What is Triple (baseball)?
[[File:Ty Cobb sliding2-edit1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ty Cobb]] sliding safely into [[third baseman|third base]], thus recording a triple]] In [[baseball]], a '''triple''' is when a [[batter (baseball)|batter]] reaches [[third base]] on a [[hit (baseball)|hit]] without an [[error (baseball)|error]] occurring in the field. [[Chief Wilson]] hit the most triples, recording 36 in 1912.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/3B_season.shtml|title=Single-Season Leaders and Records for Triples|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=August 16, 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{sports-stub}} [[category:Statistics]]