Weird history: The four times in Major League history that a player has played all nine positions in a game

While too often overlooked, baseball's utility players are a special breed. Arriving every day with a bag filled with a number of gloves, these are the players who get slotted in at a variety of positions at a moment's notice. And while sluggers can strive to hit 500 home runs or a pitcher can try to throw a no-hitter, the utility man has a different bench mark: playing all nine positions in a single game. 

It's only been done four times in Major League history with one Aussie ballplayer, xx, pulling off the feat this past winter.

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Today we honor those brave men who stepped up to the plate, and then shifted all over the field like they were playing a volleyball game. 

Bert Campaneris, Kansas City A's -- Sept. 8, 1965 vs. Angels

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0-for-3, walk, run scored, stolen base, error

1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SO

Naturally, the first player to pull this off came from one of Charlie Finley's promotional ideas. Just as the Mustache Gang of the '70s was originally a Finley idea, Campaneris pulled off the feat during "Campy Campaneris Night." Naturally, Finley also insured his player for one million dollars (roughly $7.5 M today). Because of course he did. 

Not only did Campaneris appear on the mound, but he also pitched with both hands. (Did he do that in the Majors or just a Minor league game?) Truly a feat not to be reached. Though he pitched quite respectably for a utility man, he would never appear on the mound in another Major League game. 

It was quite a season for the usual shortstop. At 26, Campaneris went to his first All-Star game while leading the league in hits and stolen bases (and caught stealings, too). 

Cesar Tovar - pitched against Campaneris