:Homer Summa

{{Short description|American baseball player (1898–1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Homer Summa

|image=Summa, Cleveland, 1924 LOC npcc.11152.jpg

|caption=Summa in 1924

|position=Right fielder

|birth_date={{Birth date|1898|11|3}}

|birth_place=Gentry, Missouri, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1966|1|29|1898|11|3}}

|death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 13

|debutyear=1920

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1930

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.302

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=18

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=363

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1920}})
• Cleveland Indians ({{baseball year|1922}}–{{baseball year|1928}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1929}}–{{baseball year|1930}})

|highlights=

• World Series champion ({{wsy|1929}})

}}

Homer Wayne Summa (November 3, 1898 – January 29, 1966) was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1920 to 1930. He began his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but played most of his career for the Cleveland Indians before finishing as a reserve with the Philadelphia Athletics. His career batting average was .302. He is buried in Glendale, California's Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery.{{cite book|last=Lee|first=Bill|title=The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of More 7,600 Major League Players and Others|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2009|isbn=9780786442393|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13EwCgAAQBAJ|page=449}}

On May 31, 1927, he became the first player in history to hit into a game ending unassisted triple play.{{cn|date=December 2022}}

In 840 games over 10 seasons, Summa compiled a .302 batting average (905-for-3001) with 413 runs, 166 doubles, 34 triples, 18 home runs, 363 RBI, 166 base on balls,.346 on-base percentage and .398 slugging percentage. Defensively, he recorded a .960 fielding percentage.