when did the first player hit a triple

Ed McFarland tripled once versus the Brooklyn Superbas on April 18, 1901.

Interpreted as:
When did the first player hit a triple in a game?
NAME DATE 3B TM OPP AB R H 2B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP
1 Ed McFarland
E. McFarland
4/18/1901
1
PHN PHN
vs
BKN BKN
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
3
1
0
2 Deacon McGuire
D. McGuire
4/18/1901
1
BKN BKN
@
PHN PHN
5
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
4
1
0
3 Jimmy Sheckard
J. Sheckard
4/18/1901
3
BKN BKN
@
PHN PHN
4
4
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
5
9
3
0
4 Elmer Flick
E. Flick
4/19/1901
1
PHN PHN
@
BKN BKN
3
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
4
7
2
0
5 Topsy Hartsel
T. Hartsel
4/19/1901
2
CHO CHO
@
STL STL
5
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
7
2
0
6 Emmet Heidrick
E. Heidrick
4/19/1901
2
STL STL
vs
CHO CHO
5
2
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
5
9
3
0
7 Bobby Wallace
B. Wallace
4/19/1901
1
STL STL
vs
CHO CHO
5
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
3
1
0
8 Jake Beckley
J. Beckley
4/20/1901
1
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
4
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
5
2
0
9 Kitty Bransfield
K. Bransfield
4/20/1901
1
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
3
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
4
4
1
0
10 Fred Clarke
F. Clarke
4/20/1901
1
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
4
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
3
1
0
11 Noodles Hahn
N. Hahn
4/20/1901
1
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
3
1
0
12 Honus Wagner
H. Wagner
4/20/1901
1
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
4
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
3
1
0
13 Jack Doyle
J. Doyle
4/20/1901
1
CHO CHO
@
STL STL
5
1
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
5
4
1
0
14 Danny Green
D. Green
4/20/1901
1
CHO CHO
@
STL STL
5
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
4
1
0
15 Dan McGann
D. McGann
4/20/1901
1
STL STL
vs
CHO CHO
4
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
5
3
1
0
16 Jesse Burkett
J. Burkett
4/21/1901
1
STL STL
vs
CHO CHO
5
1
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
5
4
1
0
17 Jack Doyle
J. Doyle
4/21/1901
1
CHO CHO
@
STL STL
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
3
1
0
18 Topsy Hartsel
T. Hartsel
4/21/1901
1
CHO CHO
@
STL STL
3
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
5
2
0
19 Emmet Heidrick
E. Heidrick
4/21/1901
1
STL STL
vs
CHO CHO
5
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
4
1
0
20 Willie Sudhoff
W. Sudhoff
4/21/1901
1
STL STL
vs
CHO CHO
3
1
2
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
4
4
1
0
21 Joe Kelley
J. Kelley
4/22/1901
1
BKN BKN
@
PHN PHN
4
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
3
1
0
22 Ed Delahanty
E. Delahanty
4/23/1901
1
PHN PHN
vs
BSN BSN
3
1
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
4
3
1
0
23 Bones Ely
B. Ely
4/23/1901
1
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
4
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
4
3
1
0
24 Tommy Leach
T. Leach
4/23/1901
1
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
4
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
4
3
1
0
25 Dan McGann
D. McGann
4/23/1901
1
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
5
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
4
1
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for triples going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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