# Baseball - 3 pickoffs in one inning **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 7, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-3-pickoffs-in-one-inning/685560 "2014-04-07T15:34:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-3-pickoffs-in-one-inning/685560/1 "2014-04-07T15:34:21Z")
In 1983, Orioles’ reliever Tippy Martinez picked three Toronto Blue Jays off first base in one inning. Does anyone know if this was ever done before or has been done since in the major leagues? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-3-pickoffs-in-one-inning/685560/2 "2014-04-07T15:55:32Z")
> [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](#): > > In 1983, Orioles’ reliever Tippy Martinez picked three Toronto Blue Jays off first base in one inning. Does anyone know if this was ever done before or has been done since in the major leagues? That was the game where Lenn Sakata wound up catching, correct? And the Jays were so eager to run on him that they kept leaning just a little too far… I am pretty sure that’s the only time it’s ever been done. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-3-pickoffs-in-one-inning/685560/3 "2014-04-07T16:10:03Z")
Okay, some googling suggests that Pud Galvin of Pittsburgh May have done t first, in September of 1886. Not modern baseball but still the big leagues… ---
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-3-pickoffs-in-one-inning/685560/4 "2014-04-07T16:18:32Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > That was the game where Lenn Sakata wound up catching, correct? And the Jays were so eager to run on him that they kept leaning just a little too far… > > I am pretty sure that’s the only time it’s ever been done. Not only that, but Sakata hit a home run in the bottom of that inning that won the game. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-3-pickoffs-in-one-inning/685560/5 "2014-04-07T16:25:33Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > That was the game where Lenn Sakata wound up catching, correct? And the Jays were so eager to run on him that they kept leaning just a little too far… Who was the first base coach that didn’t learn his lesson the first \*or \*second time? ---
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-3-pickoffs-in-one-inning/685560/6 "2014-04-07T18:50:22Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Who was the first base coach that didn’t learn his lesson the first \*or \*second time? John Sullivan. You can hear more about this [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HKeG0-nFCY).