A triple-header (tripleheader) occurs when the same two teams play three consecutive games against each other on the same date. There have been three tripleheaders in Major League Baseball history.

" PITTSBURGH , Oct. 2. - Cincinnati clinched third place in the National League today by winning the first game of a triple header from Pittsburgh , 13 to 4. The visitors also won the second game, 7 to 2, while the Pirates defeated the Reds in the third contest, 6 to 0. The first game was started at noon, but the third game was called at the end of the sixth inning on account of darkness. It was the first time that three National League games were played here in one day." - The Los Angeles Times (10/03/1920, Pirates Play Three Games in One Afternoon , Page 9)

Triple headers are currently prohibited under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, except when the first game is the conclusion of a game suspended from a prior date. This would only happen in the extremely rare case of the only remaining dates between teams being doubleheaders and no single games are left for the suspended game to precede.

Did you know that Clyde Barnhart, a rookie with the Bucs, hit a single and a double in Game 1, a double in Game 2, and a single in Game 3, the only player from that triple header to hit safely in all three games? Was he the only player to ever do this? Visit Pooch to find out! The box:

The Washington Herald | October 3, 1920 | Page 12

The three Green Cathedrals that hosted a triple header were Washington Park (1890), Recreation Park (1896) and Forbes Field (1920).