labor and birthing the child alone, delivering it into a small leaf-lined hole dug into the warm sand.

Lee won his first Gold Glove during the 2003 championship season and his spectacular grab and unassisted putout on a hard hit Hideki Matsui one-hop line drive snuffed out a Yankees rally and ended Game 5 of the World Series with a Marlins victory.

A four-consecutive All-Star from 1941 to 1944, in 1942 Owen became the first player to pinch-hit a home run in an All-Star game, and during the 1944 regular season, he became the third National League catcher to ever record an unassisted double play.

Triple plays, even of the unassisted variety, are not extraordinarily difficult for major league fielders to achieve ; their rarity is due to their dependence on specific circumstances arising in a game.

The series was preceded by an 8 – 2 rout over the Red Wings on March 7, 2009, a game in which Nash scored three unassisted goals.

In his only college season, Pujols hit a grand slam and turned an unassisted triple play in his first game.

He shares the record of making two unassisted double plays in one game, and he is one of 11 players to steal home plate twice in one game, and he also shares the record of being assists leader for six years in a row and of double plays in a single game.

In a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 20, 1992, he turned an unassisted triple play.

On July 8, 1994, Valentin turned the 10th unassisted triple play in MLB history, in a game against Seattle Mariners.

Pérez exhibited strong defensive skills, executing the first unassisted triple play in the history of the California League in a game against the Bakersfield Blaze.

A differentiation is made between a simple " last " ( which includes the last time something happened that will likely happen again — such as the last time there was an unassisted triple play in baseball or the last time it snowed in September in New York City ) and a " notable last " ( which are limited to concrete endings ; thus not possible or highly improbable to ever happen again — such as a deceased composer's last work or the last act in a specific war that has ended ).

The ramps that descend from the concourse down to platform level are too steep for unassisted wheelchairs but the introduction of lifts in May 2010 now makes it possible for the taxi rank and underground station to be easily accessible from the main concourse.

He is the current world record holder in the raw ( unassisted ) bench press with a press at the New England Bench Press Classic on May 22, 2005.

Overbay is also one of only 14 players to hit into an unassisted triple play, serving up Asdrúbal Cabrera of the Cleveland Indians on May 12, 2008.

* In May 2006 the first AI doctor-conducted unassisted robotic surgery on a 34 year old male to correct heart arythmia.

He made his first Major League start at first base on July 7, 2011 in Chicago, where he turned the first ball hit to him into an unassisted double play.

In July 2011, Lisa Bliss became the first woman and second person to complete the 146 mile Badwater-to-Summit course totally self-contained ( without crew or resupply of any kind, abiding the rules set forth in Marshall Ulrich's 1999 unassisted " self-contained " solo crossing ,).