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Clyde Barnhart

Clyde Lee Barnhart (December 29, 1895 in Buck Valley, Pennsylvania – January 21, 1980, in Hagerstown, Maryland) was a right-handed outfielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Dennis Sarfate

On December 12, 2007, Sarfate was traded by the Houston Astros along with Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers and Troy Patton, and third baseman Michael Costanzo to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for shortstop Miguel Tejada.

Dewon Brazelton

After Stuart Sternberg took over as principal owner of the Devil Rays, Brazelton was traded during the 2005 annual baseball winter meetings to the Padres for third baseman Sean Burroughs.

Earle Mack

He played only five games for the Athletics between 1910 and 1914, at third base, first base, and catcher.

Eddie Zimmerman

Edward Desmond Zimmerman (January 1, 1883 in Oceanic, New Jersey – May 6, 1945 in Emmaus, Pennsylvania) was a professional baseball third baseman.

Frank Selee

With the Cubs, he created the famous Tinker to Evers to Chance infield combination, by converting Frank Chance from catcher to first base, Joe Tinker from third base to shortstop, and Johnny Evers from shortstop to second base.

Goldie Holt

An outfielder and third baseman by trade, the native of Enloe, Texas, logged his playing and managing career exclusively in minor league baseball, but served the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs as a coach on the Major League level, and spent two separate terms scouting for the Dodgers in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles.

Homer Ezzell

Homer Estell Ezzell (February 28, 1896 – August 3, 1976) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1923 through 1925 for the St. Louis Browns (1923) and Boston Red Sox (1924–25).

Jay Bell

In the 2001 World Series, Bell scored the series winning run in Game 7 on a Luis Gonzalez bloop-single, then what would become an iconic image was Bell clapping his hands over his head and then running into Diamondbacks third baseman Matt Williams' arms.

Jeff Gossett

In 1978, Gossett was drafted in the fifth round by the New York Mets and played in their farm system for two seasons as an outfielder and third baseman.

Mickey Rutner

Milton "Mickey" Rutner (March 18, 1920 – October 17, 2007) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1947 season.

Mike Mordecai

Unfortunately for Mordecai, the Braves had Mark Lemke at second base, Chipper Jones at third and Fred McGriff at first preventing him from getting more than a reserve role with the team.

Official scorer

In that game, St. Louis pitcher Bob Forsch was pitching a no-hitter in the 8th inning against Philadelphia when a hard ground ball hit into the hole between shortstop and third was narrowly missed by third baseman Ken Reitz.

Rance Pless

A third baseman, first baseman and outfielder over the course of a 14-year professional career, he played part of one season of Major League Baseball with the 1956 Kansas City Athletics.

Ray Cunningham

Raymond Lee Cunningham (January 17, 1905 – July 30, 2005) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1931 and 1932.

Sam Hairston

The two other three-generation MLB families have four members each: the Boone family (Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron) and the Bell family (Gus, Buddy, David, and Mike).

Spider Jorgensen

John Donald Jorgensen (November 3, 1919 – November 6, 2003) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1947 through 1951 for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–50) and New York Giants (1950–51).

Steve Bellán

Nicknamed "The Cuban Sylph" for his elegant and stylistic play as a third baseman, Bellán joined the Troy Haymakers in 1869, while the team was member of the NABBP and still an amateur team.

Takashi Toritani

There, he was surrounded by an impressive collection of talent: his year included then-right fielder Norichika Aoki (Tokyo Yakult Swallows), third baseman Toshimitsu Higa (Hiroshima Carp) and center fielder Shintaro Yoshida (Orix Buffaloes), all three of whom would later go on to the pros.

Yorelvis Charles

Yorelvis Charles Martínez (born September 25, 1978 in Morón, Cuba) is a third baseman for Ciego de Ávila of the Cuban National Series and has also been a member of the Cuban national baseball team.


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1913 Philadelphia Athletics season

In 2001, baseball historian Bill James ranked the 1913 incarnation of the Athletics' famous "$100,000 infield" as the best of all time in major league history (first baseman Stuffy McInnis, second baseman Eddie Collins, third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker, shortstop Jack Barry).

1971 National League Championship Series

Bob Robertson hit a solo homer, his then-record fourth of the series, in the second, and the Giants tied it in the sixth when Ken Henderson singled and scored when third baseman Richie Hebner threw wildly past Robertson at first after fielding a bunt by Tito Fuentes.

2001 Minnesota Twins season

Third baseman Corey Koskie had his best year, hitting .276, with 26 home runs and 103 RBI.

Best Nine Award

He only received the award at second base, and the award for best third baseman went to Tony Roig of the Nishitetsu Lions.

Boone Logan

On December 4, 2008, Logan was traded, along with Javier Vázquez, to the Atlanta Braves for minor league catcher Tyler Flowers, shortstop Brent Lillibridge, third baseman Jon Gilmore and pitcher Santos Rodriguez.

Brooklyn Gladiators

Of the 23 men who played for the Gladiators, only three—Daily, second baseman Joe Gerhardt, and third baseman Jumbo Davis—played professionally beyond the 1890 season.

Celerino Sánchez

After spending a few months in the former Yankees minor league affiliate in Syracuse the Syracuse Chiefs, Sánchez joined the Yankees on June, 1972, and was the Yankees regular third baseman for the rest of the year.

Dan Wheeler

On July 28, 2007, Wheeler was traded back to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange for third baseman Ty Wigginton.

Eclipse Park

Instead of being scattered to the wind, the best players from the Louisville team roster were brought onto the Pittsburgh payroll, including Wagner, third baseman Tommy Leach, outfielder-manager Fred Clarke, and ace right-hander Deacon Phillippe.

Ed Easley

Easley was the Visalia's Opening Day third baseman in 2009, as Konrad Schmidt was the starting catcher.

Ed Sprague

Ed Sprague, Jr. (b. 1967), third baseman in major league baseball from 1991-2001

Eddie Mayo

Mayo hit .199 in 46 games as a backup third baseman for the 1936 Giants.

Gary Gaetti

He was almost immediately signed by the Royals, who had lost their projected regular third baseman, Keith Miller, to injury and had been playing rookie Phil Hiatt at third.

Hebner

Richie Hebner (born 1947), former third baseman in Major League Baseball who had an 18-year career from 1968 to 1985

Hidden ball trick

Tampa first baseman (and former Dodger) James Loney cut off center fielder Wil Myers' throw at the mound, flipped to shortstop Yunel Escobar, who flipped to third baseman Longoria standing several feet behind third base, out of Uribe's line of sight.

Hilltop Park

In a game "sometime in 1909" according to photographer Charles M. Conlon (some sources claim an alternate date, July 23, 1910), Conlon snapped a photo of Cobb sliding into third base, stealing the base and spilling Highlanders' third baseman Jimmy Austin.

Holy Cross Crusaders

In the last two of these seasons, the team featured pitcher Dick Joyce, who briefly made the major leagues, and third baseman John Peterman, who after a short minor-league career went on to become a successful entrepreneur who was parodied on Seinfeld.

Jeanmar Gómez

On April 14, 2012 Gómez was ejected after hitting the Kansas City Royals' third baseman Mike Moustakas.

Jim Nettles

Jim is the brother of former major league third baseman Graig Nettles.

Medina, Minnesota

Corey Koskie – retired, former Major League Baseball third baseman

Mike Devereaux

In December 2009, it was announced that Devereaux would serve as field coach for the Delmarva Shorebirds (Baltimore Orioles Class-A Affiliate, South Atlantic League) in 2010, replacing former third baseman Ryan Minor, who had been promoted to team manager.

Nienhaus Field

Nienhaus Field's most famous player may have been New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who played a short time in the venue's final season, 1994.

Oberbeck

Henry Oberbeck (1858–1921), baseball outfielder, third baseman, pitcher and Umpire

Purtell

Billy Purtell (1886–1962), third baseman who played five seasons in Major League Baseball

Söderholm

Eric Soderholm (born 1948), former Major League Baseball third baseman

Truby

Chris Truby (born 1973), third baseman who played some of his career in Major League Baseball

Vladimir Guerrero

He fared better in a national TV ad for Pepsi with the Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez; the two engaged in a personal home run competition that ended up with the moon being broken.

Wally Gilbert

In September 1954, Roscoe McGowen in The Sporting News selected Gilbert over Billy Cox and Joe Stripp as the third baseman on his All-Time Dodgers team.