Although never an everyday player (he never played more than 97 games a season), Neun entered baseball immortality on May 31, 1927 against the Cleveland Indians, when he caught a line drive from Homer Summa, stepped on first to retire Charlie Jamieson, and despite shouts from his shortstop to throw him the ball, raced towards second base to retire Glenn Myatt, completing the seventh unassisted triple play in MLB history, and the first such play to end a game. Neun turned the triple play as a first baseman and not a second baseman or shortstop, one day after Jimmy Cooney of the Chicago Cubs had done so.\n', '

On July 9, 1927, playing against the New York Yankees, Neun had five base hits and five stolen bases. He is the only player since at least 1914 to have at least five of each in one game. Nevertheless, he stole only 41 bases in his career.\n', '

A switch-hitter who threw left-handed, Neun batted .289 with two home runs in 945 at bats during his seven-year Major League Baseball career.\n', '

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