Ernest Kitchen Padgett nicknamed "Red", was an American

United States

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 infielder

Infielder

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 in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 who played for two MLB teams, the Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 and the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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, from to .

Padgett made his major league debut on October 3, 1923 at the age of 24 with the Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 at the position of shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

. During his 5-year career, Padgett also played second

Second baseman

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 and third base

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. He is most well known for turning an unassisted triple play

Unassisted triple play

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 for the Braves on October 6, 1923, in just the second game of his career. In the fourth inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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, shortstop Padgett caught Walter Holke

Walter Holke

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's line drive, stepped on second base to retire Cotton Tierney

Cotton Tierney

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, and then tagged outfielder Cliff Lee

Cliff Lee (outfielder)

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 before he was able to return to first base. It had been the first unassisted triple play

Unassisted triple play

In baseball, an unassisted triple play occurs when a defensive player makes all three putouts by himself in one continuous play, without any teammates touching the ball . In Major League Baseball , it is one of the rarest of individual feats, along with hitting four home runs in one game and the...

 in the National League

National League

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 since the year 1878.

Padgett played his last game on August 30, 1927, and died years later, on April 15, 1957 in East Orange, New Jersey

East Orange, New Jersey

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.

External links

• http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/P/Padgett_Ernie.stm
• http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=padgeer01