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Most runners on the same base at the same time
( 3 runners: Babe Herman, Chick Fewster, Dazzy Vance, 1926 )
In a scene that should have been in a Three Stooges flick, three Dodgers wound up on third base simaltaneously. The zany 'triple play" came after Brooklyn loaded the bases with one out in the seventh inning of a 1-1 game against the Boston Braves in 1926. Hank DeBerry was on third, Dazzy Vance on second, and Chick Fewster on first base when batter Babe Herman blasted a drive to right field for a sure double and possible triple. DeBerry scores. But Vance waited on second until he saw the ball ricochet off the wall before he started plodding slowly toward third. By then Fewster was breathing down his neck--followed closely by Herman, who had already rounded second and was running with his head down. Coach Mickey O'Neill saw disaster looming and yelled at Herman, "Back! Back!"But Vance, who was headed toward home plate, thought the coach was talking to him. So he hurried back to third, arriving just as Fewster got there! A split-second later, Herman chugged into third to make it three on a bag. Fewster figured he was out and trotted off toward the dugout. Meanwhile, the ball had reached Braves third baseman Eddie Taylor--who tagged everybody he could reach. Then for good measure, second baseman Doc Gautreau snatched the ball, chased down Fewster, and tagged him, too! The umpires ruled vance was safe at third since he got there first. Fewster was out because he had been tagged and Herman was out for passing Fewster on the base path. Incredibly, Herman had doubled into a double play! Said disgusted Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson, " That's the first time those guys got together on anything all season."
