Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester may have come up with the weirdest play ever seen in baseball after being forced to throw his entire glove to run out a batter.

Instead of immediately throwing the ball to first base, he instead runs halfway to his target before inexplicably throwing his mitt to the first baseman to make an out by the narrowest of margins.

While his actions initially left Cubs fans dumbfounded, replays of the incident showed the ball actually became stuck in Lester's mitt, forcing him into the split-second decision to throw the glove.

First baseman Anthony Rizzo was just as quick to react, ditching his own glove to receive his teammate's.