I'm reading The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci now. I love reading baseball books, as you've probably guessed by now.

Very early on, there's a mention of the first time a guy ever grounded into 4 double plays in a game. Guess who?

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Joe Torre         1975-07-21    NYM  HOU L  2-6   4  4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   4  0  0 3rd 3B        

I'm sort of amazed that nobody has done it since.

Here are the most recent occurrences of 3 GIDPs in a game:

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Yunel Escobar     2008-08-29    ATL @WSN L  3-7   4  4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 5th SS        
    2 A.J. Pierzynski   2008-08-09    CHW  BOS L  2-6   4  4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 2nd C         
    3 Alexis Rios       2008-05-29    TOR @OAK W 12-0   6  6  1  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  1   0  0  0   1   3  1  0 3rd CF        
    4 Gary Matthews     2008-04-12    LAA @SEA L  3-8   5  5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 2nd CF        

    5 Jeff Baker        2007-06-02    COL  CIN W  4-1   3  3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 7th 3B        

    6 Joe Crede         2006-09-20    CHW  DET L  2-6   4  4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 7th 3B        

    7 Todd Greene       2004-09-29    COL @LAD W  4-1   4  3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 7th C         
    8 Milton Bradley    2004-05-05    LAD @FLA L  0-2   4  4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 3rd CF        
    9 Jody Gerut        2004-04-09    CLE @KCR L  1-3   4  4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 3rd RF        

   10 Carlos Lee        2003-06-19    CHW  BOS L  3-4   5  5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 6th LF        
   11 Javier Valentin   2003-06-17(1) TBD @NYY W 11-2   5  5  1  2  0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 8th C         
   12 Juan Rivera       2003-06-01    NYY @DET W 10-9   7  6  0  0  0  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 8th LF        
   13 Omar Vizquel      2003-04-20    CLE @CHW W  7-4   5  4  1  1  0  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   3  0  0 2nd SS        

And the only guys to do it more than once since 1956:

                   Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
 Billy Conigliaro      2 Ind. Games                
 Dave Concepcion       2 Ind. Games                

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