Lawrence Hesterfer (June 9, 1878 – September 22, 1943) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the New York Giants.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Hersterfer was a life-long resident of neighboring Bloomfield, New Jersey.Lamb, Bill. "Larry Hesterfer", Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed September 11, 2019. "Lawrence Hesterfer was born in Newark on June 8, 1878, the youngest of the three children surviving to adulthood born to German Catholic immigrant Joseph Hesterfer (1844-1910) and his New Jersey-native wife, the former Margaret Keck (1849-1915). Around 1889 Joe Hesterfer, a carpenter and sandlot baseball player, moved the family to the adjoining town of Bloomfield, the place where son Larry would reside for the remainder of his life."
He is the only player known to have hit into a triple play in his first major league at bat. Facing the Pittsburgh Pirates, Hesterfer came to bat with the bases loaded and no outs. The triple play was a sharp line drive grabbed by the shortstop, Honus Wagner, for the first out; he stepped on second base for the second out and threw to first to complete the triple play."THE ONE-GAME CAREER OF LARRY HESTERFER", Society for American Baseball Research Baseball Records Committee, February 2013. Accessed August 15, 2016. "Bill says that according to his research disclosed, Hesterfer is (1) the only player in history to hit into a triple play in his very first major league at-bat, and (2) the only one-game major leaguer ever to hit into a triple play."
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